Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 525
A MOST UNUSUAL .675 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING SHORT MUSKET MARKED A.G, no visible serial number,

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A MOST UNUSUAL .675 PERCUSSION BREECH-LOADING SHORT MUSKET MARKED 'A.G', no visible serial number,
probably Belgian circa 1850, with 25 1/2in. smoothbore barrel sliding forwards together with the fore-end to release the hinged lift-up 3 1/4in. chamber section, concealed white metal obturator at joint, the underside of chamber deeply struck with 'A.G.' below a crown all within an oval, small plain isolated back-action lock, plain hammer, walnut three-quarter stock with iron furniture, the complex under-lever forming the spurred trigger-guard bow and lowering to draw the barrel forwards, iron cap at joint, single iron barrel-band and nose-cap with provision for ramrod (absent), the muzzle with squared bayonet lug

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Estimate £500-700