September 9, 10, & 11, 2025 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/9/2025
Bradley style white composite front sight with a diminutive mid bead on a matted vent rib, marked with Browning designations for a Belgian 12 gauge Superposed made of Special Steel with 2 - 3/4" chambers on either side of top barrel, towards chambers. Marked with "*" and "**" choke codes for Full over Modified. Chambers have been lengthened to 3", and muzzles have been fit with choke tubes. Choke tubes are frozen, and have no notches in their face. Nicely figured round nosed Browning sliding forearm with point pattern checkering about a Deely style latch release. Engraved with scrollwork and floral elements on exterior iron. "8G4PM00100" observed on left side of bottom chamber. Action with low relief golden mallards in a marsh on either side of the action, with gold linework about the vignettes, while the bottom depicts two more mallards with a ribbon that reads "AMERICAN MALLARD 100 of 500 ANAS PLATYANYNCHOS". Vignettes are supported by acanthus scrollwork. Gold washed single selective trigger protected by a long tang trigger guard with a golden mallard. Automatic safety with "S" ahead of slide, "O" and "U" abutting for barrel selector positions. Walnut stock with round knob pistol grip, sidepanels, modified point pattern checkering about the wrist with arrowhead intrusions, and a skipline checkered butt with central insert, also skipline checkered. CONDITION: Very good. Barrels with the vast majority of their blue with some scattered handling marks and rubs, primarily where forearm reciprocates along barrels. Choke tubes are frozen, and left side of the top barrel shows evidence of what looks like vice marks. Action with some surface discoloration at carry point, engraving crisp. Stocks with some handling marks and impressions throughout, forearm with numerous cracks and crazing, primarily to the top, and with what appears to be a burn mark on the right side. Butt has a small chip on the right side of the stock, where stock contacts action. Mechanically fine, bores with some moderate frosting and firing striations ahead of chambers. Ejectors are strong and in time.