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Flintlock rifle with battery lock
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Flintlock rifle with battery lock

anonymous · 1599 - 1799 · iron (metal); wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Flintlock gun with battery lock; octagonal rifled barrel with inlaid brass nameplate with letters: IBJS; elongated brass front sight; rear sight notch on the front part of the breech ending in a leaf motif; round lock plate; with pan saddle; safety pin behind the cock; flat cover with striking surface attached with bolt; horizontally moving trigger; walnut French stock with carved leaf motifs; on the left cheekpiece an image of a mask with inlaid eyes; buttplate with star-shaped inlay in wood and bone and two plates with engraved images of flower, bird and floral scrolls; iron furniture; three profiled ramrod guides; buttplate in the form of a volute; precision trigger; trigger guard with three bulges; on the left cheekpiece an oval smooth iron plate.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteengeweer met batterijslot. 1599 - 1799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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