A splendid wheellock rifle, Johann Georg Wistaller, Munich circa 1740 Slightly swamped octagonal barrel with seven-groove rifled bore in 15 mm calibre with dovetailed iron front sight and adjustable rear sight. Gold-inlaid signature "IO: GEORG WISTALLER IN MÜNCHEN" at the breech as well as struck master's mark (Stöckel no. 1164). Finely chiselled and engraved wheellock. The lockplate with depiction of a company at table in a garden, the frizzen spring with three musicians as well as two horsemen on the cock. Repeated signature on the upper right., Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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