Infantry cap rifle, Europe, wz. 42/59

Overall length of the rifle 1460 mm, weight 4645 g, caliber 18 mm

L u f a steel barrel, smooth, slightly tapering towards the exit, octagonal in the bottom part. Fastened to the caseback with a bolt on the pigtail and three steel bed buckles. Buckles fixed with spring-loaded latches. Front buckler with a double bushing, adjustable pinkie, musket at the exit. On the back and sides, at the height of the signature chamber, numerators "A. FRANCOTTE". In the bed, a hollow channel for a steel buckler. Z a m e k cap. The lock plate with the stamped signature "A. FRANCOTTE" and the letters "AF" topped with a crown in an oval. The lock mechanism in working order. Os a d a from a uniform piece of walnut wood. The bed reaches almost to the exit of the barrel. Movable stirrups attached to the carrying strap on the center buttstock and front breech moustache. Flask with a tapered neck, flat head covered with a steel cap, with a mustache on the back of the flask. All steel parts punched. At the rifle a sleeve bayonet.
state of preservation: 4+/4+/4+
state of preservation of the bayonet: 3+
provenance: auction house Fischer, Switzerland, auction 2011, item 1172