"TYROLER WAFFENFABRIK", "JOH. PETERLONGO" and "INNSBRECK" marked on the barrel. Johann Peterlongo is listed as an active maker out of Innsbruck, Austria, alive between 1826-1898. 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 .27 caliber/7 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 the trigger guard lever. No maker markings. Absent tang peep sight. Mechanically untested. Includes a crank handle. 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