![]() To the front,the breech block rotates away from the barrels Streight down about 1 cm and two locking lugs retract from When you lower the underlever, the breech block drops Have never seen another even remotely like it. This rifle is a combination rolling and falling block. The shop owner was nice enough to let me shoot some photos ![]() I happened to see this at a local shop in the for sale rack. He who lives in the past is doomed to enjoy it. ![]() A classic Zeiss Diatal, possibly.Ĭant make out the inscription in the last photo. It does seem a bit asynchronous to see a leupold scope mounted on a such a rifle. And I thought the French were the most innovative of gunmakers. What an engineering and conceptual masterpiece. "Yeas it kicks like a mule he said, but always remember that its much worse standing on the other end" Having posted the photos I will now ask Raff to give a verbal explanation of this ingenious mechanism.Ī rolling/drop block, one has to admire the german gunsmiths sometime. Even though it is a radical design, it is strangely beautiful. This is a most unusual German double rifle, perhaps unique. He asked for it to be posted here in the archive. This double rifle was photographed by our member, Raff. ***ĭouble Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations
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