Needlefire S/S shotgun Bastin Freres - Hermalle, calibre 16,

68,5 cm browned twist Damascus barrels, concave rib, ivory bead, toggle link action type Montigny inscribed with maker's name and type, trigger guard in French style, in front of that a manual cocking lever, well grained walnut half-stock in the style of contemporary percussion guns, ramrod, as the action has no means of extracting the self consuming paper cartridges, double triggers, sloping cheekpiece, steel buttplate 35,5 cm, fore-end with wedge fastener, year of manufacture around 1840, right needle broken, early breech loader, a similar gun with the same action type can be seen in the gunmaker's museum of St. Etienne, expertly restored to condition III. https://auctions.springer-vienna.com/en/...;currentpos=255