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Rare flintlock dragon rifle model 1763/66 (2nd...

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Rare flintlock dragon rifle model 1763/66 (2nd manufacture). Round barrel marked "76", caliber 18 mm bayonet lug on the upper part. Flat-body lock engraved "Manufacture de Saint Etienne", stamped "JR" under Lys. Brass fittings with a very long mouthpiece, grenadière and iron buttplate (important play). Mounting with long barrel (enture under the lock), stick in drowning known as "foot of cow", metal rod. Presented with a bayonet with casing type 1769/70, punched and engraved "DN 58" (43,5 cm) and a sling in bleached buffalo. Total length approximately 149 cm. Surface oxidation. ABE. Former Christian Ariès collection (this rare rifle allowed Jean Boudriot to study the evolution of this weapon - notebook n°6)