GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
RARE STEVENS MODEL 51 IDEAL SCHUETZEN SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. STEVENS 51 11546 32-40 MODERN; C&R Cal. 32-40 Rare rifle on a 44-1/2 action with 30" about #4 weight oct to rnd bbl, globe front sight, no rear seat & windgauge Vernier tang sight with 3" staff. Receiver has takedown screw in the bottom front and is lightly engraved with foliate arabesque patterns that has lightly shaded background and a line border. Top 3 flats of the receiver also have borders with top flat lightly engraved. Top tang is engraved to match. Receiver has dbl set triggers & finger rest lever with walnut panels in the loop. Mounted with very highly figured American walnut with checkered, Schnable tip forearm, straight stock with high comb and deep cheek piece & steel Schuetzen buttplate. Bottom of bbl, under the forearm is marked "BDL LTD. EDGEFIELD. SC". Bbl, forearm, buttstock and buttplate are matching numbered to the rifle. This rifle was produced from about 1896-1916 in a large variety of calibers with some variation in configuration. This was a serious target shooters rifle and as such it is extremely rare to find one in completely orig, unaltered configuration. Most of the old time shooters altered their rifles to suit themselves, most often altering the wood or changing the sights or adding a telescope. CONDITION: Extremely fine+, all matching. Bbl retains about 99% crisp, orig blue with only faint muzzle and sharp edge wear. Receiver retains about all of its bright Stevens case colors, lightly faded over the top & bottom edges. Breechblock retains most of its orig blue. Lever & hammer retain faded case colors, and buttplate about 70% case colors. Wood is sound with a very minor nick or two and overall retains virtually all of its crisp, orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore, may have been fired, if so very little. 49033-14 JR (7,000-10,000)