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41st Classic Auction - Live Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 17:00  | Place absentee bids

Active | Physical auction
Lot: 616

Hammer single shot rifle Joh. Springer's Erben - Vienna cal. probably 450 BPE? (450 3 1/4 BPE) #6508 §C

Starting price 500 EUR

Barrel length 65.5 cm (25.75“), stock length 34 cm (13.5“), total length 106 cm (41.75“), weight 3.6 kg, built in 1881, without proof, condition 3-4. Blued Barrel slightly pitted and rusty in places, sling swivel on the barrel, soft engine-turned barrel rib engraved with „Joh. Springer’s Erben K.K. Kammer Gewehr Lieferant in Wien“, front sight in the dovetail, fixed rear sight in dovetail groove with additional rear sight blade with the inscription „200“, arabesque engraving on the barrel flanks, underlever for swinging out to the side, extractor, lock with rebounding hammer, dark blued receiver decorated all around with arabesque engraving, „Joh. Springers Erben Wien“ engraved on the receiver as well as the lock plate, folding peep sight on the stock wrist, safety lever for the hammer to fix it in the fired position, forend with lever that swings out to the side for removal, completely checkered, a small splinter on the front, buttstock with coarse checkering on the pistol grip, oval cheek piece , repair points on the left side of the piston near the trigger plate and on the buttplate, sling swivel, dark blued metal buttplate decorated with arabesques and a hinged lid. Collector‘s weapon without (valid) proof, handed over for storage due to its art or collector‘s value.