*EXTREMELY RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH RIFLE WITH WINCHESTER BARREL & SCOPE USED BY CAPT. G.H. EMERSON TO WIN THE WIMBLEDON CUP.

Revised: 3/2/2010

Correction: This rare Springfield National Match rifle was owned by Capt. Emerson and used by him in various competitions including the Palma matches. It was not used to win the Wimbledon Cup matches as stated in the catalog.

*EXTREMELY RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH RIFLE WITH WINCHESTER BARREL & SCOPE USED BY CAPT. G.H. EMERSON TO WIN THE WIMBLEDON CUP. SN 479424. Cal. 30-06. Rare Wimbledon Cup rifle with 24″ tapered Winchester bbl, standard 1903 front sight band & base with USMC .100″ partridge style front sight. The bbl and Buffington sight base (sight staff and windage screws are missing) are drilled & tapped and mounted with target scope bases containing a Winchester A5 scope in a Winchester type “2” rear mount and standard Winchester front mount. Scope has early Marine Corps style leather boot covers. The bases are mounted on about 6″ centers which was standard for the very earliest mountings for the Winchester scope. Later, rear mountings of the Winchester scope were moved to the receiver ring with about 7″ centers. The bbl, under handguard, is roll-marked with standard Winchester bbl markings and the nickel steel markings. Bottom of bbl, just in front of rear sight sleeve, is hand-stamped with complete rifle serial number. Receiver has standard 1903 markings with rails & bolt body polished bright. The cutoff is color case hardened with the “ON” side polished bright and the trigger is smooth faced. It has service model 2-stage trigger that has been tuned and breaks very crisp. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard machined steel with blued finish. Mounted in a nicely figured, straight grain, 1-pc uncheckered American walnut stock with grasping grooves and one reinforcing bolt, straight grip and checkered steel buttplate with trap containing a nickeled brass tube cleaning kit/oiler. It has full length handguard with two spring clips and has had a slot milled into the top rear section for the front scope base. Forestock and handguard are secured with a standard split front band/bayonet lug with stacking swivel and a grooved lower band with sling loop and a corresponding sling loop in buttstock. When Winchester came out with the A5 scope in 1910 it was almost immediately adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps shooting team and other shooting teams for long range matches. Accompanied by a large packet of provenance and information for this rifle connecting it to Capt. Guy H. Emerson, who won the Wimbledon Cup in 1910, 1911 and an unprecedented third time in 1922. A Winchester advertisement in the Sept. 1922 issue of Arms and the Man magazine states “Capt. Emerson has three times captured this cup against all comers, and three times his winning combination has been Winchester barrel, Winchester scope and Winchester cartridges.” The advertisement also pictures Capt. Emerson holding his 1922 No. 2 sniper match rifle. The rifle we are offering today is accompanied by a small scrap of paper which was found in the butt trap of this rifle upon which is written, in pencil, “Capt. G.H. Emerson / July 1913 / Fremont / Ohio”. Also accompanied by a small envelope which is typewritten on the front “Please read / Important” which contained a folded slip of paper with an insurance company letterhead dated “Fremont, Ohio. / April 27, 1941.” which states “This rifle is the property of the late Capt. Guy H. Emerson and should be returned to his sisters the Misses Emerson 1012 Hayes Ave. Fremont, Ohio.” and signed in ink William H. Brunthauer. Additionally accompanied by p. 45 of a June 1988 issue of American Rifleman magazine which apparently had an article about the Camp Perry matches which features a picture of the “No. 1 Ohio Team” that won the 1911 Herrick Trophy. The front row team members are faced with three scoreboards for 600, 900 and 1,000 yard targets plus a fourth board that is marked “Camp Perry / 1911”. Capt. Emerson is identified as standing at the left rear and is holding a 1903 service rifle mounted with a small tube scope which is probably this very rifle. Capt. Emerson was born in 1876 and apparently lived his entire life in the Fremont, Ohio area, never married and lived with his two sisters in Fremont. Little is known about Capt. Emerson except that he was a member of the Ohio National Guard, an exceptional rifle shot and after the 1911 National Matches, due to financial considerations, was unable to compete nationally and internationally with any regularity. It wasn’t until 1922 that one of his old friends persuaded him to come out of retirement and loaned him the rifle with which he used to win his third Wimbledon Cup. Little or nothing is known about Capt. Emerson after that until his death which was after 1930, possibly as late as 1941. PROVENANCE: Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig Winchester blue and receiver about 90% black oil-quenched case hardened color. Trigger guard & floorplate retain about 80% thinning orig blue. Stock has a hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual light handling & use marks and retains most of a fine hand worn, hand polished patina. Handguard is equally fine. