$300.00
Chatellerault Tabatiere snider action Carbine
- Condition:
- Make:Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault
- Model:Model 1867 Tabatiere Carabine de Chasseur
- Ammo Type:Black Powder
- Action Type:Single Shot
- Calibre:12 gauge
- Serial Number:1657
Private User
| Seller Type: | Private User Licence # 10114262 |
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| Location: | PROSERPINE, QLD, 4800 |
| Transferring Dealer: | Hunting and Shooting Sup Whitsundays, QLD, 4800 Licence # 50001584 |
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Description:
This French 12ga started out as a model 1853 'Chasseurs' percussion carbine with an 18mm rifled bore, it was then converted to a breech loading carbine in 1876 using a snider style action and firing the 17.8mm Tabatière rifle cartridge.
In the late 1800's it was converted to 12ga in Belgium, given a smooth bore, renamed 'the farmer' and sold as a cheap 12ga here in Aus.
This shotgun is strictly blackpowder only, I'm told they are pretty rare purely because so many were destroyed when smokeless powders became available. it has a 28" barrel and the bore is in good shootable condition with some light pitting
very cool old shotgun with a lot of history to read about
