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THBEngraved German Single Shot Rifle
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LiveOct 30, 2018
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Engraved German Single Shot Rifle
9x? bottleneck cartridge (9.55mm bore), 26.625" octagonal fluted barrel, S/N 2386 . Blued and color case hardened finish with gold highlights, checkered stock with raised cheek piece and pistol gripped horn triggerguard, checkered forend. Top of barrel marked in one line in gold leaf: H.BARELLA KAISERL: DEUTSCHER KAISERL: RUSSISCHER HOEBUCHSENM. BERLIN . Lock and receiver relief engraved with flowing floral scrolls and mythical motifs, action lever and buttplate engraved en-suite. Lock, tang and receiver with gold boarder lines, gold bands at breech. Dovetailed blade rear and front sights, sling swivels. Henrich Barella was a gunsmith working in Saxony and Prussia during the mid-to-late 19th century. He was trained at the Royal Foundry in Saxony ca 1840-1844 and Der Stockel lists his working dates starting ca 1844 to his death in 1893. Barella worked in Magdeburg from 1844-1865 and opened his second operation in Berlin in 1860, working there until his death. Barella developed a breech loading paper cartridge conversion for muzzleloading arms ca 1860s and by 1868 had developed the break action system found on this gun, optimized for the self-contained metallic cartridge. In 1871 he was granted the title of "Gun Maker to the Court," a title to which the barrel marking alludes. The firm continued into the early 1930s after his death under the direction of his son. This rifle was likely made during the last two decades of Barella's career, ca 1872-1892. A really lovely late-19th century German stalking rifle from a well respected maker known for quality work.
Fine. Retains much of the blued finish with some thinning, fading and speckled flecks of surface oxidation. Engraving and markings remain crisp, gold leaf remains mostly intact. Mechanically functional, very tight action, bore about good with scattered pitting. Stock with wear, checkering somewhat worn and wood with mars and dings.Condition
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