Lot n° 178
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80 - 120
EUR
Belgium, mid-19th C. Type 1842 percussion rifle, privately m - Lot 178
Belgium, mid-19th C. Type 1842 percussion rifle, privately made in Liège, converted to hunting, cal. approx. 18 mm. Serial no. 203. All metal parts with tobacco-colored patina. Percussion rear lock signed "P. J. MALHERBE & Cie A LIEGE". Brass fittings. The barrel has been shortened and blunderbussed. Walnut stock with the same no. 203, the barrel shortened. Shortened steel ramrod. Functional mechanism with two clear, play-free cocking notches. Inside of barrel smooth and oxidized. 86 cm (barrel 50.5 cm). (Transformed shotgun, stock and barrel shortened, worm-eaten wood near buttplate. Fairly good condition.)
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