A pair of flintlock shotguns, Rochus Megerle, Southern German, ca. 1780. Octagonal barrels, round after a baluster, with smooth bores in 15 mm calibre, silver beads and well preserved original bluing, the tangs marked "1" and "2" respectively. Iron flintlocks, signed "Rochus Megerle" on the lock plates. The walnut half stocks carved with hunting themes and rococo decoration. Horn nose caps. Capucine trigger guards. Smooth brass furniture. Original wooden ramrods with horn tips. Length of each 130 cm. historic, historical, 18th century, civil long guns, gun, wea,

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