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LOT 3215
Extraordinarily Rare Engraved and Gilded Three-Shot Flintlock Revolving Sporting Gun - NSN, 20 gauge, 39 inch round bbl., bright/gold finish, hardwood stock. Multi-shot flintlock pistols and long guns were the forerunners of the true revolvers
Christian IV of Denmark is known to have owned a
pair of pistols from Carlsbad using this system. The system used on this gun is similar to the “wender” or “turn-over” design employed on double barrel pistols and long guns in the flintlock era,
of the 19th century and are very rare and highly desirable antique arms. A small number of firearms built using the system on this long gun in three and four-shot variations were manufactured by a group of gunmakers operating in the spa town of Carlsbad in Bohemia in the first half of the 18th century. Naturally, these advanced firearms were reserved for the nobility, and King
but instead of having multiple complete barrels, the gun has three chambers with their own pans and frizzens. By giving each chamber its own pan and frizzen, no complicated automatic priming mechanism is required. After pulling on the release trigger at the front of the trigger guard, these chambers are manually rotated to bring them into alignment with the main barrel, and the shared lock which is back action format.
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