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. "W.STEIN/CAMDEN.N.J." marked on top of the brass cylinder reservoir. William Stein is listed as an active maker out of Camden, New Jersey in the 1860s-1870s. Chambered in approximately .30 caliber/7.5 mm with a smooth bore. Circular brass collection tag marked "R.D. BEEMAN/PRIVATE/COLLECTION/099" hanging from the trigger guard lever. This exact air gun is photographed and described on page 99 of "Blue Book of Airguns, Thirteenth Edition". Provenance: The Dr. Robert D. Beeman Collection

Very good, retains mostly brown finish mixed with surface corrosion on the barrel, attractive golden bright patina on the brass, gray and brown patina on the remaining iron surfaces, and defined markings in the metal. Stock is good with scattered light scratches and handling marks, and some cracks and chips. Mechanically fine.