Beautiful, heavy, percussion rifle for precision shooting at the range (Fédéral type). Strong, rifled, 15 mm caliber, fluted barrel with adjustable, folding rear sight, signed "LEFAURE Arquebusier à Paris", entirely and finely chased with a series of foliage scrolls interspersed with a dragon; on the right-hand side, a dog's head; at thunder, a boar's head and on the left-hand side, a second dragon; all on an amatized background. Flat-bodied front plate and round-bodied dog finely decorated en suite. On the counterplate side, a strong oval-headed screw for disassembly. Large trigger guard with finger grip and large volute, with flat-headed round screw on the tail allowing it to be folded forward. Adjustable Stecher hair trigger. Substantial cheekstock with long barrel in fine light walnut, partly carved with a series of foliate scrolls. Trim and butt end decorated in succession. Large cut-out buttplate, decorated in sequence, with long curved hook and resting point. Two strong rectangular rings for the shoulder strap (missing), and two decorated square rings for the ramrod (missing). Barrel length: 97 cm - Rifle length: 133.5 cm - Overall length with hook: 145.5 cm B.E. The hammer does not hook (recent traces of oxidation). LEFAURE: Harquebusier in Paris circa 1850-1872.