FIREARMS. Model 1859 percussion hunter's rifle with walnut frame with "MI" label dated 1862, round barrel with thunderbolt rifling and graduated movable planchette sight capable of firing to 1100 m, stamped and dated 1862, engraved "Mle 1859" on breech, round-bodied rear lock and hammer engraved "Manufre Imple de St Etienne", stamped iron fittings, iron ramrod, antique black leather sling. L: 126 cm, barrel: 87 cm. Marks of oxidation. ABE