A wheellock rifle Gabriel Dorn, Nuremberg, dated 1663. Slightly swamped, octagonal barrel with star-shaped rifled bore in 14 mm calibre, with dovetailed front sight and folding rear sight made from brass. At the breech the struck signature "* GABRIEL * DORN * 1663 *". Partly chiselled and finely engraved wheellock with double set trigger. Nuremberg proofmark on the lockplate, the inside marked with "JPS" above hammer. Bright fruitwood stock with nosepiece, butt end and finely inlaid decorative stripes made from dark horn. Under the patch-box the , Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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