*SCARCE BORNMULLER GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE.

*SCARCE BORNMULLER GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE. SN 4306. Cal. 8.15x46R. Unusual Schutzen rifle with 28″ oct bbl, windage adjustable dovetailed front sight with curved wings & pin. Full top flat is hand matted with quarter rib containing a clock key adjustable rear sight. Top tang has a Schutzen pedestal with clock key adjustable sight numbered to rifle. Bottom of bbl has “BUG” proofs with date “7.14” indicating manufacture in July 1914. Right side of breech block & receiver have “BU” proofs with top right flat of receiver & bbl having British vue proofs. Receiver, lever, top tang of buttplate & about 1-1/2″ over chamber area of bbl are beautifully engraved with leaf & vine patterns and a very fine stippled background. It has a Schutzen style finger rest lever with what appears to be a proprietary locking system & dbl set triggers. Buttstock has typical Schutzen buttplate with short top tang & short bottom prong. The action is somewhat unusual with a large, solid, heavy breech block marked on right side “BLOCK SCHLOSS SYST. / BORNMULLER”. Right lower front side of block is milled for the opening lever & left side has milled cavities for the heavy half-round hammer spring and a separate hammer with fixed firing pin & it has a right hand extractor. Mounted with nicely figured European walnut with short schnable tipped forearm that has a checkered bottom flat & checkered side panels. Buttstock is typical early Schutzen style with heavy contoured cheekpiece on left side and a shallow cheekpiece on right side with shallow stippled thumbrest on right wrist. It has a full checkered wrist with raised, domed, carved panels. Accompanied by a hand written repair list where Dr. Miller apparently had this rifle repaired in Dec. 1991. It lists numerous small repairs such as replacing a couple of broken screws, tightening front sight dovetail, removing peen marks from muzzle, reshaping, re-engraving & glass bedding buttplate, tightening forend wedge key & fabricating small parts for rear sight. There was also some light touchup done on buttplate & lever. Bbl has been sleeved to the orig caliber. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl sleeved & repairs as noted. Bbl retains 93-95% strong orig blue with about 50% orig fire blue on rear sight. Receiver & lever retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded, brilliant in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with light wear on the freshened checkering & retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-35643 JR444 (4,000-7,000)

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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	1231	$0.00	SCARCE BORNMULLER GERMAN SCHUTZEN RIFLE. SN 4306. Cal. 8.15x46R. Unusual Schutzen rifle with 28″ oct bbl, windage adjustable dovetailed front sight with curved wings & pin. Full top flat is hand matted with quarter rib containing a clock key adjustable rear sight. Top tang has a Schutzen pedestal with clock key adjustable sight numbered to rifle. Bottom of bbl has “BUG” proofs with date “7.14” indicating manufacture in July 1914. Right side of breech block & receiver have “BU” proofs with top right flat of receiver & bbl having British vue proofs. Receiver, lever, top tang of buttplate & about 1-1/2″ over chamber area of bbl are beautifully engraved with leaf & vine patterns and a very fine stippled background. It has a Schutzen style finger rest lever with what appears to be a proprietary locking system & dbl set triggers. Buttstock has typical Schutzen buttplate with short top tang & short bottom prong. The action is somewhat unusual with a large, solid, heavy breech block marked on right side “BLOCK SCHLOSS SYST. / BORNMULLER”. Right lower front side of block is milled for the opening lever & left side has milled cavities for the heavy half-round hammer spring and a separate hammer with fixed firing pin & it has a right hand extractor. Mounted with nicely figured European walnut with short schnable tipped forearm that has a checkered bottom flat & checkered side panels. Buttstock is typical early Schutzen style with heavy contoured cheekpiece on left side and a shallow cheekpiece on right side with shallow stippled thumbrest on right wrist. It has a full checkered wrist with raised, domed, carved panels. Accompanied by a hand written repair list where Dr. Miller apparently had this rifle repaired in Dec. 1991. It lists numerous small repairs such as replacing a couple of broken screws, tightening front sight dovetail, removing peen marks from muzzle, reshaping, re-engraving & glass bedding buttplate, tightening forend wedge key & fabricating small parts for rear sight. There was also some light touchup done on buttplate & lever. Bbl has been sleeved to the orig caliber. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl sleeved & repairs as noted. Bbl retains 93-95% strong orig blue with about 50% orig fire blue on rear sight. Receiver & lever retain most of their orig case colors, moderately faded, brilliant in sheltered areas. Wood is sound with light wear on the freshened checkering & retains most of an old restored finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-35643 JR444 (4,000-7,000) 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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