A wheel lock rifle dating: 18th Century provenance: Austria, Octagonal, rifled, …

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A wheel lock rifle

dating: 18th Century provenance: Austria, Octagonal, rifled, 13 mm cal barrel, with iron rear sight and brass foresight. Sliding pan cover. Slightly-sculpted, wooden full stock with horn fore-end cap. The left side of butt with compass rose made of light and dark horn. Patchbox. Smooth brass mounts. Horn-tipped, wooden ramrod.

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A wheel lock rifle

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