April 27-30, 2021 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/27/2021
Circa 1956. A 12 bore game gun with 2 - 3/4" chambered chopper lump blued barrels. Barrels are furnished with ejectors, filed concave tapered game rib, and a round front bead sight. Barrels also have light scroll barrel bands at breech. Bottom of barrels read "BOEHLER ANTINIT DEMIBLOC" "13351" (for Serial number), "Kg 1,285" "18,4" "17,4" "*","20,3" over "70", "18,4" "*". Barrel flats stamped "PSF", "70mm", "FINITO","12" in circle and "Nitro". Left barrel reads "S.P.A LUIGI FRANCHI BRESCIA MADE IN ITALY". Chokes are Full and Improved Cylinder. The non-auto safe "SAFE" written as "SICURA" coin finished sidelock action is fully engraved with grape vines in a lovely scroll pattern on stippled ground. Breech face with disc set strikers water table with serial number "13351" "IMPERIAL MONTE CARLO EXTRA" under crown and with Italian proofs. The blacked top lever is engraved and with checkered thumb piece. Safe slide is blacked checkered and engraved. The handsome guns double triggers are checkered, blued, and the front is articulated. The triggers are protected by a blacked fully engraved trigger guard which extends through to a long bottom tang. The European walnut stock with smoky marbling has been built with drop points, semi-pistol grip, diamond point checkering, black grip cap which reads "FRANCHI BRESCIA" "MADE IN ITALY", "S.A. LUIGI", and with a diamond patterned checkered butt. The matched checkered splinter forend has blacked fully engraved exterior iron metal, blacked interior iron metal, checkered Anson styled push release and a gold inlay shield at center which reads "IMPERIAL MONTE CARLO". The gun is accompanied by a brown leather textured travel case. CONDITION: Excellent. Barrels retain 97% original blue. Action is sound, ejectors are timed well. Stock with some handling marks. Forend is very good. Case is very good. Nice game gun. CP
Barrel Wall Thickness
(L) .029 (R) .029
Internal Bore Diameter
(L) .726 (R) .727
Model
Side by Side Imperial Monte Carlo