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fuhrmann
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Re: Breech loading percussion big bore
16/05/13 01:49 AM

Crusader,

that's an interesting piece, thanks for showing it!
It's not an elephant rifle.
Actually I see a target rifle from Bavaria.
The maker's name I can't read, but "IN MÜNCH..", possibly in München / Munich.

ON the breech block "K. B. PRIVILEGIRT", meaning "Königlich bayrisch privilegiert",
a shooting club privileged by the royal bavarian court.

Maybe it is this club, still active: http://www.hauptschuetzen.eu/
Maybe another one.

No idea what targets where shot at. The piece might also have been intended as "Wallbüchse", for long-range sniping when defending the city walls.
This was the purpose of those old-time shooting clubs, and that's why they often were "privileged" - supported by the king or the city. But I wonder if that concept of city defense was still alive in 1844.

Regards,
Fuhrmann

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Breech loading percussion big bore	Crusader68	13/05/13 03:38 PM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	fuhrmann	16/05/13 01:49 AM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	DarylS	16/05/13 10:59 AM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	fuhrmann	16/05/13 05:50 PM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	DarylS	17/05/13 02:10 AM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	fuhrmann	17/05/13 04:24 PM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	DarylS	18/05/13 08:08 AM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	kuduae	19/05/13 01:49 AM
Re: Breech loading percussion big bore	fuhrmann	25/05/13 05:41 PM

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