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A Rare 40 Bore Repeating Butt Reservoir Air Rifle By Staudenmayer Circa 1800
A Rare 40 Bore Repeating Butt Reservoir Air Rifle By Staudenmayer Circa 1800
£3,750.00
Product Code
VAR515
In stock
A rare 40 bore repeating butt reservoir air rifle by Staudenmayer, circa 1800, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrel inlaid with a vacant gold scroll, reblued breech decorated with an elaborate gold star, fitted with sprung tap-lever and rebrowned tubular magazine with pivot cover, signed engraved action decorated with border ornament and a Britannia trophy on the reverse, fitted with sprung cocking lever on the right, cocking indicator and safety on the left (restorations), engraved trigger-guard decorated with a Britannia trophy, and steel butt reservoir with an early pigskin covering (the reservoir, action and barrel misaligned), 67.0 cm barrel
**Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is the maker of a Girandoni-system air rifle in the Royal Collection at Windsor (inv. no. L 409). Two air weapons by this maker are recorded in the Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, one of which was sold Sothebys, Hanover, October 2005, lot 868.**
A rare 40 bore repeating butt reservoir air rifle by Staudenmayer, circa 1800, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted multi-groove rifled barrel inlaid with a vacant gold scroll, reblued breech decorated with an elaborate gold star, fitted with sprung tap-lever and rebrowned tubular magazine with pivot cover, signed engraved action decorated with border ornament and a Britannia trophy on the reverse, fitted with sprung cocking lever on the right, cocking indicator and safety on the left (restorations), engraved trigger-guard decorated with a Britannia trophy, and steel butt reservoir with an early pigskin covering (the reservoir, action and barrel misaligned), 67.0 cm barrel
**Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is the maker of a Girandoni-system air rifle in the Royal Collection at Windsor (inv. no. L 409). Two air weapons by this maker are recorded in the Hanoverian Royal Gunroom, one of which was sold Sothebys, Hanover, October 2005, lot 868.**
| Weight (kg) | 3.575 |
|---|---|
| Mechanism | Spring |
| License Type | No Licence Required |
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