A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE
MID-17TH CENTURY
With octagonal sighted barrel, tang fitted with a small aperture sight, scroll engraved flat lock with enclosed wheel, fruitwood full stock carved in low relief with scrollwork, the cheek-piece with later inlaid white staghorn plaque engraved with the arms of the Holy Roman Empire, the underside with faint lettering and the date '1515', set triggers, brass mounts including scroll engraved pistolgrip trigger-guard, and later horn-tipped ramrod
30 in. (76 cm.) barrel
A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE
MID-17TH CENTURY
With octagonal sighted barrel, tang fitted with a small aperture sight, scroll engraved flat lock with enclosed wheel, fruitwood full stock carved in low relief with scrollwork, the cheek-piece with later inlaid white staghorn plaque engraved with the arms of the Holy Roman Empire, the underside with faint lettering and the date '1515', set triggers, brass mounts including scroll engraved pistolgrip trigger-guard, and later horn-tipped ramrod
30 in. (76 cm.) barrel
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