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RARE WALL FORTRESS GUN, LEIGE , MODEL: SINGLE SHOT , CALIBER: 75 CAL

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RARE WALL FORTRESS GUN, LEIGE  , MODEL: SINGLE SHOT  , CALIBER: 75 CAL
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LEIGE , MODEL: SINGLE SHOT , CALIBER: 75 CAL , THIS SAME MODEL SOLD WITH ROCK ISLAND AUCTIONS IN 2016 PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE LINK TO SEE DETAILS
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/69/3218/belgian-percussion-wallfortress-gun COMES WITH HOMEMADE ROUGH WOOD CASE, DATED 1866 ON THE BARREL WITH A LIEGE MAKER'S MARK ON THE STOCK, BORE IS VERY GOOD WITH SOME LIGHT RUST SPECKLES , METAL SURFACES HAVE A BROWN PATTINA, THIS ARM WAS PRODUCED AS A HEXAGONALLY RIFLED WALL OR RAMPART GUN AND FITTED WITH A QUICK RELEASE RECTANGULAR BREECHBLOCK. SUCH ARMS, EFFECTIVELY A MIDPOINT BETWEEN THE SHOULDER FIRED RIFLE AND CREW SERVED ARTILLERY, WERE TYPICALLY PLACED IN FIXED POSITIONS WHERE BARRICADES AND WALLS COULD SERVE TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE ARM AND USED TO HARASS THE ENEMY AT RANGES EXCEEDING CONVENTIONAL RIFLE FIRE. THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WEIGHTS IN AT APPROXIMATELY 33 POUNDS. BLADE FRONT AND FOLDING LADDER REAR SIGHTS, WITH A 360 DEGREE SWIVELING PINTLE AHEAD OF THE REAR SIGHT, AND A NUMBER OF SMALL PROOFS "M" IN A CIRCLE AS WELL AS A LION / M IN A RECTANGLE ON THE BARREL, FRAME AND LOCK PLATE. THE RECTANGULAR STEEL BREECHBLOCK CONTAINS THE CHAMBER AND CAN BE RAPIDLY REMOVED BY DEPLOYING A LEVER ON THE FRAME. SMOOTH HALF STOCK WITH A STEEL PISTOL GRIP AND BUTTPLATE, AS WELL AS "MANUFACT. D'ARMES/18 LIEGE 66" STAMPED ON THE RIGHT SIDE. INCLUDED WITH THE ARM IS A PAIR OF WOODEN DISPLAY STANDS. A VERY SIMILAR WALL GUN HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE MALHERBE OF LIEGE , STOCK # , SERIAL # 65 , ACTION: REMOVEABLE BREECH BLOCK SINGLE SHOT , BARREL LENGTH: 39" , CONDITION: 8/10 , CLASS: CLASS: CANADIAN ANTIQUE CLASS NO LICENSE REQUIRED