FRANCE, époque Premier Empire Manufacture de Versailles. Voltigeur rifle, model 1777-an IX. Flintlock lock, signed "Mre Imple de Versailles". Flat barrel, then round. Cal. 17 mm. Walnut shaft, late brown repatinated. Iron and brass fittings. With an iron ramrod, with openwork end (Gras type), attached. Numbered 94148. With an iron socket bayonet (too wide), with punch marks. Barrel length: 99.7 cm - overall length: 138 cm - ramrod length: 88 cm - bayonet length: 47.2 cm. Scratches, some deep, and knocks from use; a few wormholes, small chips, cracks and splits in the wood: the brown patina-coat may mask old restorations in front of or under the lock or on the stock; shortened barrel; some oxidation.