A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING CARBINE with three-stage sighted barrel of small bore turned at the muzzle and rifled with eight grooves, scroll engraved rounded lock (tail chipped, top jaw and screw associated), moulded walnut full stock (fore-stock cracked, butt with minor chip), iron mounts including thin butt-plate with long tang, staghorn patch-box cover engraved with a standing halberdier, and iron ramrod, late 17th Century