GUN FALL 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.
FINELY CRAFTED RUGER # 1 CUSTOM RIFLE BY DON ALLEN WITH FINE SCROLL AND RELIEF GOLD INLAY BY M. BUTLER AND SCOPE.RUGERNO 1 NCUSTOM132-184576MM REMW/SCOPEMODERNCal. 6mm Remington. 23" Medium weight bbl fitted with quarter rib, banded on sling eye, and front ramp holding silver bead, is engraved "DON ALLEN STURGIS SOUTH DAKOTA" on top. Coin finished action is near fully engraved with very well cut varying sized shaded scroll. Sides of action are relief gold inlaid with western American game within gold line borders; a running pronghorn is on left, and a charging big horn ram is on right. Engravers signature "M. Butler" is on bottom of action. Superbly marbled Exhibition quality European walnut steel capped pistol grip buttstock measures 13-1/4" over engraved steel buttplate, and features finely sculptured shadow line right hand cheekpiece and meticulously executed point pattern borderless checkering. Matching full forend attaches to bbl with large screw. Leupold M-8 7.5X scope with crosshair reticle is in Warne rings. PROVENANCE: The Forrest G. Rhodes collection. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining essentially all fine custom finishes on wood and metal, with a few handling marks mostly on buttstock. Bore is excellent. Mechanically fine. 52465-3 MGM229 (3,500-5,000)