GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
EXCEPTIONAL .264 WIN MAG FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY BAERTEN, LEGIERS, AND R. GRECO WITH SPECTACULAR WOOD AND CASE. BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE 1X11531 .264 WIN. MAG. MODERN Cal. .264 Win Mag. 22" Lightweight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Co with St. Louis and Montreal addresses on left, and with caliber, SN and "MADE IN BELGIUM" on right side. There are 2" triangles of scrolled acanthus engraving at sides of breech end. Coin finished Mauser action has gold-plated trigger. Action is engraved with well cut, shaded, acanthus scroll, as background to game scenes appropriate to caliber; a bugling elk is on left side of receiver ring, and a running pronghorn is on right. Floorplate depicts a portrait of a mule deer buck peering through branches with large birch tree in background, and a portrait of an approaching grizzly bear is on trigger guard bow. Bugling elk is unsigned. Pronghorn is signed "Legiers" where covered by wood. Bear is signed with initials "RG" (Reno Greco). Mule deer is signed "J. Baerten". Wonderful, flame figured and full length fiddle figured nicely banded claro walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with composition Browning buttplate. Stock features Monte Carlo comb with swept right hand cheekpiece, single recoil bolt, 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: 7 lbs. 9 oz. LOP: 13-3/4". Tan vinyl Browning case is lined in faun faux fur, and contains a 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 have lightly darkened. Gold is excellent with a few light marks. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Wood tests negative for salt. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent on exterior, fur is excellent. Some of the brown canvas is detaching from lid. 49114-68 MGM111 (6,500-9,500)