Rare rifle with system "Pieri" 1886, with bolt, a blow, gauge 11 mm Round barrel, rifled, of 50 cm, with rise, with sides with the thunder. Breech engraved "Compagnie des Armes Pieri Pieri Gadrant et Cie Paris" and "N° 4". With trigger at the back of the lock (patented). Walnut stock. Total length: 97 cm B.E. Blued finish. J. PIERI is inventor in Ghisoni (Corsica), 1860-1886. Numerous patents from 1867 to 1886. Bibliography : Jean-René Clergeau, in " Gazette des Armes ", n° 248, p. 33.