OG - POOR- major or minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals and design obliterated, wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collectors firearm in its present state.

Air guns of this style were used primarily for hunting. "Wind guns" had several advantages over conventional firearms including that they were quieter, smokeless, quicker to reload, and relatively unaffected by rain. They also required less cleaning since they did not require corrosive black powder. This air gun is likely of Austrian or German origin, and is chambered in approximately .48 caliber/12 mm with a smooth bore, fixed notch rear sight, exposed mainspring and a copper stock air reservoir. Absent cocking lever on the right. Provenance: The Dr. Robert D. Beeman Collection