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A Bavarian airgun of 'bellows' type, by J.M.Dobner in Erding, circa 1780 with blued octagonal sighted tip-up barrel, lined with a brass sleeve, signed in silver, inlaid with brass scrolls and lines at the breech, and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock, the butt carved with scrolling foliage about the comb and cheek-piece, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting on the right, full plain brass mounts of shaped outline, double set trigger, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (tang-sight missing, the stock with small cracks and chips); another, early 19th Century, with octagonal sighted tip-up barrel sleeved in brass and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock (cracks) inlaid with pierced shaped brass plaques, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting from a faux patch-box cover on the right of the butt, brass mounts of shaped outline including robustly formed trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod; and a Tyrolean back-striking flintlock sporting rifle by Ambrosy Fux [sic] in Kitzpuhl, circa 1780,
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A Bavarian airgun of 'bellows' type, by J.M.Dobner in Erding, circa 1780 with blued octagonal sighted tip-up barrel, lined with a brass sleeve, signed in silver, inlaid with brass scrolls and lines at the breech, and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock, the butt carved with scrolling foliage about the comb and cheek-piece, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting on the right, full plain brass mounts of shaped outline, double set trigger, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (tang-sight missing, the stock with small cracks and chips); another, early 19th Century, with octagonal sighted tip-up barrel sleeved in brass and released by a catch in front of the trigger-guard, figured walnut full stock (cracks) inlaid with pierced shaped brass plaques, internal 'bellows' mechanism with spindle projecting from a faux patch-box cover on the right of the butt, brass mounts of shaped outline including robustly formed trigger-guard, horn fore-end cap, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod; and a Tyrolean back-striking flintlock sporting rifle by Ambrosy Fux [sic] in Kitzpuhl, circa 1780,
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