A 26-Bore Austrian Percussion Target Rifle

A 26-Bore Austrian Percussion Target Rifle
By F. Mller in Wien, circa 1845
With heavy browned swamped octagonal barrel cut with eight grooves, signed in silver at the breech and with tangent back-sight, patent breech with integral blued scroll engraved tang bearing later peep-sight, foliate engraved case-hardened detented lock with safety-stop in front of the hammer, figured walnut full stock, chequered grip, fore-end and sliding patch-box cover dated 'July 1845' on the inner side, raised cheek-piece, chequered stained wooden trigger-guard (cracked and repaired), foliate engraved brass mounts, set trigger, iron sling mounts, and later ramrod
30in. (77cm.) barrel