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Ball reservoir attr E W Werner, Leipzig

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Ball reservoir attr E W Werner, Leipzig.

 

With thanks to Sean Campbell, imaging manager of the Buffalo Bill Centre of the West in Cody, Wyoming, for permission to post these pics of a gun held in the Cody Firearms Museum. The blurb accompanying this gun follows.

Accession Number: 1988.8.2436

Date : 1750-1780

Dimensions: L: 46.25 in, Barrel length: 32.75 in, H: 7.25 in

Credit Line: Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection

Remarks: missing ramrod; maker obliterated, possibly E.W. Werner, Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony--Germany (--Simeon Stoddard, 2/9/94)

Inscription: none listed

Synopsis: firearm- Ball Reservoir- muzzle-loading- airgun- single shot- wood- brass- steel- none listed- missing ramrod; maker obliterated, possibly E.W. Werner, Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony--Germany (--Simeon Stoddard, 2/9/94)


   
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