Product Details
A SCARCE 8mm CO2-POWERED AIR-RIFLE, UNSIGNED, MODEL 'GIFFARD'S PATENT', serial no. 5029,
circa 1880, with 25 1/4in. barrel (signature deliberately erased), dove-tailed beaded blade fore-sight with slide on spring-steel fore-sight protector, adjustable rear-sight, scroll engraved breech-section with round aperture rotating loading tap, the top front stamped with a balloon motif, exposed hammer, under-barrel reservoir with three milled bands and bearing the serial number '7190', walnut chequered butt-stock with hard-rubber heel-plate moulded with a balloon above the words 'PAUL GIFFARD INVENTEUR', traces of probable original finish throughout
Provenance: The manufacturer of these rifles changed several times during its production probably accounting for the manufacturer's details being erased
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Estimate £600-800
Pre-1939