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EX SMALL ARMS SCHOOL CORPS WEAPONS COLLECTION
PRUCKMAN, KORNEUBURG
A RARE 22-BORE (14mm) FLINTLOCK COMBINATION GUN, MODEL '1768 JAEGER CARBINE', no visible serial number, ref. 0029,
Austrian, circa 1770, with 26 1/4in. octagonal barrels, the top-flat signed 'IGN PRVCKMAN A CORI/IEVBVRG' (sic), the top-barrel deeply rifled, the bottom smooth, silver dove-tailed fore-sight, standing notch rear-sight, double-screwed top-tang stamped with a trademark, plain flat bevel-edged curved locks (left-hand cock missing), lozenge pans, unbridled frizzens, walnut full stock with floral carving around the top-tang and behind the moulded cheek-piece, moulded wood patchbox, brass heel-plate, finger-spurred raised trigger-guard tang and bow, border-carved fore-end with grooved centre-line, the right hand side to accept a ramrod (missing) and brass nose-cap, iron surfaces cleaned, small losses, worm and cracks to woodwork, retaining its Weapons Collection identity disk to trigger-guard
Other Notes: The rarest of all the Jaeger-type military rifles, these short barrelled over-under carbines were used by both the elite Jaeger skirmish troop, mounted or on foot and also the Austrian Border-Guard regiments. The idea behind the design was to allow the smooth-bore barrel to be quickly loaded under normal battle conditions, the rifled barrel being only used when longer range well aimed shots were required. These carbines were originally supplied with a stick-type barrel rest, allowing even standing shots to take full advantage of the guns potential accuracy. Indeed, it was the superior accuracy of these and the single-barrelled Jaeger rifles that eventually led to the British Army adopting the Baker rifle, itself a type of Jaeger rifle, for its own elite rifle regiments.
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Estimate £3,000-5,000