July 2021 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0721 Lot 2123
A 14mm RIM-FIRE TRAP-DOOR MILITARY RIFLE, MODEL STEYR WANZEL 1854/67, serial no. 859,

Product Details

A 14mm RIM-FIRE TRAP-DOOR MILITARY RIFLE, MODEL 'STEYR WANZEL 1854/67, serial no. 859, Austrian, 1867, with 27 1/2 in. octagonal sighted barrel with front end round, clearing rod, walnut stock with inspection marks and splits around rear barrel pin, steel sling swivels and trigger-guard, steel lock with inspection mark and number '859', with strong spring on full and hal-cock, strong spring on the trap-door, metal butt-plate marked 'III . I . V' 5997', one of some 70,000 trap-door conversions of the Lorenz rifle, 43 in. overall



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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