A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE
18TH CENTURY
Of wheel-lock form, with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, flat beveled lock, walnut full stock (fore-end repaired) carved in low relief with a stag, inlaid with silver wire scrolls and inset with a mother-of-pearl escutcheon on the butt, brass mounts including scroll engraved shaped side-plate, brass-mounted sliding wooden patch-box cover, and later ramrod
138 cm. long
A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE
18TH CENTURY
Of wheel-lock form, with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, flat beveled lock, walnut full stock (fore-end repaired) carved in low relief with a stag, inlaid with silver wire scrolls and inset with a mother-of-pearl escutcheon on the butt, brass mounts including scroll engraved shaped side-plate, brass-mounted sliding wooden patch-box cover, and later ramrod
138 cm. long
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