A .600 CALIBRE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ANTON HAAS IN MUNCHEN, CIRCA 1740 with two-st

A .600 CALIBRE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ANTON HAAS IN MUNCHEN, CIRCA 1740 with two-stage barrel rifled with eight grooves, fitted with silver `spider` fore-sight, signed in silver over the breech, decorated with scrolls and stamped with the gold-lined barrelsmith`s mark, in an oval a running hare beneath a mullet and the initials `A.H.M.`, numbered `14`, scroll-engraved tang, engraved stepped lock signed within an oval frame and decorated with scrolls, figured walnut full stock (fore-end cracked and with minor repairs), carved with rococo scrolls about the barrel tang and over the butt, the later with raised cheek-piece decorated with further rococo motifs, engraved brass mounts, including scrollwork side-plate decorated with a castle, trigger-guard decorated with a demi-figure in contemporary dress and the butt-plate decorated en suite, steel sling swivel, and horn fore-end cap (ramrod and rear sling fixture missing) 92cm; 36 1/4in barrel