Sealed Bid Auction - March 2020 : Sale S0320 Lot 2038
A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE SIGNED FRAUENFELD, MODEL MARTINI PATENT, no visible serial number,

Product Details

* A 10.4mm (VETTERLI) SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE SIGNED FRAUENFELD, MODEL 'MARTINI PATENT', no visible serial number,
circa 1890 and possibly converted from the service rifle, with blind fluted octagonal 34 1/2in. barrel, ramp foresight, long dove-tail for rear-sight (absent), plain receiver with dropping load platform, walnut butt-stock with Swiss-style heel-plate, complex finger-spurred trigger-guard bow acting as the under-lever, double set triggers,, half fore-end and clearing rod mounted to left side of barrel, missing hinge pin from action

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Estimate £200-300

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament