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*STUNNING BROWNING MIDAS GRADE SUPERPOSED SHOTGUN. SN 1589F7. Cal. 28 ga. 28″ bbls with hand filed ventilated rib, sgl ivory sighting bead, 2-3/4″ chambers, SKEET/SKEET choke, ejectors and sgl selected trigger. Left side of bbl marked “Brownings Arm Company St. Louis Mo & Montreal PQ. / Made in Belgium”. Right side “Special Steel – 28 gauge – shells 2-3/4″ / Patents No 2203378-2233861”. Top bbl on each side of rib has 2-1/4″ wedge of scroll engraving with punch dot background. Receiver has standard Midas grade engraving pattern with bold floral scroll with stippled background, 3 gold pheasant in flight with circular gold wire border on left side, gold quail in flight on bottom and 3 gold ducks in flight with circular gold wire border. Left side of receiver in lower rear corner is signed “Janssen”. Mounted with highly figured walnut, full checkered pistol grip, Browning hard rubber buttplate and full checkered field style forend. Bore diameter: top – .548, bottom – .547. Bore restrictions: top – .002, bottom – .002. Wall thickness: NA. Drop at heel: 2-3/16″, drop at comb: 1-1/2″. Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz. LOP 14-3/16″. Accompanied by Browning luggage case with white fuzzy interior. CONDITION: Extremely fine as gun appears to be test fired only. Bbls retain virtually all of it’s orig factory blue, as well as receiver. Stock is sound with maybe a few tiny handling marks and retains virtually all of it’s orig factory finish. Forend is sound with maybe a few tiny handling marks and retains virtually all of it’s orig factory finish. Checkering is sharp and crisp. Mechanics are crisp with non-automatic safety, strong ejectors and shiny new bores as gun appears test fired only. Case is in equally new condition with only a few minor exterior scuffs. Gun has been tested with silver nitrate and shows no evidence of salt. 4-38315 BDT52 (20,000-25,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009
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