December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/13/2024
Chopper lump barrels with mushroom bead front sight on a solid, tapered rib with machine cut matting and beadwork at the breeches, rollmarked with "BROWNING ARMS COMPANY MORGAN, UTAH & MONTREAL P.Q. / ASSEMBLED IN KOREA WITH JAPANESE COMPONENTS" right with "B-S/S SPECIAL STEEL 12GA SELLS - 2 3/4" AND 3"". Action flats with serial number, nitro proofs, and "*" under left barrel and "**" under right for Full and Modified chokes. Beavertail forearm with Deely latch release with point pattern checkering in two panels about the release, with exterior iron gently engraved with florals, interior with matching serial number. Boxlock action with partial floral borderwork, acanthus croll device, and floral dressed hinge pin. Gold washed trigger with selector mounted behind blade, trigger guard with mid length tang with acanthus scroll, automatic safety with intaglio "SAFE" ahead of slide. Walnut stock with a restrained straight grain with point pattern checkering about with pistol grip wrist, sidepanels, and a Browning hard rubber buttplate. Housed in a Browning branded case with shag lining. CONDITION: Excellent, retaining virtually all of the factory bluing with some scattered superficial handling marks. Stocks excellent with some minor handing marks. Mechanically fine, ejectors soft but in time, bores good with some firing residue from use throughout.
Choke
(L) Full (R) Modified