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1240
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*FOX CE GRADE DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 16 ga. SN 302929. Beautiful upland bird gun with 28″ Chromox steel bbls choked FULL/FULL with tapered concave matted rib, dbl ivory beads, crossbolt rib extension, ejectors & dbl triggers. Receiver is nicely engraved with two quail on left side, two woodcock on right side & a setter on bottom surrounded by about 60% coverage foliate arabesque patterns. Engraving extends 1-1/2″ up bbls. Maker’s name is on each side. Mounted with very beautifully figured Claro walnut with black insert checkered splinter forearm & replacement pistol grip stock with checkered side panels & capped grip, 14-1/8″ over a serrated hard rubber buttplate. Drop at heel: 3″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Bore restrictions: left – .027, right – .029. Wall thickness: left – .027, right – .029. Bore diameter: left – .626, right – .630. Weight: 5 lbs. 15.04 oz. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain about 99% of a beautiful professionally restored finish with only very slight muzzle edge wear. Receiver retains 50-60% orig case colors, strong & bright in sheltered areas, faded elsewhere, turned to silver on bottom front. Wood is sound with stock retaining most of its fine custom finish & forearm restored to match. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores. Note: Dry-firing on snap caps will cause shotgun to lock up as hammers are non-rebounding & firing pins will hang up in primer pockets of snap caps, resulting in necessity for a partial disassembly to re-cock hammers. 4-56659 JR632 (10,000-15,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006
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