GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
RARE MAGNUM MAUSER RIFLE IN VOM HOFE 7MM "SUPER EXPRESS" RETAILED BY WAFFEN JUNG STUTTGART WITH ZEISS SCOPE, ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED ON P. 267 OF JOHN SPEED'S BOOK "ORIGINAL OBERNDORF SPORTING RIFLES". MAUSER BOLT SPORTER 8417 7mm Super Express MODERN; C&R Cal. 7mm Super Express. 26" Tapered round bbl is fitted with one standing rear sight in island base and front ramp with hood. A sling loop is in soldered on partial band. Top of bbl is engraved "Waffen - Jung, Stuttgart" and is marked for steel type. Front scope base is on bbl shank. Magnum length 98 Mauser action with unusual standard bridge is blued and fitted with factory type sliding safety on right side of tang, which has unusual locking detent. Bolt handle has been extended and knob has two panels of checkering. Drop box bottom metal is engraved "Chr. Friedr. Triebel" "Suhl" on hinged floorplate retained by button in trigger guard bow. Double set triggers have been fitted. Lightly marbled dense European walnut horn capped pistol grip stock measures 14-1/8" over ribbed horn buttplate, and features right hand cheekpiece, horn forend tip, recoil bolt, and exceptionally well cut point pattern checkering at grip and with Oberndorf Mauser pattern checkering on forend with skip line checkered bottom panel. Left side of stock is inlet with raised silver oval engraved with relief oak leaves. Rifle is fitted with Zeiss Zielsechs rail scope with three post reticle in claw mounts. Drop at heel: spptox 2-7/16", drop at comb: approx 1-7/16". Weight without scope: 9 lbs. 0 oz. LOP: 14-1/8". CONDITION: Excellent, very close to new, with only some light edge wear on metal parts, and numerous light marks and dings in stock finish. Bore is excellent. Action is smooth. Scope is excellent with some scratches, optically clear, lenses a bit dusty. A superb example of this very rare Mauser variant. The 7 x 73 Super Express drove a 170 grain bullet at 3300 ft per second. 52704-1 MGM423 (7,000-10,000) W/DIES, SCOPE