OF - FAIR- some major parts replaced; minor replacement parts may be required; metal rusted, may be lightly pitted all over, vigorously cleaned; rounded edges of metal and wood; principal lettering, numerals and design on metal partly obliterated; wood scratched, bruised, cracked or repaired where broken; in fair working order or can be easily repaired and placed in working order.

These bellows air guns were generally made in the late 1700s to mid-1800s and were used primarily for indoor target shooting. Their basic feature is a conical bellows hidden in the hollowed-out wooden buttstock. Tip-up octagon barrel chambered in approximately .34 caliber/8.5 mm for use with darts with a hair tail, with a smooth bore that loads from the breech and the tip-up barrel releases with a lever that protrudes through the bottom of the stock ahead of the trigger guard. No maker markings. Absent tang peep sight. Mechanically untested. Information on Bellows air guns can be found on pages 213-214 of "Blue Book of Airguns, Thirteenth Edition". Provenance: The Dr. Robert D. Beeman Collection