Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2024 : Sale A0324 Lot 812
A RARE 70-BORE COLLETTE PATENT GRAVITY-FED BREECH-LOADING TARGET PISTOL BY JONGEN FRERES, LIEGE, serial no. VC 1039, for restoration...

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A RARE 70-BORE COLLETTE PATENT GRAVITY-FED BREECH-LOADING TARGET PISTOL BY JONGEN FRERES, LIEGE, serial no. VC 1039, for restoration,
with octagonal multigroove-rifled 9in. barrel cleaned of finish, the full length magazine and sights originally mounted above the barrel now lacking, rising breech-block and hammer with chequered spur (not holding on cock) thumb-piece safety-catch (incomplete), action engraved with foliage and signed 'JONGEN FRS. A LIEGE' and marked 'V COLLETTE BREVETE' on the top-tang, fluted walnut butt (cracked to right side at head) with carved scrolls to the central panels, spire pommel, lacking trigger-guard and tip of lower tang, many screws and pins poor replacements



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Estimate £300-500

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament