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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A rare and beautiful four-barreled percussion shotgun by Karl Pirko, Metà del XIX Secolo

Estimate

€ 2.500 - 4.500

Sold

€ 6.250

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Vienna
length 107.5 cm.
Smoothbore, round, turn-off, 15 mm cal. barrels, browned and with damascus design. Provided with tall ribs: one signed "KARL PIRKO" in gold and engraved with the letter "R" in gold at the base, the other marked "IN WIEN" and with the letter "L" at the base. Silver foresights. On the left side mark of the Liege test bench and number "59". The breech blocks and the nipple supports engraved with floral motifs. Backward spring locks, one signed "PIRKO", the other "WIEN"; finely engraved with hounds, birds and floral motifs. Wooden butt with checkered grip. Iron mounts decorated en suite. Browned trigger guard, by pushing the front segment the barrels are released and can be rotated. Under the butt is a small magazine containing the cartridge extractor, which can be screwed to th brass-tipped, iron ramrod. A silver oval shield on the back.