UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1855.
BREAK-ACTION RIFLES
PERFECTIONED
By E. DUFOUR, Patented S. G. D. G. in France,
in England and in Belgium,
At Francis MARQUIS, Gunsmith,
4, Boulevard des Italiens. PARIS.
These rifles offer the double advantage: they can be loaded with pinfire cartridges, and in their defect, they can instantly transform into muzzle-loading rifles, combining all the conditions of an ordinary rifle.
This improvement is one of the most important, as the difficulty of obtaining conventional cartridges, when they are lacking, is perhaps the sole reason that limits the favor that breech-loading arms generally enjoy, and which, most often, prevents their sale abroad.
The inventor has not stopped at this already important perfection.
The barrels of these rifles offer more solidity and durability as they are forged with double twisted iron with steel chambers and washers.
The handling of the weapon and the movement of the break-action are made easier, by being done with the right hand.
And a movable stop operating at the same time as the underguard fixes the triggers during loading, prevents the rifle from firing, and prevents accidents.
These improvements also apply to break-action rifles of simple system.
Protective box for the transport and preservation of cartridges,
Patented S. G. D. G.
Available at Francis MARQUIS, Gunsmith,
4, Boulevard des Italiens. PARIS.
(This print cannot be distributed except inside the Exhibition Palace.)
Imprimerie de Cosfere, rue du Pontceau, 24.
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