OBSOLETE 1866/67 AMSLER ARMY RIFLE

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SWISS BREECH LOADING .450 CAL SERVICE RIFLE. SHORT LIVED, SOON REPLACED, AND QUITE RARE. THIS EXAMPLE HAS MOST PROBABLY AT SOME POINT IN THE DISTANT PAST BEEN AT THE BOTTOM OF A PILE OF RIFLES. THE WEIGHT OF SUCH HAS CAUSED THE BARREL TO WARP, BENDING UPWARDS FROM THE MIDDLE BAND TO THE MUZZLE. THIS CAN BE FIXED BY A COMPETENT GUNSMITH. LIEGE MAKER MARK TO THE LOCK. LOCK AND BREECH IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. UNTOUCHED OVERALL WITH BROWN PATINA, READY FORĀ  A GOOD OILING / CLEAN. 52 INCHES LONG OVERALL