Gravity repeating pistol, "Colette" system, single... Lot 9

Gravity repeating pistol, "Colette" system, single action, 10 mm caliber. Rifled barrel with slide type ammunition guide on top of the barrel. Rising block chambering system at the rear of the barrel. Safety with the back of the hammer, steel carcass engraved of foliage scrolls. Trigger guard with finger rest. Iron cap cut out, engraved, blued. Carved walnut stock with shell cheeks. Length : 35,7 cmB .E. About 1850-1860Colette or Collette Victor : Arquebusier . Manufacturer in Liege 1850-1870. he was the inventor of the system with tube magazine on the barrel known as gun with gravity .