*BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED CUSTOM SPORTING RIFLE BY HENRY CHEATHAM AND TOM LESHORN.

SN 118332. Cal. 257 Ackley. Beautiful custom rifle with 24″ tapered light weight rnd bbl without sights. Mounted in a very highly figured 1-pc half-stock of European or Circassian walnut. Stock is ribbon & fleur-de-lis carved and checkered with shadow cheekpiece and checkered steel buttplate with trap. It has skeletonized grip cap with checkered center and an empty oval gold initial plate on the bottom. Bottom of stock also has a sling stud with stalking sling base around the bbl. Rifle was built by master gunmaker, the late Henry Cheatham of Ocala, FL, on a Sako L579 medium action. Receiver and about 2″ on each side of the bbl are beautifully engraved by the late Tom Leshorn, former partner of famous engraver Sid Bell, in oak leaf & acorn patterns with fine matted background. Muzzle end of the bbl is inlaid with 2 fine gold bands with another at the receiver. Stalking swivel base is engraved to match. Receiver is mounted with Buehler bases and rings with the rings engraved to match the receiver. Rings contain a Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8X scope that has fine duplex cross-hairs. Bolt release on left side is hand-checkered and the trigger is gold-washed. Trigger guard & floorplate are engraved with matching oak leaf & acorn patterns with the oval vignette of a big horn ram in raised gold executed in incredible detail, even individual hairs are visible. Consignor states that 3 friends near him each ordered a custom rifle for a sheep hunt many years ago. He states that to his knowledge, this rifle has not been fired since that sheep hunt. The Ackley improved 257 Roberts cartridge is documented as being the most improved of all of the Ackley cartridges. Old time gunmaker and bbl maker P.O. Ackley developed numerous cartridges by changing the angle of the case wall & shoulder to have a higher case capacity and more efficiently burn the powder to increase velocity and accuracy. Mr. Ackley’s legacy continues today with several of his cartridges in commercial production. This rifle would make an incredible antelope, sheep or deer rifle. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Overall retains about 99% crisp custom finish with bright blue and fine hand rubbed oil finish on the wood. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. Crisp optics. 50061-209 JR242 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2500

Auction: Firearms - March 2016

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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	2500	$0.00	BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED CUSTOM SPORTING RIFLE BY HENRY CHEATHAM AND TOM LESHORN. SN 118332. Cal. 257 Ackley. Beautiful custom rifle with 24″ tapered light weight rnd bbl without sights. Mounted in a very highly figured 1-pc half-stock of European or Circassian walnut. Stock is ribbon & fleur-de-lis carved and checkered with shadow cheekpiece and checkered steel buttplate with trap. It has skeletonized grip cap with checkered center and an empty oval gold initial plate on the bottom. Bottom of stock also has a sling stud with stalking sling base around the bbl. Rifle was built by master gunmaker, the late Henry Cheatham of Ocala, FL, on a Sako L579 medium action. Receiver and about 2″ on each side of the bbl are beautifully engraved by the late Tom Leshorn, former partner of famous engraver Sid Bell, in oak leaf & acorn patterns with fine matted background. Muzzle end of the bbl is inlaid with 2 fine gold bands with another at the receiver. Stalking swivel base is engraved to match. Receiver is mounted with Buehler bases and rings with the rings engraved to match the receiver. Rings contain a Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8X scope that has fine duplex cross-hairs. Bolt release on left side is hand-checkered and the trigger is gold-washed. Trigger guard & floorplate are engraved with matching oak leaf & acorn patterns with the oval vignette of a big horn ram in raised gold executed in incredible detail, even individual hairs are visible. Consignor states that 3 friends near him each ordered a custom rifle for a sheep hunt many years ago. He states that to his knowledge, this rifle has not been fired since that sheep hunt. The Ackley improved 257 Roberts cartridge is documented as being the most improved of all of the Ackley cartridges. Old time gunmaker and bbl maker P.O. Ackley developed numerous cartridges by changing the angle of the case wall & shoulder to have a higher case capacity and more efficiently burn the powder to increase velocity and accuracy. Mr. Ackley’s legacy continues today with several of his cartridges in commercial production. This rifle would make an incredible antelope, sheep or deer rifle. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Overall retains about 99% crisp custom finish with bright blue and fine hand rubbed oil finish on the wood. Wood is sound with a few minor nicks. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. Crisp optics. 50061-209 JR242 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 2500 Auction: Firearms - March 2016 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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*BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVED CUSTOM SPORTING RIFLE BY HENRY CHEATHAM AND TOM LESHORN.