September 10-12, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2024
Circa 1958 per serial number. Barrels fit with vent rib with steel bead front sight and machine cut matting. Legends for a Belgian manufactured gun in 12 gauge with 2 - 3/4" chambers. Browning choke codes are "*" on top barrel and "**" on bottom for Full over Modified. Matching numbers at lump and on Deely latch release. Browning sliding round nose forearm with point pattern checkering. Boxlock action is engraved with classic Funken vignettes of fighting cocks on left and pheasants on right, both signed "FFunken", bottom metal with a pointer retrieving a grouse. Single selective gold washed inertia-driven trigger, non-automatic safety with "S" inlaid ahead of slide, "O" and "U" abutting for barrel selector positions. Round knob long tang stock configuration of a tight wave grained walnut with little fiddleback, constructed with side panels, point pattern checkering about the wrist, oval plaque at toe line inscribed "J.S. Jr" and a Browning branded hard rubber buttplate. Housed in a leather wrapped case with wine colored lining compartmentalized for gun when broken apart, and containing accessories including previous owner label, A&F oil bottle, mop, and jag. Lid embossed "J.S. Jr" commensurate with plaque. CONDITION: Barrel with the vast majority of a good quality rebluing with some handling marks from the field, thinning to sharp edges and where forearm reciprocates along barrels, some silvering. Legends slightly thinned, but legible. Forearm very good with handling marks and impressions and a few abraded heads. Action very good with some age related discoloration, mostly towards trigger guard, engraving is sharp and crisp. Stoc very good with some handling marks and impressions throughout, but no cracks; some extremely minor chipping at head, with a few deeper impressions scattered. Checkering with a few abraded heads. Mechanically fine, ejectors are strong but out of time, bottom fires first, bores very good with some carbon striations towards chambers. Case very good, relined, with some age related handling marks and scrapes, but solid and whole.
Item Dimensions: 31 x 11 x 4"
Choke
(O) Full (U) Modified
Length of Pull
14" to wood, 14 - 1/4" over plate