July 30th 2016 Premier Firearms Sale (20)
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/30/2016
12 bore, 30” blued steel barrels with vent rib and two white beads. Chambered for 2-3/4” shells, both barrels choked modified. Manufactured in 1967. Matte chrome box lock action, single gold-plated trigger, ejectors, non-automatic safety and barrel selector. Action finely engraved by Browning’s master engraver, J. Baerten, with a scene of a pointer holding a pheasant on one side and setter holding a duck on the other. Both panel scenes are surrounded by fine scroll engraving. Bottom of action engraved with two pheasants surrounded by a border and scroll engraving. Trigger guard bow engraved with two pheasants. This is the FKST variation (flat knob/short tang). Highly figured gloss walnut stock, pistol grip with checkered panels on each side. Underside with an oval-shaped gold escutcheon, engraved “JWB”. Fitted with a Morgan adjustable butt pad. LOP from trigger to back of buttstock is 12-1/2” and 13-3/4 to back of compacted adjustable pad. Drop at comb measures 1-1/4” and the drop at heel (buttstock) is 1-1/2”. Forend with wrap around checkering. Excellent condition, barrels retain about 95 to 98% blue finish, slight wear from forend sliding and at breeches. Excellent and bright bores. Action and trigger guard retain about 70 to 80% matte chrome finish, with wear on tang, around some engraving and on bottom of action. Stock very good, some losses to finish around edge of pistol grip. One dent on right side of butt and scattered marks from use. Has pull & release trigger.