*FINE HAENEL AYDT GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE.

*FINE HAENEL AYDT GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 8.15x46R. Beautiful Schutzen rifle with 31-1/2″ medium weight oct bbl, ramp front sight, missing its caterpillar insert. Top flat of bbl & quarter rib are nicely matted, missing the sight. Top tang has a pedestal for a Schutzen style sight which is also missing. Mounted with nicely colored straight grain walnut with semi-schnable tipped forearm & heavy left-hand Schutzen buttstock with deep scalloped cheekpiece on right side & thumb rest on left side. Stock & forearm are beautifully deep relief carved with foliate & floral patterns with checkered wrist & checkering pattern behind thumb rest. Both sides of stock, where it meets the receiver, are carved with beautiful half flower blossoms. Buttplate is typical Schutzen style with short heel tang & medium bottom prong. Receiver is most unusually engraved with large vignette of a lady shooter dressed in German costume wearing a hat with feather plume with her Schutzen rifle on a sling over her left shoulder & holding a target in her right hand. Right side is typically engraved of a Bavarian gentleman in turn-of-the-century Bavarian costume with feather plumed hat, jacket & cravat holding a Calabash pipe in his right hand & a stein in his left hand with great detail in engraving. He is leaning his right elbow on corner of a table & has trees in background all with a very finely stippled overall background. Balance of both sides of receiver, all three flats over top, top of breech block, top tang & lever are engraved to match, again all with very fine stippled background. It has dbl set triggers & a Schutzen style finger rest trigger guard. Bottom of bbl has “BUG” proofs & date “8.27” indicating manufacture August 1927. Top left flat of bbl has the eagle & crown “N” nitro proof & right side of receiver has “BU” & crown “N” proofs. Altogether a very beautiful & unusual lefthand Schutzen rifle. Accompanied by a period German leather sling. CONDITION: Extremely fine, sights missing as noted. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig bright blue. All other metal retains about all of its strong orig case colors, moderately faded, brilliant in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with very minor handling & use marks and retains virtually all of a lightly cleaned orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Sling is fine. 4-33454 JR443 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1229	$2,875.00	FINE HAENEL AYDT GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE. SN NSN. Cal. 8.15x46R. Beautiful Schutzen rifle with 31-1/2″ medium weight oct bbl, ramp front sight, missing its caterpillar insert. Top flat of bbl & quarter rib are nicely matted, missing the sight. Top tang has a pedestal for a Schutzen style sight which is also missing. Mounted with nicely colored straight grain walnut with semi-schnable tipped forearm & heavy left-hand Schutzen buttstock with deep scalloped cheekpiece on right side & thumb rest on left side. Stock & forearm are beautifully deep relief carved with foliate & floral patterns with checkered wrist & checkering pattern behind thumb rest. Both sides of stock, where it meets the receiver, are carved with beautiful half flower blossoms. Buttplate is typical Schutzen style with short heel tang & medium bottom prong. Receiver is most unusually engraved with large vignette of a lady shooter dressed in German costume wearing a hat with feather plume with her Schutzen rifle on a sling over her left shoulder & holding a target in her right hand. Right side is typically engraved of a Bavarian gentleman in turn-of-the-century Bavarian costume with feather plumed hat, jacket & cravat holding a Calabash pipe in his right hand & a stein in his left hand with great detail in engraving. He is leaning his right elbow on corner of a table & has trees in background all with a very finely stippled overall background. Balance of both sides of receiver, all three flats over top, top of breech block, top tang & lever are engraved to match, again all with very fine stippled background. It has dbl set triggers & a Schutzen style finger rest trigger guard. Bottom of bbl has “BUG” proofs & date “8.27” indicating manufacture August 1927. Top left flat of bbl has the eagle & crown “N” nitro proof & right side of receiver has “BU” & crown “N” proofs. Altogether a very beautiful & unusual lefthand Schutzen rifle. Accompanied by a period German leather sling. CONDITION: Extremely fine, sights missing as noted. Bbl retains about 99% strong orig bright blue. All other metal retains about all of its strong orig case colors, moderately faded, brilliant in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with very minor handling & use marks and retains virtually all of a lightly cleaned orig finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. Sling is fine. 4-33454 JR443 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 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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