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with frosting in the grooves and light erosion in front of chamber. Scope retains virtually all of its orig factory blue with good clear optics. Scope covers are extremely fine. 4-39204 JR17 (10,000-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1036	$16,675.00	Revised: 3/2/2010 Correction: This rare Springfield National Match rifle was owned by Capt. Emerson and used by him in various competitions including the Palma matches. It was not used to win the Wimbledon Cup matches as stated in the catalog. EXTREMELY RARE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH RIFLE WITH WINCHESTER BARREL & SCOPE USED BY CAPT. G.H. EMERSON TO WIN THE WIMBLEDON CUP. SN 479424. Cal. 30-06. Rare Wimbledon Cup rifle with 24″ tapered Winchester bbl, standard 1903 front sight band & base with USMC .100″ partridge style front sight. The bbl and Buffington sight base (sight staff and windage screws are missing) are drilled & tapped and mounted with target scope bases containing a Winchester A5 scope in a Winchester type “2” rear mount and standard Winchester front mount. Scope has early Marine Corps style leather boot covers. The bases are mounted on about 6″ centers which was standard for the very earliest mountings for the Winchester scope. Later, rear mountings of the Winchester scope were moved to the receiver ring with about 7″ centers. The bbl, under handguard, is roll-marked with standard Winchester bbl markings and the nickel steel markings. Bottom of bbl, just in front of rear sight sleeve, is hand-stamped with complete rifle serial number. Receiver has standard 1903 markings with rails & bolt body polished bright. The cutoff is color case hardened with the “ON” side polished bright and the trigger is smooth faced. It has service model 2-stage trigger that has been tuned and breaks very crisp. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard machined steel with blued finish. Mounted in a nicely figured, straight grain, 1-pc uncheckered American walnut stock with grasping grooves and one reinforcing bolt, straight grip and checkered steel buttplate with trap containing a nickeled brass tube cleaning kit/oiler. It has full length handguard with two spring clips and has had a slot milled into the top rear section for the front scope base. Forestock and handguard are secured with a standard split front band/bayonet lug with stacking swivel and a grooved lower band with sling loop and a corresponding sling loop in buttstock. When Winchester came out with the A5 scope in 1910 it was almost immediately adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps shooting team and other shooting teams for long range matches. Accompanied by a large packet of provenance and information for this rifle connecting it to Capt. Guy H. Emerson, who won the Wimbledon Cup in 1910, 1911 and an unprecedented third time in 1922. A Winchester advertisement in the Sept. 1922 issue of Arms and the Man* magazine states “Capt. Emerson has three times captured this cup against all comers, and three times his winning combination has been Winchester barrel, Winchester scope and Winchester cartridges.” The advertisement also pictures Capt. Emerson holding his 1922 No. 2 sniper match rifle. The rifle we are offering today is accompanied by a small scrap of paper which was found in the butt trap of this rifle upon which is written, in pencil, “Capt. G.H. Emerson / July 1913 / Fremont / Ohio”. Also accompanied by a small envelope which is typewritten on the front “Please read / Important” which contained a folded slip of paper with an insurance company letterhead dated “Fremont, Ohio. / April 27, 1941.” which states “This rifle is the property of the late Capt. Guy H. Emerson and should be returned to his sisters the Misses Emerson 1012 Hayes Ave. Fremont, Ohio.” and signed in ink William H. Brunthauer. Additionally accompanied by p. 45 of a June 1988 issue of American Rifleman magazine which apparently had an article about the Camp Perry matches which features a picture of the “No. 1 Ohio Team” that won the 1911 Herrick Trophy. The front row team members are faced with three scoreboards for 600, 900 and 1,000 yard targets plus a fourth board that is marked “Camp Perry / 1911”. Capt. Emerson is identified as standing at the left rear and is holding a 1903 service rifle mounted with a small tube scope which is probably this very rifle. Capt. Emerson was born in 1876 and apparently lived his entire life in the Fremont, Ohio area, never married and lived with his two sisters in Fremont. Little is known about Capt. Emerson except that he was a member of the Ohio National Guard, an exceptional rifle shot and after the 1911 National Matches, due to financial considerations, was unable to compete nationally and internationally with any regularity. It wasn’t until 1922 that one of his old friends persuaded him to come out of retirement and loaned him the rifle with which he used to win his third Wimbledon Cup. Little or nothing is known about Capt. Emerson after that until his death which was after 1930, possibly as late as 1941. PROVENANCE: Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig Winchester blue and receiver about 90% black oil-quenched case hardened color. Trigger guard & floorplate retain about 80% thinning orig blue. Stock has a hairline back of top tang, otherwise wood is sound with usual light handling & use marks and retains most of a fine hand worn, hand polished patina. Handguard is equally fine. Mechanics are crisp, strong bright bore with frosting in the grooves and light erosion in front of chamber. Scope retains virtually all of its orig factory blue with good clear optics. Scope covers are extremely fine. 4-39204 JR17 (10,000-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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