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1253
$6,900.00
Revised: 3/12/2011 

Correction: Estimate should be $4,000-$6,000

*BROWNING CLASSIC SUPERLITE OVER/UNDER SHOTGUN WITH BOX. SN P33BC0143. Cal. 20 ga. 26-1/4″ bbl. Matted vent rib, single silver sighting bead, IMP.Cyl./MOD. chokes, 2-3/4″ chambers, single selected trigger and ejectors. Standard bbl markings. The rounded frame is engraved on left side with setter on point a flushing rooster pheasant and another ducking for cover. Bottom has ribbon marked “ONE OF FIVE THOUSAND”. Bottom right corner is signed “JEAN H. DIET”. Right side has bust of John Browning, a pointer and two flushing quail, and ribbon across bottom reading “BROWNING CLASSIC”. Lower left corner is signed “JEAN H. DIET”. Bottom of receiver has head of quail. Trigger guard bow has signature “Browning Buck” mark. Mounted with nicely figured fiddle-back walnut, checkered straight grip with beaded border, Browning hard rubber buttplate, checkered with beaded border schnable forend. Bore diameter: top .616, bottom .615. Bore restrictions: top .010, bottom .003. Wall thickness: top .035, bottom .034. Drop at heel: 2-3/16″, drop at comb: 1-7/16″ . Weight: 5 lbs. 14 oz. LOP 14-1/8″. Accompanied with its orig box, owner’s manual, catalog, and outer sleeve. PROVENANCE: Private Coll. of a Gentleman. CONDITION: Extremely fine, as test fired only. Bbls retain all of their fine orig factory blue. Receiver retains all of its factory gray. The stock is sound with sharp crisp checkering and retains all its factory high-gloss finish. Forend is sound with sharp crisp checkering and retains its factory high-gloss finish. Mechanics are crisp. Non-automatic safety, mechanical trigger, strong ejectors, and bright shiny bores. This gun is matching SN to the Gold Classic. Box is in very nice shape with some minor tattering to outer cover. 4-41927 BDT251 (8,000-12,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2011
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