Guns International #: 102877059
Seller's Inventory #: 244603

Category - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Rifles - Spanish

Category
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
Rifles - Spanish

1700s ENGRAVED Spanish Antique MIQUELET “ESCOPETA” w/CATALAN STOCK Spanish GOLD INLAID Smoothbore Longarm

Description:
1700s ENGRAVED Spanish Antique MIQUELET “ESCOPETA” w/CATALAN STOCK

Spanish GOLD INLAID Smoothbore Longarm

Here we present an antique Spanish Miquelet “Escopeta” with a Catalan Stock. This nice Spanish Flintlock longarm, known as an Escopeta, is made with a Miquelet lock, a predecessor, or alternative, to the standard flintlock design in use throughout most of Europe. It shows typical mid-18th Century rough construction using all brass mounts, with a belt hook mounted on the left side. As Spain maintained many colonies at that time these muskets were scattered all over the globe and as a result are very hard to find today.

The miquelet was an early and sturdy form of flintlock popular throughout Europe and the Ottoman Empire from the seventeenth into the early twentieth century A “Miquelet” is a type of flintlock developed in Spain. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent in Spain, Portugal, Ital, the Balkans, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire from the late 16th to the mid-19th centuries. The miquelet lock, with its combined battery and pan cover was the final innovative link that made the flintlock mechanism possible. It proved to be both the precursor and companion to what we now call the "true" flintlock.

The overall condition is good+. Patina throughout. The action is strong. The bore is smooth and patinated. The stock shows use and remains solid.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 34-1/4 inches.

Caliber: .74

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2000

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Antique: Yes