November 3-4, 2017 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/4/2017
Manufactured in 1963. Round blued superposed barrels with wide vented matte rib with twin white beads. Boxlock actions with French grey finish and detailed Midas grade engraving, including chiseled relief scrolls and scene of five pheasants in a hollow on the left side, the other side with four relief ducks, some in water, some in flight. The bottom features two grouse in flight, surrounded by scrolls. Right side of action signed by engraver "J. BAERTEN" near bottom. Baerten was a Browning factory master engraver between 1955 and 1987 and shotguns engraved by him often command a premium. Triggerguard bow with relief engraved scene of two rabbits. Features include single gold plated trigger, long tang, ejectors, and non-automatic thumb safeties/barrel selector. Highly figured varnished walnut stocks with flat knob and Kickeez brown buttpad. Checkered panels around wrist and on beavertail forearm. Complete with factory Browning light brown vinyl covered case with faux sheepskin lined partitioned interior and includes a Superposed instruction manual and hang tags. Excellent condition, barrels retain about 95-98% blue finish with some light wear from forearm and some light edge wear. Excellent shiny bores. Action retains nearly all of finish with only a couple light storage marks. Stock very good with a few light storage marks and one small repaired chip on forearm, in corner of action on top left side. The repair can only be seen if looking for it. Case with some storage marks and scratches, some staining and wear on interior. This is an excellent high grade Belgian Browning!
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