What era of time were Peterlongo single shot tip up barrel rifles made?

Answer 1

This is a little out of my area, but by chance I've been researching a similar gun. (You haven't been to Kittery Trading Post have you?) This is what I've found so far, hopefully it will help. Peterlongo was an Austrian manufacturer who was making revolvers in the late 1800's, Some of these were apparently actually manufactured in Belgium. They partnered with a company called Mahrholdt and were making Drilings(3 barreled shot guns) in the early 1920's The one I'm researching is a single shot break action with a set trigger. (probably a custom, one of a kind.) Sometimes the bullet can tell you as much about the age of the gun as the gun itself. I was able to narrow down the date of manufacture because the gun was chambered in 9.3x72r which came out in 1900 and was succeeded a couple of years later by the 9.3x74. What caliber is the gun? That might help. I found this tidbit later last night: Mahrholdt managed the Peterlongo guns works in Innsbrück, Austria from 1898-1918 after which he took over as his own under the name of Tiroler Waffenfabrik Peterlongo, Richard Mahrholdt und Sohn. After Mahrholdt's death in 1947, it was taken over by his son, Herbert, who was also co-author of later editions of Waffen-Lexikon. The Tiroler Waffenfabrik (Tyrolean Arms Factory) closed shop some time in the 1970s." ...so if it's Peterlongo, it's pre 1918 for sure.