GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
20 GAUGE BROWNING MIDAS GRADE TWO BARREL SET ENGRAVED BY LOUIS BLEUS WITH CASE. BROWNING OU MIDAS 56117V9 20 GA MODERN; IVORY Cal. 20 ga. 3” Chambers. 26-3/8” Bbls are marked for skeet and IC and 28" Bbls marked for mod and full (fitted with thin wall choke tubes). Bbls have narrow, raised, matted, ventilated ribs with sgl "certified pre-ban ivory" bead. They are marked with Browning St. Louis and Montreal addresses, and “MADE IN BELGIUM” on left, and steel, chamber and patent info on right. There are 2” triangles of well-cut relief open shaded scroll at breech ends. Blued standard Browning OU action with gold-plated sgl selective trigger, is engraved in typical Midas style, as designed by Louis Vrancken, consisting of near full coverage of large open shaded scroll with acanthus highlights surrounding game scenes with semi-relief gold inlaid subjects. These scenes are within gold inlaid ovoid borders with flourishes at bottom. Three pheasant fly into open meadow on left side of action, and a trio of ducks take wing from marsh on right. A quail flies across bottom of action. Trigger guard, with matching scroll, has vacant shield on bow. Both sides of action are marked with engravers signature "Bleus". Stump figured claro walnut short tang flat knob buttstock measures 14-1/16” over Browning open sided white line pad. Modified point pattern checkering extends over grip and has flourishes into butt. Each bbl set has its own matching forend of 1-pc field type. 26-3/8" BBLS: Bore diameter: top -.620, bottom -.619. Bore restrictions: top -.006 (IC), bottom -.004 (skeet). Drop at heel: 1-7/8", drop at comb: 1-1/4". Weight: 6 lbs 2 oz. LOP: 14-1/16". 28" BBL set: Bore diameter: top -.619, bottom -.619. Bore restrictions: Screw chokes (Briley (?) thin walls). Drop at heel: 1-7/8", drop at comb: 1-1/4". Weight: 6 lbs 2 oz. LOP: 14-1/16". Tan vinyl Browning case, lined in off white faux fur has space for action and both sets of bbls. PROVENANCE: Rod Fuller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent with little evidence of being fired since proof, with only a few light handling marks on wood and metal. Gold has some light rubs from contact with trigger plate. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent, with slightly soiled interior. 49114-43 MGM231 (12,500-17,500)