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Thursday 25 September 2025 e Friday 26 September 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A pair of percussion pistols, Mid 19th Century

Estimate

€ 400 - 600

Sold

€ 2.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Europa
length 41,5 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, twisted barrels, marked “VC” on the underside and with remains of non-clearly-legible marks. Visible rifling, some rusty patina that needs cleaning. 12,6 mm cal. at the nozzle. Breech blocks with frames, piston with spark arrester and numbered "1" and "2" in gold. Tangs engraved in racemes, with fixed rear sight and numbered en suite. Forward spring locks engraved in racemes, both well working, with two snaps, the first with safety lock at the trigger. Adjustable triggers (one without the adjustment screw). Wooden half stock carved with oak leaves at the front and with grip with banded and squared carvings. Butt-plates with leaf turnings and cap-box with shell-shaped white metal gates. Old wadding inside. Iron trigger guards with finger support tab and engraved with racemes. Pair kept in a case, so without compartment for the cleaning ramrod.

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