April 27-30, 2021 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/27/2021
Built circa 1981. This game gun is built with 26" chopper lump blued steel barrels. Barrels are nicely designated with ejectors, matte, tapered rib with a small round steel front bead sight. "Abbiatico & Salvinelli" is on the left barrel with gold inlay. Barrel bottoms read, "JOE BOJALAD - PITTSBURGH", CAM. 70". Barrels are also stamped "14,1", "**" on left barrel and "KGO920","****","14,2'. Barrel flats are marked with Italian proofs, "A&S", "MADE IN ITALY", "097" (for Serial number). Rear lump marked "DANTE, MARIO, GIAN, POLI, REMO and TONY". Chokes are Full and Improved Modified. The coin finished pinless sidelock action is non-auto safe. "S" in gold. Safe slide is engraved and checkered. Top lever is scroll engraved with thumb piece being checkered. Action also is built disk set strikers. This sweet little gun's Bulino game scenes are engraved by Master Engraver Galeazzi and its scroll work is engraved by "D.MARCO INC.", which is signed on trigger plate. Left lock plate is engraved with 3 primitive hunters, 2 with spears and 1 bare handed in woods while hunting wild boar. 1 of the boar has the third spear in it. Right lockplate with primitive hunters in woods, hunting bear and stag with spears and stone hand axes as if in battle while a spirit hunter / warrior is pointing giving direction. Bottom action with hunters returning to village and family in woods and under tent. The single mechanical trigger is shielded by a right hand rolled edged scroll engraved trigger guard which extends to a matched scroll engraved long bottom strap. A deep reddish brown and marbled European walnut stock has been fitted with drop points, finely checkered English straight hand grip, and a matched finely checkered butt. The gun's semi beavertail forend has matched checkering and its exterior iron metal and escutcheon are scroll engraved. Inner iron metal with gold inlay of the gun serial number "097". Anson styled forend release is checkered. The gun lives and travels in a leather case with red lining, Abbiatico & Salvinelli leather trade label on interior lid. Case is fitted with 3 piece wooden cleaning rod, nickel oil bottle, and striker pot. Striker pot with extra firing pins and springs. CONDITION: Excellent. Barrels retain 99% original blue. Ghosts in rib. Action, ejectors, and trigger are sound. Stock and forend excellent. Great gun! CP
Barrel Wall Thickness
(L) .024 (R) .021
Internal Bore Diameter
(L) .556 (R) .560
Manufacturer
Abbiatico & Salvinelli
Model
Pinless Sidelock Side by Side