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Scarce Dreyse Needle-Fire Sporting Double Rifle
Guns International #: 101735285 Seller's Inventory #: 40277
Category: Double Rifles - German - Double Rifles - Antique
Seller's Information
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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
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1205
Total Number of Listings: 20216
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
FREE SHIPPING FOR ORDERS OVER $500! We also have a 30 day Inspection Period and NOT a 3 day Inspection.
Payment Types Accepted: We take all major credit cards with NO CREDIT CARD FEES! Also Check or Money order.
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 #21173, 11.5mm (.452 Caliber), 25 3/4" barrels with fair bores that have dark pitting within the grooves. This is a handsome and well-made rifle by Franz Karl Rudolph von Dreyse (the son of the Needle Gun's inventor, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse), that features side-swinging barrels operated by a long underlever, and self-cocking locks. The metal has developed an overall plum-brown patina, with some pinprick ppitting at the muzzles, as well as around the breech-end of the barrels. Most of the original gold inlay decorative borders remain on the receiver, and the maker's name and location are still legible on the barrel rib: "F. v. DREYSE", "SOMMERDA". The one-piece walnut stock has fine checkering on the straight wrist, and numerous small handling marks and minor blemishes in the piano varnish finish, and is discolored on either side where the barrels meet the standing breech due to the incomplete gas seal. The steel buttplate is also plum-brown throughout, but has moderate pitting and some mild surface oxidation still present. The lock-up is still tight, and the needle-fire locks still function flawlessly. This is a very good example of a seldom seen Dreyse double rifle, and would make a wonderful addition to any collection. Antique
SOLD
Antique: Yes
Manufacturer: Dreyse
Model: Needle-Fire
Caliber Info: 11.5mm
Gauge Info: 11.5mm