A wheel-lock rifle

Germany, Saxony, Dresden, gunsmith Johann Christian Martini, 1730-1740s.
Overall length – 105 cm, barrel length – 74.4 cm, caliber – 16 mm.
Before becoming a part of the Gatchina Palace arsenal, this rifle belonged to the collection of Emperor Peter III (so called Oranienbaum Rüstkammer). In 1777 Count Grigory Orlov received the permission of Catherine II to take the rifle from the Oranienbaum collection and brought it to his residence in Gatchina.