62 cm long octagonal barrel with four deep lead grooves, multiply fluted on 2/3 of the length, dovetailed front sight, open sights with two additional folding leaves on the action, cylinder for 6 cartridges with open walls, external cocking hammer on right hand side, opening- and repeating lever with toggle link which pushes the cartridges into the chamber when repeating, rotates the cylinder and also extracts the cartridge heads , so obviously designed for self-consuming burning paper cartridges, French styled trigger guard, straight hand walnut stock with steel buttplate, LOP 35 cm, 2.8 kg, from the museum of Dumoulin gunmakers in Herstal, Belgium, the only existing in-the-white example of an early repeating rifle, unknown to literature, an invaluable artifact for system collectors in museum quality, develoved around 1850, early Belgian proof, condition II-III.

Category: Antique Weapons