September 10-12, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2024
Cirac 1945-1955 per Westley Richards's website. Tapered barrel with later applied bead front sight on a sweated on base with moon sight and flip hood with a three leaf express rear sight, two folding and one fixed, engraved with regulation at 200 (fixed), 300, and 400 yards (folding), on a sweated on boss over engraving. Scroll engraving throughout barrel, shank, sight hood, and stiff leaf engraving at muzzle, and "Westley Richards & Co England" behind front sight. Large ring Mauser action with serial number and BNP and droop wing eagle proofs on left side of fore ring, "REGULATED FOR 220GRN BULLET", and fit with turn off scope bases. Bottom metal and trigger guard with extensive scroll en suite. Stock on a relatively straight grained reddish walnut with horn forearm cap, sling bows on non-rotating studs at forearm and toe line, and checkered in a modified point and wave pattern with finial inclusions at forearm and pistol grip. Case colored pistol grip cap with trap, vacant oval at toe line, shadowline cheekpiece, and skeleton buttplate enclosing a checkered butt. Housed in a canvas wrapped case with wine colored lining and Westley Richards trade label in lid, cleaning rod and brush, sling, and a Leupold M7 3x scope in appropriate mounts with a duplex reticle. CONDITION: Very good as customized from the base action, retaining nearly all of the reapplied finishes with superficial scratches and pluming to blue throughout, and some very minor pits on action. Engraving is well cut, somewhat softened by the refinish, probably done when the sights were installed. Stock with some scattered handling marks and impressions, mechanically fine, bore is very good with strong rifling. Case good, relined, with reproduction label in lid and some scattered rubs and age related handling marks.
Item Dimensions: 48 x 10 x 4"
Caliber/Bore
.300 H&H Magnum
Manufacturer
Westley Richards