SCARCE PADERBORN STALKING RIFLE.

SCARCE PADERBORN STALKING RIFLE. SN 488. Cal. Appears to be 9.5x47R. Fine German stalking rifle with 29-1/2″ full oct bbl, unusual dovetailed, clock key windage adjustable front sight & elevation adjustable rear sight. It is a single shot action with early style bolt with locking block on bolt lug which is the only lug on bolt. Obviously made for a low pressure black powder cartridge. It has a straight bolt handle with checkered teardrops on the knob top & bottom & Mauser style rotating safety on bolt. Mounted in very nicely figured French walnut 1-pc stock with schnable tipped forestock secured with a sgl wedge through German silver escutcheons, raised side panels with checkered straight grip & Germanic style cheekpiece on left side with a smooth steel buttplate. Top flat of bbl & bolt have British vue proofs. It has very fancy finger rest steel trigger guard with long top & bottom finials and dbl set triggers. Receiver, trigger guard & buttplate tang are very nicely engraved with light leaf & vine patterns. Top tang has an orig replacement Schutzen rifle style clock key adjustable vernier sight missing its diopter disc. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue, turning plum. Receiver, bolt, trigger guard & buttplate are mostly silvered case colors with stronger colors under the wood on receiver. Stock is sound with a gouge on cheekpiece & a few light handling & use marks and retains most of a fine restored varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-35675 JR447 (2,500-4,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

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
	1234	$1,495.00	SCARCE PADERBORN STALKING RIFLE. SN 488. Cal. Appears to be 9.5x47R. Fine German stalking rifle with 29-1/2″ full oct bbl, unusual dovetailed, clock key windage adjustable front sight & elevation adjustable rear sight. It is a single shot action with early style bolt with locking block on bolt lug which is the only lug on bolt. Obviously made for a low pressure black powder cartridge. It has a straight bolt handle with checkered teardrops on the knob top & bottom & Mauser style rotating safety on bolt. Mounted in very nicely figured French walnut 1-pc stock with schnable tipped forestock secured with a sgl wedge through German silver escutcheons, raised side panels with checkered straight grip & Germanic style cheekpiece on left side with a smooth steel buttplate. Top flat of bbl & bolt have British vue proofs. It has very fancy finger rest steel trigger guard with long top & bottom finials and dbl set triggers. Receiver, trigger guard & buttplate tang are very nicely engraved with light leaf & vine patterns. Top tang has an orig replacement Schutzen rifle style clock key adjustable vernier sight missing its diopter disc. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very fine, all matching. Bbl retains about 95% strong orig blue, turning plum. Receiver, bolt, trigger guard & buttplate are mostly silvered case colors with stronger colors under the wood on receiver. Stock is sound with a gouge on cheekpiece & a few light handling & use marks and retains most of a fine restored varnish finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-35675 JR447 (2,500-4,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 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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