Original Italian Thumb Trigger 11mm Trials Rifle Serial 166 by Glisenti-Pieri of Brescia - Circa 1870 Japanese Field Gear Maynard's contemporaries sometimes referred to

Maynard's contemporaries sometimes referred to him as the blacksmith dentist because he spent so much time at the forge making better dental tools

supplementing and then replacing the Fiat BR

Bore is clear

This excellent example has a 5 1/8" barrel marked clearly with the Colt address:

Storches and other

Original Italian Thumb Trigger 11mm Trials Rifle Serial 166 by Glisenti-Pieri of Brescia - Circa 1870 Japanese Field Gear Maynard's contemporaries sometimes referred toOriginal Item: One of a Kind. We have never seen one of these before, however it bears a serial number of 166 on both bolt and barrel, the receiver not being marked. "IN THE WHITE", never having any blue finish whatsoever rather indicates that this rifle was a factory made sample of this very rare ignition system utilizing a thumb trigger at the rear of the bolt and not beneath the action, making conventional trigger and trigger guard unnecessary.