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PAUL GIFFARD, FRANCE
AN EXTREMELY RARE 8mm MULTI-PUMP PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 'IN-LINE PUMP PNEUMATIC', serial no. 196,
circa 1870, with blued round 20 1/2in. barrel fixed to the blued pump-housing via two side ribs, small dove-tailed blade fore-sight, replacement standing notch rear-sight, tap-loading breech, the butterfly shaped tap-handle marked 'P. GIFFARD, BREVETE', rounded receiver with scroll engraving and colour-hardened central hammer (currently at fault), highly figured walnut half-stock with iron furniture including complex trigger-guard, the whole re-finished with some slight loss to detail
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Estimate £1,200-1,600