Lot 3143
A flintlock target rifle, Georg Greis in Munich, circa 1830
Arms & Armour, and Antique Firearms | A109aw | Live auction | 1369 Lots
Description
Heavy octagonal barrel with seven-groove rifled bore in 15 mm calibre. Barrel with good profile, re-blued. Signed “Georg Greis in Munich” inlaid in silver at the breech. Flintlock with defective sears. Set trigger with French-style mechanism. Finely carved walnut full stock with wooden trigger guard, iron furniture, nickel silver-lined barrel wedges and horn nose. Stock with restored cracks at the lock and at the trigger guard. Iron dioptre base behind the tang, patch box with spring-loaded closure on the right, containing a ball puller. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Length 100.5 cm.Condition: II - Questions about the lot?
