Gun Watch Posted May 29, 2023 Report Share Posted May 29, 2023 Minie Cordier £675 12.7mm Rifle Trade Seller Used - Excellent Condition Wellingborough, Northamptonshire Percussion Description French Cordier percussion trials rifle in calibre 12.7mm . This is a very rare trials rifle invented by Claude Minie the inventor of the Minie bullet and patented in the UK on the 12 April 1862 The rifle is full length but the barrel is only 400mm long ,Minie determined that this was the optimum length to accomodate the Minie bullet The rifle also features an annular ring in the breech rather than a straightforwrd hole to improve ignition reliability All in good condition with excellent bore The seller of this gun doesn't appear to be a Pigeon Watch member, to contact them please use the details on Gun Watch. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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