GUN FALL 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/5/2015
CUSTOM ENGRAVED DAKOTA MODEL 10 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE. DAKOTA 10 0094 221 REM MODERN Cal. .221 Remington Fireball. 23” Light weight sporter bbl is fitted with sleeved-on sling eye and rear island base for Talley rings. Caliber is on left side. Coin finished dropping block action with non-automatic tang safety, is fitted with rear Talley base, and marked with Dakota name and address on trigger plate. SN is under lever. Action, scope bases, rings, and grip cap are engraved with very well cut various sized classic shaded scroll within geometric borders. Top of bbl is also engraved with Dakota name and address in Old English script in Rigby style. This very fine work is signed “E. L. Peters” under SN, and is also stamped “FEGA” (Firearms Engravers Guild of America). Striking, finely marbled and beautifully stump figured European walnut steel capped pistol grip buttstock measures 13-3/4” over thin black Dakota pad. Borderless point pattern checkering is at grip. A sling eye is installed on toe line. Matching forend screws into boss on bbl. Rifle is equipped with Talley rings. Weight: 6 lbs. 10 oz. LOP: 13-3/4“. CONDITION: Excellent. Metal retains nearly all of its orig blue. Coin finish is excellent with no evidence of darkening. Stocks retain essentially all of their hand rubbed oil finish with some light marks and one or two fairly deep, most notably a 1” dent on side of butt. Checkering is still light in color. Bore is excellent. Action is crisp. A neat little varmint rifle. 49498-4 MGM223 (6,000-10,000)