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Offline WKevinD

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Interesting Jaeger ? Moving to For Sale section>
« on: January 14, 2025, 08:54:15 PM »
This just came in the shop, only thing I know about it is from the Rifle Shop catalog: (#800) Datiert Jagerstutzen

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Offline Seth Isaacson

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Re: Interesting Jaeger ???
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2025, 01:58:26 AM »
That is an Austrian Model 1842 "Jägerstützen" rifle using the Augustin/consol tubelock made in 1848 ("848" on the lock). The good folks at Cap & Ball have a nice article and some videos on these:
https://capandball.com/the-story-of-the-augustin-tube-lock-ignition-system/

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Re: Interesting Jaeger ???
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2025, 04:48:18 AM »
Thanks Seth, I didn't have a clue how it worked.

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