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PRESUMED LATE BRUN LATRIGE, M1890, WITH SQUEEZE ACTIVATION AND SAFETY.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
PRESUMED LATE BRUN LATRIGE, M1890, WITH SQUEEZE ACTIVATION AND SAFETY.
SN 2. 5mm Brun. Most Brun Latrige repeaters are actuated by a trigger ring. The right side of this pistol appears as a Brun Latrige but with a squeeze cocking bar. The left side of the bbl extension has a long rotating safety. Moving the safety up blocks the cocking bar; moving it down allows the cocking bar to be depressed. As the cocking bar is squeezed the bbl moves back to pick up a cartridge from the magazine while simultaneously retracting the firing pin that is released upon completion of the squeeze. Onto the back of the frame is a wood palm swell, checkered over the entire surface, secured in place with a single screw. Accessing the magazine is through a floorplate on the bottom of the frame. The body of this repeating pistol is blued while the mounted components and safety bar are nickled. PROVENANCE: Joseph J. Schroeder, Jr. Collection. CONDITION: Pistol shows moderate wear from use and handling. Original blue remains on about 70% of its surface. The nickling has fared somewhat better though the tensioning bar mounted to the right frame has oxidized to a mottled gray-brown. Bright bore with shallow rifling and mild oxidation. Perfect mechanics. 4-48531 LMA78