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*FANTASTIC ENGRAVED CUSTOM SINGLE SHOT RIFLE BUILT ON A RUGER NO. 1 ACTION. Cal. .450 Nitro Express 3-1/4″. SN 132-26007. Beautiful custom single shot on the reliable No. 1 action, with heavy 24″ rnd bbl, sleeved front sight with ramp mounted, ivory bead, caterpillar front sight & 4-leaf express rear sight, one standing and three folding leaves, graduated from 50 yards to 200 yards, mounted on a short rib. There is a short stippled panel over the chamber area. Mounted with very highly figured, slab sawed, streaky, English walnut with extensively checkered, semi-beaver tail forearm & capped pistol grip stock with heavy cheek piece, 13-3/8″ over a leather covered pad. Bbl has a safari sling base with a sling stud in the stock. Receiver & lever are coin finished & are very beautifully engraved with Bulino style vignettes of a bull Cape Buffalo in a veldt scene on the left side and a bull elephant in a plains scene on the right side with border of intertwined, very well executed, foliate arabesque patterns. Top of receiver, top & bottom tangs, bottom of receiver, & lever have engraved patterns to match. Bottom right edge of receiver is marked “N. Hermsen”, a well known and respected, world class engraver. It has a custom checkered safety on the top tang. This rifle, as the engraving suggests, is suitable for the largest African game and certainly would accommodate any North American game, or, for that matter, any game anywhere in the world. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Has been fired, but very little. It retains virtually all of its orig custom finish to both metal & wood. Wood has a minor nick or two. Action is crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-59141 JR222 (6,000-10,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006
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