"W.STEIN/CAMDEN.N.J." marked on top of the barrel and on top of the brass cylinder reservoir. William Stein is listed as an active maker out of Camden, New Jersey, in the 1860s-1870s. Air guns of this style were used primarily for indoor target shooting. This gallery air gun has a tip-up octagon barrel that loads from the breech and is affixed with a latch below, and it functions through the use of a trigger guard lever for cocking in order to fill the cylinder reservoir, and upon pulling the trigger the spring loaded piston releases. Chambered in approximately .30 caliber/7.5 mm with a smooth bore. A similar example is photographed and described on page 99 of "Blue Book of Airguns, Thirteenth Edition" where it is referred to as a "St. Louis" type air gun.

Fine, with a mix of original brown finish and scattered spotting on the barrel, attractive bright surfaces on the brass, and sharp markings in the metal. Stock is very good with some scattered light handling marks, cracks visible in the wrist and front of the comb, a chipped absent section on the top left of the wrist, and defined edges. Mechanically fine.

This unmarked gallery air gun has a a tip-up octagon barrel that loads from the breech and is affixed with a latch below, chambered in approximately .25 caliber/6.35 mm with a smooth bore.

Very good with brown patina and scattered pin-prick pitting on the iron, and golden age darkened patina on the brass. Wood is also very good with numerous mild scratches and dents and an absent chipped hole on top of the wrist. Mechanically fair, weak air pressure.