Lot 2004

Description

Cal. .55(BlackPowder), SN. 21, Almost bright bore. Length 75 cm. Broad barrel rib tapering to the front with bead front sight. The barrel rib extending out over the cylinder and connecting to the action case. The barrel bronzed at a later date. Five-shot, rotating, fluted cylinder with remnants of the bluing, the nipples missing. Closed at the back by a flash guard attached to the action case. The four open chambers are covered by a sheet metal at the front. Original, colour case hardened action case with hammer-fired action and back-action spring on the right. The hammer with a minor hairline-crack. The lock plate marked "J.C. Fischer Schaffhausen". Curved trigger guard. Dark lacquered, richly grained stock with finely chiselled chequering and German cheek piece. Iron butt cap. Retrofitted ramrod. Sling swivel. After cocking the hammer, the cylinder must be pulled back firmly to the breech section to be transported further into the safety position. Then it can be rotated around a chamber before it snaps forward into its final position by means of spring tension. The revolver-shotgun slightly reworked. Johann Conrad Fischer in Schaffhausen (1773 - 1854). According to "Der Neue Stöckel", Vol. 1, p. 372, he visited Samuel Pauly and Henri LePage in Paris and Joseph Egg in London. A rarity of the first order in excellent condition. According to our research, no other firearm of this type is known to exist. Length 124 cm.

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