Original 16 Bore Prussian D.B. Needle Fire Shotgun by F. V. DREYSE SÖMMERDA Converted to Center Fire - Circa 1870 Japanese Guns & Ordnance the lock cavity has not

the lock cavity has not been drilled

60th Regimen

comes with spare bulb

They indicate production in January of 1889

Victorian morals dominated the cultured classes of Great Britain and the new United States

Original 16 Bore Prussian D.B. Needle Fire Shotgun by F. V. DREYSE SÖMMERDA Converted to Center Fire - Circa 1870 Japanese Guns & Ordnance the lock cavity has notOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a fascinating antique firearm. It stated life as a high quality Double Barrel 16 bore shotgun using the needle fire system developed by F. V. Dreyse of Sommerda whose Needle fire rifle was used by the Prussian army from the 1840s until 1871. Features sighted barrels signed on the rib and opened by an engraved case hardened rotary underlever, inlaid with a pair of silver lines and silver scrollwork on the