A percussion target rifle by G. Rickenbach

Provenance: Basel
Dating: about 1860
Dimensions: length 130 cm.
Condition: good
Rifled (clean bore, visible rifling), two-stage, 10,5 mm cal. barrel. Octagonal at the first part with rib to house a variable rear sight, then round with high ring at the nozzle, precision foresight, long tang provided with peep sight. Backward spring lock signed "G. RICKENBACH IN BASEL.". Working, single-snap mechanism, also with set trigger. Wooden full stock with iron mounts; trigger guard with finger support. Iron ramrod. Leather strap. Presented in a cherry wood box (probably of a later period) containing various tools, including the pommel.