*EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF ENGRAVED AND SILVER INLAID DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING BY JOSEPH HAMBRUSCH WITH ZEISS SCOPE AND AMMUNITION.

SN 345. Cal. 7x57R x 7x57R x 16 ga. 2-3/4″ Chamber. 22-3/4″ Bohler Super Blitz steel bbls are fitted with full length matted rib mounted with claw bases, single standing leaf rear, and silver bead front, sights. Top of left bbl is engraved “Jos. Hambrusch – Ferlach”. Bottoms of bbls and bbl flats are stamped with Ferlach nitro proofs and steel type. SN is on bottom of bottom bbl. Coin finished Blitz trigger plate action with false sideplates features rifle/ shotgun selector on top tang (“K” and “SCH” gold inlaid), Greener type side safety (“S” gold inlaid), bushed strikers, and standard double triggers. Action is engraved with near full coverage exceptionally well cut, large, open, shaded scroll with some floral and acanthus highlights at transition to sideplates. Fences and reinforcing bolsters are exceptionally well carved with relief acorns and oak leaves. Trigger plate with additional scroll, surrounds full relief silver inlaid auerhahn sitting on pine branch and calling. Lockplates are boldly and intricately carved, with full relief deep forest backgrounds to scenes of wild swine, which are silver inlaid; a hound confronts a large boar on left. Right side depicts a large sow with four piglets. Top lever and trigger guard are blued and scroll engraved. Beautifully fiddle figured and nicely marbled European walnut horn capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/4″ over Pachmayr white line rifle pad. Stock features hogback comb, finely shaped and fluted Tyrolean cheekpiece, right hand palm swell, and well cut point pattern checkering with line borders at grip. A coin finished cartridge trap with space for three cartridges on toe line, is engraved with scroll and gold inlaid with initials “RCS”. Matching one piece forend has Deeley release. Bore diameter: bottom -.672. Bore restriction: bottom -.022 (Mod). Minimum wall thickness: bottom -.032. Drop at heel: approx 2-13/16″, drop at comb: approx 1-5/8″. Weight without scope: 8 lbs. 6 oz. LOP: 14-1/4″. Zeiss Diatal – D 4 x 32 rail scope with three post reticle is fitted with engraved claws, and has plastic storm cover. Also included with rifle are 10 green boxes of RWS 7 x 57R loaded with 173 grain H-mantle copper hollow point bullets. (One of the ten boxes has been fired.) Also there is a box of ten Rottweil 16 ga. Brenneke slugs. Consignor states rifle regulated for 80 meters, shotgun 32 meters. CONDITION: Excellent, appears to have had very little use, with only some slight silvering of bbls at muzzles and breech ends. Coin finish of action is excellent. Stocks have only a few minor handling marks. Bores are excellent, bright, sharp and shiny throughout. Scope has some marks in its lacquer finish. Optics are brilliant. Most ammo boxes are still sealed, one has come unglued, but all are generally excellent. 4-53778 MGM286 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 2294

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014

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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	2294	$14,160.00	EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF ENGRAVED AND SILVER INLAID DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING BY JOSEPH HAMBRUSCH WITH ZEISS SCOPE AND AMMUNITION. SN 345. Cal. 7x57R x 7x57R x 16 ga. 2-3/4″ Chamber. 22-3/4″ Bohler Super Blitz steel bbls are fitted with full length matted rib mounted with claw bases, single standing leaf rear, and silver bead front, sights. Top of left bbl is engraved “Jos. Hambrusch – Ferlach”. Bottoms of bbls and bbl flats are stamped with Ferlach nitro proofs and steel type. SN is on bottom of bottom bbl. Coin finished Blitz trigger plate action with false sideplates features rifle/ shotgun selector on top tang (“K” and “SCH” gold inlaid), Greener type side safety (“S” gold inlaid), bushed strikers, and standard double triggers. Action is engraved with near full coverage exceptionally well cut, large, open, shaded scroll with some floral and acanthus highlights at transition to sideplates. Fences and reinforcing bolsters are exceptionally well carved with relief acorns and oak leaves. Trigger plate with additional scroll, surrounds full relief silver inlaid auerhahn sitting on pine branch and calling. Lockplates are boldly and intricately carved, with full relief deep forest backgrounds to scenes of wild swine, which are silver inlaid; a hound confronts a large boar on left. Right side depicts a large sow with four piglets. Top lever and trigger guard are blued and scroll engraved. Beautifully fiddle figured and nicely marbled European walnut horn capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/4″ over Pachmayr white line rifle pad. Stock features hogback comb, finely shaped and fluted Tyrolean cheekpiece, right hand palm swell, and well cut point pattern checkering with line borders at grip. A coin finished cartridge trap with space for three cartridges on toe line, is engraved with scroll and gold inlaid with initials “RCS”. Matching one piece forend has Deeley release. Bore diameter: bottom -.672. Bore restriction: bottom -.022 (Mod). Minimum wall thickness: bottom -.032. Drop at heel: approx 2-13/16″, drop at comb: approx 1-5/8″. Weight without scope: 8 lbs. 6 oz. LOP: 14-1/4″. Zeiss Diatal – D 4 x 32 rail scope with three post reticle is fitted with engraved claws, and has plastic storm cover. Also included with rifle are 10 green boxes of RWS 7 x 57R loaded with 173 grain H-mantle copper hollow point bullets. (One of the ten boxes has been fired.) Also there is a box of ten Rottweil 16 ga. Brenneke slugs. Consignor states rifle regulated for 80 meters, shotgun 32 meters. CONDITION: Excellent, appears to have had very little use, with only some slight silvering of bbls at muzzles and breech ends. Coin finish of action is excellent. Stocks have only a few minor handling marks. Bores are excellent, bright, sharp and shiny throughout. Scope has some marks in its lacquer finish. Optics are brilliant. Most ammo boxes are still sealed, one has come unglued, but all are generally excellent. 4-53778 MGM286 (8,000-12,000) – Lot 2294 Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 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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*EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF ENGRAVED AND SILVER INLAID DOUBLE RIFLE DRILLING BY JOSEPH HAMBRUSCH WITH ZEISS SCOPE AND AMMUNITION.