GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE BIG GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY L. LAMBERT WITH CASE. BROWNING OLYMPIAN 0023L75 .375 H & H MODERN Cal. .375 H&H. 24" Medium weight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Co on left, and with caliber and "MADE IN BELGIUM" on right side. SN is on right rear bridge. There are 2" triangles of scrolled acanthus engraving at sides of breech end. Coin finished Mauser action with short extractor has gold-plated trigger. Action is engraved with well cut, shaded, acanthus scroll, as background to game scenes appropriate to caliber; a moose is on left side of receiver ring, and a bugling elk is on right. Floorplate depicts a grizzly bear with mountain and cloud in background, and a portrait of a snarling mountain lion is on trigger guard bow. Bear is signed "L. Lambert" whose signature also appears under elk scene on receiver ring, where covered by wood. Mountain lion is unsigned. Moose scene is unsigned. Nicely crotch figured claro walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with Browning open-sided white line pad. Stock features Monte Carlo comb with swept right hand cheekpiece, two recoil bolts, and rosewood forend tip with white line spacer. Matching flared grip cap has inset gold diamond on bottom. Closely spaced checkering at grip and forend is flanked by relief carved scrolling acanthus with stipple shaded background. Sling studs are in forend and on toe line. Weight: 8 lbs. 10 oz. LOP: 13-5/8". Tan Browning full length case is lined in off-white faux fur, and contains the key. PROVENANCE: Rod Fuller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent, near new, with little evidence of having been fired, retaining essentially all its finishes on wood and metal, with only the lightest of handling marks. Checkering and carving remain light in color. There are slight operating marks on bolt, and some discoloration to knob. Gold of trigger is lightly scratched. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent. 49114-56 MGM101 (7,500-12,500)