Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2020 : Sale A2020 Lot 22
MANF. FRANCAISE DARMES ET CYCLES, ST ETIENNE A SCARCE .177 CO2-POWERED AIR-RIFLE, MODEL GIFFARDS PATENT, serial no. 1585,
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MAN'F. FRANCAISE D'ARMES ET CYCLES, ST ETIENNE
A SCARCE .177 CO2-POWERED AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 'GIFFARD'S PATENT', serial no. 1585,
circa 1895, with round 25in. barrel signed by the maker, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating tangent rear-sight, scroll engraved slab-sided receiver with rotating loading tap for ball and external hammer, detachable reservoir under the barrel (numbered 19406), chequered walnut straight-hand butt-stock with ribbed hard rubber heel-plate (small chip), guarded adjustable trigger, traces only of original blued finish
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Estimate £700-900
Pre-1939