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AN 11MM OVER-AND-UNDER BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1840 with t
AN 11MM OVER-AND-UNDER BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1840 with twist sighted barrels, recessed muzzles for a loading tool, signed in gold and inlaid with silver scrolls over the breeches, scroll-engraved breech and breech tang, the latter fitted with provision for an adjustable back-sight (damaged), scroll-engraved back-action locks decorated with game, set trigger for the right barrel, figured walnut full stock cut with a panel of chequering on each side of the fore-end and the grip, the latter incorporating a spray of foliage, carved with a leafy moulding about the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece carved with a pair of hounds in a woodland behind on one side and with patchbox fitted with sliding cover on the right, engraved steel mounts including spurred trigger-guard reinforced with a carved wooden scroll behind, butt-plate numbered `3116`, three moulded ramrod-pipes, brass-tipped ramrod, and steel sling swivel 63.5cm; 25in barrels
AN 11MM OVER-AND-UNDER BAVARIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY RIEGER IN MÜNCHEN, CIRCA 1840 with twist sighted barrels, recessed muzzles for a loading tool, signed in gold and inlaid with silver scrolls over the breeches, scroll-engraved breech and breech tang, the latter fitted with provision for an adjustable back-sight (damaged), scroll-engraved back-action locks decorated with game, set trigger for the right barrel, figured walnut full stock cut with a panel of chequering on each side of the fore-end and the grip, the latter incorporating a spray of foliage, carved with a leafy moulding about the tang, the butt with raised cheek-piece carved with a pair of hounds in a woodland behind on one side and with patchbox fitted with sliding cover on the right, engraved steel mounts including spurred trigger-guard reinforced with a carved wooden scroll behind, butt-plate numbered `3116`, three moulded ramrod-pipes, brass-tipped ramrod, and steel sling swivel 63.5cm; 25in barrels
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