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Swiss Model 1842/59/67 Milbank-Amsler Rifle with Brewery Markings
Guns International #: 101241115 Seller's Inventory #: 37391
Category: Military Rifles - Non-US - Military Rifles - Antique
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Seller: Joe Salter com
Company: Down East Antiques - Joe Salter
Member Since: 9/10/10
First Name: Garrick-March-Jim-Joe
Last Name: Salter
State: New Hampshire
Zip: 03031
Country: United States
Phone: (603) 732-4000
Fax: (603) 732-4200
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Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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About Us: Joe Salter has been in the Antique and Collector Weapons business for 60 years as both a collector and dealer. Our company is based in Southern New Hampshire and we have had an internet based store front for the past 20 years. We are federally licensed and deal in all types of firearms and related material. We offer free Shipping for orders over $500.
Description:
Serial #974 / 9245, 18 x 25mm RF, 40" barrel with an excellent, bright bore. This is a conversion of the Model 1842 percussion musket using the Milbank-Amsler “trapdoor" system. The barrel has a cleaned, armory bright finish that has an overall pewter gray patina, and evenly spread spots of plum-brown freckling along the entire length. The barrel bands, receiver/breechblock assembly, trigger guard, and the rear half of the lockplate have an old added blue finish that also has spots of plum-brown freckling throughout. The front half of the lockplate (which is marked with a partially legible maker’s name, possibly “P. EMALH[?]") is in the white, and was reshaped from the original squared-nose profile to a more conventional round-nosed shape in order to fit the non-original stock. The stock itself is in very good condition with numerous small handling marks and minor blemishes throughout, and has deeply stamped “BRAUEREI STADTBÜHL" markings, as well as an illegible round stamp, and “C.St.G." cartouche. The Brauerei Stadbühl is a small, independent brewery in Gossau, Switzerland, that was founded in 1858, and is still in business today. This rifle was probably used by a competitive shooter either sponsored, or employed by the brewery, and is a neat example of a very early cartridge conversion that is rarely seen in the United States. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Swiss
Model: Milbank-Amsler
Serial Number: 974 / 9245
Caliber Info: 18mm
Gauge Info: 18mm