DESCRIPTION
Rare and astonishing system rifle, prototype of the Bretton rifle, 2 shots, calibre 12 / 65. Round, separate, superimposed, bronzed barrels. Body, breechblock with vertical travel, controlled by a key of the type darne, finely engraved of foliage scrolls and flowers, on bottom amati, signed of Louise Bernard. Double trigger. Half pistol stock in selected light walnut, partly squared and carved in high relief with squirrels, leaves, acorns and foliage (small wood chip at the end of the breech tail and small crack). Light horn buttplate. trigger guard numbered MJ N° 130 Length of the barrel: 70 cm - Total length: 115,5 cm - Weight: 2,82 Kg T.B.E. Presented in a wooden case, covered with green felt with place for the cartridges. With its certificate of the official test bench of Saint-Etienne. Category C to be declared. Nota bene : Prototype conceived in 1936, its production was deferred by the war and resumed from 1945 to 1950 in very limited number. A few rare examples were presented to the Saint-Etienne proof house.
165
Rare and astonishing system rifle, prototype of the Bretton rifle, 2 shots, calibre 12 / 65. Round, separate, superimposed, bronzed barrels. Body, breechblock with vertical travel, controlled by a key of the type darne, finely engraved of foliage scrolls and flowers, on bottom amati, signed of Louise Bernard. Double trigger. Half pistol stock in selected light walnut, partly squared and carved in high relief with squirrels, leaves, acorns and foliage (small wood chip at the end of the breech tail and small crack). Light horn buttplate. trigger guard numbered MJ N° 130 Length of the barrel: 70 cm - Total length: 115,5 cm - Weight: 2,82 Kg T.B.E. Presented in a wooden case, covered with green felt with place for the cartridges. With its certificate of the official test bench of Saint-Etienne. Category C to be declared. Nota bene : Prototype conceived in 1936, its production was deferred by the war and resumed from 1945 to 1950 in very limited number. A few rare examples were presented to the Saint-Etienne proof house.
Auction is over for this lot.See the results