CASED PAIR OF FECHT PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS.

CASED PAIR OF FECHT PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS. SN NSN. Cal. 50. Identical pair of fine target pistols with 8-7/8″ slightly swamped oct bbls, inlaid in silver in Olde English on top flat “C. Lud. Fecht. in Berlin” with silver inlay arabesque patterns at each end. Muzzle & breech ends of bbls have narrow & wide silver bands. Front sight is German silver and dovetailed in the top flat. Rear sights are tiny V-notches with key elevation adjustments. They are mounted in very nicely grained 1-pc walnut stocks with raised teardrop side panels and foliate side plates with wire inlay around side panels and in geometric patterns around top tangs and tops of wrists. Forestocks have a single key through German silver escutcheons and they have ebony forend caps. Wrists are very nicely checkered in square patterns with scalloped edges and have a shoulder stock attachment plate in their back edges. Butts are nicely flared with fluted ebony butt caps that have oval steel inserts with a repoussed raised center engraved with smiling lion’s faces. Furniture is all iron with delicate, slightly curved lockplates that have fine border patterns and foliate arabesque patterns at front & rear edges. Hammers are engraved in dolphin patterns. Trigger guards have finger hook rests with trophy of arms on trigger bows and have very nicely engraved finials. Bottoms of forestocks have steel guides with fancy nosepipes that have matching decorated finials. They have single set triggers. Accompanied by their unusual orig rosewood casing that transports the pistols in the upright position, side by side under its hinged lid. Inside the lid has two compartments with a rotating center lock. Left end of the cabinet hinges downward to expose two small drawers and it has a mortised lock with functioning key in the front center. CONDITION: Pistols are very fine retaining most of their orig finish with a minor crack in one bbl channel and a small crack by the trigger plate, all on one pistol. One butt cap has a small chip missing from the ebony plate, otherwise both are in superb orig condition. One pistol needs mechanical attention as it will not cock. The other will cock but the set trigger is not functioning. Both bores are bright & shiny, probably unfired. Case is extremely fine with the front board of the hinged end slightly warped. Overall retains about all of its fine orig finish. A rare & unusual set. 4-37653 JR180 (3,500-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	2411	$3,737.50	CASED PAIR OF FECHT PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOLS. SN NSN. Cal. 50. Identical pair of fine target pistols with 8-7/8″ slightly swamped oct bbls, inlaid in silver in Olde English on top flat “C. Lud. Fecht. in Berlin” with silver inlay arabesque patterns at each end. Muzzle & breech ends of bbls have narrow & wide silver bands. Front sight is German silver and dovetailed in the top flat. Rear sights are tiny V-notches with key elevation adjustments. They are mounted in very nicely grained 1-pc walnut stocks with raised teardrop side panels and foliate side plates with wire inlay around side panels and in geometric patterns around top tangs and tops of wrists. Forestocks have a single key through German silver escutcheons and they have ebony forend caps. Wrists are very nicely checkered in square patterns with scalloped edges and have a shoulder stock attachment plate in their back edges. Butts are nicely flared with fluted ebony butt caps that have oval steel inserts with a repoussed raised center engraved with smiling lion’s faces. Furniture is all iron with delicate, slightly curved lockplates that have fine border patterns and foliate arabesque patterns at front & rear edges. Hammers are engraved in dolphin patterns. Trigger guards have finger hook rests with trophy of arms on trigger bows and have very nicely engraved finials. Bottoms of forestocks have steel guides with fancy nosepipes that have matching decorated finials. They have single set triggers. Accompanied by their unusual orig rosewood casing that transports the pistols in the upright position, side by side under its hinged lid. Inside the lid has two compartments with a rotating center lock. Left end of the cabinet hinges downward to expose two small drawers and it has a mortised lock with functioning key in the front center. CONDITION: Pistols are very fine retaining most of their orig finish with a minor crack in one bbl channel and a small crack by the trigger plate, all on one pistol. One butt cap has a small chip missing from the ebony plate, otherwise both are in superb orig condition. One pistol needs mechanical attention as it will not cock. The other will cock but the set trigger is not functioning. Both bores are bright & shiny, probably unfired. Case is extremely fine with the front board of the hinged end slightly warped. Overall retains about all of its fine orig finish. A rare & unusual set. 4-37653 JR180 (3,500-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2009 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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