A Sidehammer Pistols with Pellet Primer System by Carl
No. 273. Cylindrical blued sighted barrel with a four-groove rifled bore in 7 mm calibre. Rotating breechblock loaded from above, lateral loading lever. Case-hardened foliate engraved action signed along each side, hammer attached on the right side. Set trigger. Walnut half-stock with chequered rounded butt, engraved steel mounts comprising case-hardened oval pommel-plate and blued trigger-guard, silver escutcheon with monogram "DC" below crown. Germany circa 1850, length 36 cm. Condition 2+
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No. 273. Cylindrical blued sighted barrel with a four-groove rifled bore in 7 mm calibre. Rotating breechblock loaded from above, lateral loading lever. Case-hardened foliate engraved action signed along each side, hammer attached on the right side. Set trigger. Walnut half-stock with chequered rounded butt, engraved steel mounts comprising case-hardened oval pommel-plate and blued trigger-guard, silver escutcheon with monogram "DC" below crown. Germany circa 1850, length 36 cm. Condition 2+