GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY G. CARGNEL, LOUIS ACAMPO, AND L. LAMBERT WITH BOX. BROWNING OLYMPIAN 7P43734 .270 Win. MODERN Cal. .270 Win. 22" Light weight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Co 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 with long extractor 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 mule deer buck with large birch tree in background, and a portrait of a grizzly bear is on trigger guard bow. Mule deer is signed "G. Cargnel. Bear is signed "LA" (Louis Acampo). Elk scene is signed below wood "L. Lambert". Pronghorn is unsigned. Broad flame figured claro walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with Browning composition 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: 13-5/8". Gold and shiny black box has orig shipping label. 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 remains light in color, carving slightly darkened. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Gold of trigger shows some flecking. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Stock tests negative for salt. Box is very fine with some light chips and rubs, some tape. Label is very fine to excellent. 49114-69 MGM105 (6,000-8,000)