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149 - Percussion (express) big-game hunting rifle, double-barrel with a tobacco-colored rib, heavy rib fitted with a three-leaf adjustable rear sight, marked: “J. MONTIGNY ARQ DU ROI DES PAYS-BAS À BRUSELLES,” engraved breech; length 66.5 cm, 15.5 mm rifled caliber; thick, finely engraved breech stock; front triggers fully engraved with hunting scenes; cut-out and fully engraved iron fittings, trigger guard ending in a scroll; checkered veined walnut stock; on the grip and fore-end, an oval silver thumb rest at the rear of the trigger guard engraved with a dragon; heavy blued iron ramrod, with a brass-plated tip; total length 108 cm. (Engraving worn on the top of the trigger guard).
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Percussion (express) big-game hunting rifle, double-barrel with a tobacco-colored rib, heavy rib fitted with a three-leaf adjustable rear sight, marked: “J. MONTIGNY ARQ DU ROI DES PAYS-BAS À BRUSELLES,” engraved breech; length 66.5 cm, 15.5 mm rifled caliber; thick, finely engraved breech stock; front triggers fully engraved with hunting scenes; cut-out and fully engraved iron fittings, trigger guard ending in a scroll; checkered veined walnut stock; on the grip and fore-end, an oval silver thumb rest at the rear of the trigger guard engraved with a dragon; heavy blued iron ramrod, with a brass-plated tip; total length 108 cm. (Engraving worn on the top of the trigger guard). Period, Brussels, circa 1830/1840. Good to very good condition. MONTIGNY, Jean-Joseph, arquebusier in Brussels, 1820; Galerie de la Reine; arquebusier to His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, licensed by the King of the Netherlands in Brussels; known for his breech-loading firearms. Exhibitions in Paris, 1855 (2nd-class medal), 1867 (M B), and in London, 1851 (Price Medal).
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