A flintlock rifle, J. Joseph Krei, Munich, circa 1740. Octagonal barrel merging to round after a chiselled baluster, with eight groove rifling in 15 mm calibre. Silver front sight. Silver-inlaid ornamentation at the breech with brass-filled marks for J. Joseph Krei (Stöckel No. 610 and 611). Lightly engraved flintlock. The lock plate signed "IOS. KREI IN MUNCHEN". A walnut half stock, with fine Rococo style carvings. Brass furniture. The original wooden ramrod with brass tip. Length 140 cm. J. Joseph Krei, known in Munich circa 1730. historic, historical, 18th ,

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