EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, HARRY POPE FUGGER ENGRAVED BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.

EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, HARRY POPE FUGGER ENGRAVED BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 23122. Cal. 22 LR. Extraordinary rifle that was owned personally by Harry Pope. It has a 30″ light tapered rnd bbl that has Pope’s trademark left hand twist rifled bore. It has integral front sight boss mounted with a globe sight base. Top of bbl is mounted with target scope blocks with an extra set of scope base holes for a different length scope. Top of bbl, in front of middle scope block, is engraved “REBUILT BY GRIFFIN & HOWE INC, NEW YORK”. Left top side of bbl, between rear scope blocks, is stamped “H.M. POPE” and caliber is engraved beside rear scope block. Bottom of bbl, under forearm, is stamped “H.M. POPE” with the following series of letters & numbers: “C / 580 / 15.9 / 4/12/21”. It has a checkered trigger. Receiver is extraordinarily engraved by Josef Fugger in his readily identifiable style of full coverage vine & acanthus leaf patterns with an extremely fine punch dot background. Engraving is delicately & beautifully shaded in Mr. Fugger’s unmatched style. Top three flats of receiver are engraved in flower blossoms. Left side of receiver has the oval vignette of the great man himself, Harry Pope, an extraordinary likeness. Right side of receiver has a same size vignette of male & female lions in a very detailed & shaded background. It has a custom extended lever with engraving patterns to match and has a Niedner steel grip cap also engraved to match. The split breech block is jeweled. Mounted with custom tiger striped walnut of extraordinary close grain pattern with tapered, checkered, extended forearm that has an adjustable rail with Winchester deluxe swivel. Buttstock is standard Ballard pattern with checkered wrist and fine Germanic style shadow cheekpiece and an old Mershon thin pad. Scope blocks on bbl contain a Fecker small-tube target scope with fine crosshairs. Consignor states that this rifle is pictured in the book Lucian Cary on Guns from 1950 and that a former owner, Mr. Robert L. Lutz’ notes read “Frank Bergin at A&F says engraving was done by Josef Fugger at G&H (Griffin & Howe) and that Joe recalls Pope bringing the gun in personally about 1932 with his picture for engraving.” He states that the notes also state that this rifle was Pope’s personal gun. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Retains virtually all of its fine custom finish on bbl with one minor scrape by rear scope block. Receiver retains most of its fine, dark,custom case colors and the lever & grip cap most of their custom blue. Wood is sound with a few minor storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its fine custom finish. Mechanics are crisp with a crisp light trigger, brilliant shiny bore. Scope retains most of its orig factory finish with crisp optics. 4-32004 JR298 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1026	$21,275.00	EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF A KIND, HARRY POPE FUGGER ENGRAVED BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 23122. Cal. 22 LR. Extraordinary rifle that was owned personally by Harry Pope. It has a 30″ light tapered rnd bbl that has Pope’s trademark left hand twist rifled bore. It has integral front sight boss mounted with a globe sight base. Top of bbl is mounted with target scope blocks with an extra set of scope base holes for a different length scope. Top of bbl, in front of middle scope block, is engraved “REBUILT BY GRIFFIN & HOWE INC, NEW YORK”. Left top side of bbl, between rear scope blocks, is stamped “H.M. POPE” and caliber is engraved beside rear scope block. Bottom of bbl, under forearm, is stamped “H.M. POPE” with the following series of letters & numbers: “C / 580 / 15.9 / 4/12/21”. It has a checkered trigger. Receiver is extraordinarily engraved by Josef Fugger in his readily identifiable style of full coverage vine & acanthus leaf patterns with an extremely fine punch dot background. Engraving is delicately & beautifully shaded in Mr. Fugger’s unmatched style. Top three flats of receiver are engraved in flower blossoms. Left side of receiver has the oval vignette of the great man himself, Harry Pope, an extraordinary likeness. Right side of receiver has a same size vignette of male & female lions in a very detailed & shaded background. It has a custom extended lever with engraving patterns to match and has a Niedner steel grip cap also engraved to match. The split breech block is jeweled. Mounted with custom tiger striped walnut of extraordinary close grain pattern with tapered, checkered, extended forearm that has an adjustable rail with Winchester deluxe swivel. Buttstock is standard Ballard pattern with checkered wrist and fine Germanic style shadow cheekpiece and an old Mershon thin pad. Scope blocks on bbl contain a Fecker small-tube target scope with fine crosshairs. Consignor states that this rifle is pictured in the book Lucian Cary on Guns from 1950 and that a former owner, Mr. Robert L. Lutz’ notes read “Frank Bergin at A&F says engraving was done by Josef Fugger at G&H (Griffin & Howe) and that Joe recalls Pope bringing the gun in personally about 1932 with his picture for engraving.” He states that the notes also state that this rifle was Pope’s personal gun. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Retains virtually all of its fine custom finish on bbl with one minor scrape by rear scope block. Receiver retains most of its fine, dark,custom case colors and the lever & grip cap most of their custom blue. Wood is sound with a few minor storage & handling nicks & scratches and retains virtually all of its fine custom finish. Mechanics are crisp with a crisp light trigger, brilliant shiny bore. Scope retains most of its orig factory finish with crisp optics. 4-32004 JR298 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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