Beautiful Beringer system shotgun, two-shot, 12-gauge.
Round,... Lot 311
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Beautiful Beringer system shotgun, two-shot, 12-gauge.
Round, ribbon, damascus, table-top barrels with floating thunder strikers, marked on the band in gold "Invon Beringer Bté à Paris".
Back plates signed "Beringer à Paris", hammers, rocker and fittings finely chased with foliage scrolls and birds.
Opening buttplate with two housings.
Veined walnut stock.
B.E. (some slight oxidation). Circa 1850.
Total length: 1.15 m. Barrel length: 0.75 m.
Beringer Beatus, mechanic then harquebusier in Paris and Saint-Etienne. Patent in 1833 for a new firearm with or without ordinary powder, additive in 1834. Numerous other patents to improve breech-loading weapons; creator of the Beringer system, advocates the use of nickel silver in cartridge manufacture.
Paris Exhibitions in 1839, 1838, 1849 and 1855 (1st class medal).
London Exhibition in 1851
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