Eight-sided, sail-fired barrel, bomb width 2.8 mm. Rectangular tail screw blade. On the chamber a shielded stamp with hand and then three obscure...

Eight-sided, sail-fired barrel, bomb width 2.8 mm. Rectangular tail screw blade. On the chamber a shielded stamp with hand and then three obscure letters “G H N” (?, LRK väg. 1921: 155). Decor in the form of engraved florets on the chamber, around the sieve and behind the grain. In the Chamber, in addition, a field with a stag and two dogs. Means of direction: Bar-sight of steel with wide, u-shaped screen. Flush barley of brass, both flaxed, two salmon for the sieve. Attachment: Pipan attached with a screw from below (front hoop screw) and three wooden barrel pins. Wheel lock of German type, flat locking plate, l: 205 mm. Decor in the form of engraved cauliflower in a low relief against a dark scraped background. Behind the wheel an oval field with landscape with a cavalry battle. Outstanding wheel attached with semicircular, upward-widened ring, attached by two screws at. 3 and 9. Turn fire, finished with horizontal, heart-shaped tip. Barrel with a movable arm, the leading edge of the lid facade and fitted with engraved decor, swiveled, rounded finger grip, finished at the front with a three-lobed blade. Male with four sided body with rounded, serrated outside, annular neck with large screen, loose upper jaw. Hals and jaws engraved as bird heads. Upward curved finger grip, finished with a round flat with spiral engraving. Cutting screw with a four-sided head, at the top conical with a ball end. Handspring with bevelled edges, contoured stud with eyeglass breakthrough. The trigger bar and the stop feathers of the dungeon cap were blunted. Attachment: Two locking screws. Imprint with contoured and profiled pressure Helstock of red-painted wood (red book?), almost completely covered with ivory tiles with carved decor. Piston of German type with a piston box and wing, at the front end with a volute. The carved decor shows landscapes with hunting scenes (see Hellner). Piston box cap of ivory. Ivory back plate with a satyr. Column ball of steel. Tip tubing of ivory with mascaron. Wide steel creature with three finger positions, short, broken arms, engraved rank decor and oval field with landscape with hunters, dog and deer. Accessories: Charging stock of red painted wood, l: 781 mm, at one end an internal threaded steel tube, l: 120 mm. In the other a leg shoe, l: 42. The plate emerges from the mouth of a carved fish head. Gift for Karl XI of the County Shore, lord Augustin Leijonsköld (1634-1682).

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Eight-sided, sail-fired barrel, bomb width 2.8 mm. Rectangular tail screw blade. On the chamber a shielded stamp with hand and then three obscure...

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Wheel lock bouncer, Westphalia

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