Rare gravity repeating rifle, "Colette" system, single action , 10 mm caliber. Rifled barrel with slide type ammunition guide on top of the barrel, stamped "VC" and numbered 2233 under the barrel. Rising block chambering system at the rear of the barrel. Safety at the rear of the hammer. Grey tempered frame, trigger guard and steel trigger guard tail engraved with foliage scrolls. Varnished walnut stock partly squared and carved with foliage. Blued finish. Length: 101 cmB .E. About 1850-1860. Colette or Collette Victor: Harquebusier . Manufacturer in Liege 1850-1870. was the inventor of the system with tube magazine on the barrel known as gun with gravity .