Need Help Identifying This Heavy Behemoth!

[MoZach]

Hello All,
Trying to figure out what this is, cannot find anything on it. Any leads would be greatly appreciated please. Pics should be sufficient.
Thank you.

 

[nhmoose]

Pics did not help by themselves ,sorry

 

[TFoley]

Any dimensions? Calibre? Weight? Pics right way up? Anything to help us to help you?

 

[vintovka]

Bench or wall gun?

 

[Jappo]

Would that be a Whitworth? Or similar.

 

[deerstalkert]

 

[Thagomizer]

Looks Germanic - maybe Austrian or Swiss.

 

[Flintandsteel]

Schuetzen style target gun?

 

[Conquerordie]

Agreed target rifle.

 

[Mcat]

I’m thinking with the sling it is a Jaeger. Here is a picture of one I got from the same time period . Bottom rifle.

 

[Marplot]

Austrian, target, not a wall gun.

 

[Mcat]

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Does anyone know what the winged protrusion is on the left side of the gun? My rifle has an empty hole in a slightly lower spot. No idea what it was for.

 

[TFoley]

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Would that be a Whitworth? Or similar.

Definitely NOT any kind of Whitworth. Whitworth was utterly English and first designed the rifling system that bears his name, then founded the company that made them, and then developed a hexagonal-bored breech-loading field gun that, too, bore his name.

 

[TFoley]

I’m thinking with the sling it is a Jaeger. Here is a picture of one I got from the same time period . Bottom rifle.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too big for a Jaeger - although we have no details about it, including its weight, it looks to be VERY substantial - I'm betting maybe 15 -16# or more.

Jaegers in Europe, where they came from, are for carrying up and down Alpine slopes and mountain hunting.

The name is well-known - J Eggiman was a noted Buchsenmachermeister in Sumiswald - a municipality in the district of the Emmental administrative district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.

He also made many pistols, too. Here is one of them in 18mm calibre -

 

[TFoley]

Now c'mon Mr Mcat - you've kept us hanging on long enough with folks trying to help you out.

Howabout some dimensions? THEN I'll tell you what the little key is for, and translate the label. Seems pretty clear to me, TBH.

Deal, or I'm done here.

 

[Thagomizer]

And,.......TFoley for the win!
Gotta love this forum.

 

[Sam squanch]

Very long range hunting rifle , for use with a rest. I think - not sure- some hunting was done from a covered shed with all the comforts of home in it. Much like today…..

 

[TFoley]

I can't wait for Mr MoZac to get his act together, and I'm sure that the rest of you are keen to know -

The key-feature is used to adjust the set trigger pull, and the label reads

Gun number 7

Percussion Stutzer - a style of heavy hunting rifle, mostly used from a stand.

[for] Hunting - from before 1837.

reads

 

[Mcat]

Now c'mon Mr Mcat - you've kept us hanging on long enough with folks trying to help you out.

Howabout some dimensions? THEN I'll tell you what the little key is for, and translate the label. Seems pretty clear to me, TBH.

Deal, or I'm done here.

Sorry sir I didn’t make the original post so I can’t give you any dimensions. I was just trying to join in like yourself.

 

[brushblind]

Looks Germanic - maybe Austrian or Swiss.

Agreed, civilian jaeger