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Unique Swiss Improved Peabody Hammerless Feldstutzer Rifle
Guns International #: 102260069 Seller's Inventory #: 44910
Category: Antique Rifles - Cartridge - Martini Peabody Rifles
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: 1202
Total Number of Listings: 20199
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
We 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.
Description:
NSN, .41 Swiss RF, 30 1/4" barrel with a fine, bright bore that has traces of mild freckling within the grooves. This is an extremely handsome and interesting rifle, identical in most respects to the issue Model 1851/67 Milbank-Amsler Feldstutzer, except for the highly modified, hammerless Peabody style action. The barrel retains 95-97% of the original browned finish, while the frame and elaborate underlever have a mottled gray and plum-brown patina. The only markings on the gun are on the right side of the frame: "VERBESSERTES PEABODY – SISTEM / VON / JOH. WALSER IN HEIDEN" (IMPROVED PEABODY – SYSTEM). Johann Walser operated in Heiden, Switzerland from about 1840. The rifle is equipped with standard Swiss military sights, and has a cocking indicator on the top tang, although the spring is either broken or missing. This does not affect the function of the action, however, and the double-set triggers are also fully functional. The wedge-fastened walnut forend has numerous small handling marks and blemishes throughout the original varnish finish, while the buttstock with hooked buttplate has similar marks, as well as a short with-the-grain crack running back from the tip of the lockplate. This is an excellent example of what could be a prototype, or one-of-a-kind Swiss military rifle. It is a fascinating non-Martini hammerless Peabody action, and would make a stellar addition to any collection. Antique
SOLD
Manufacturer: Swiss
Model: Peabody
Caliber Info: .41 Swiss
Gauge Info: .41 Swiss