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1335
$10,350.00
Revised: 10/11/2013 

Additional Information: Gun is accompanied by a Weatherby Certificate of Authenticity listing the gun’s many custom features as ordered June 11, 1968.

*CLASSIC GERMAN WEATHERBY MARK V “CROWN CUSTOM” RIFLE WITH SCOPE. SN P26943. Cal. .300 Weatherby mag. Standard configuration with 24″ round, light weight bbl is marked with caliber and “Made in W. Germany” at rear. Blued action and bbl are engraved with large attenuated scroll having stippled background. Left side of action is marked with “MARK V” and with patent information, along with “Weatherby”. Bottom metal is gold-plated, engraved to match action and bbl, and has a full relief grizzly bear on center of floorplate. Typical Weatherby style birds-eye maple stock features ebony framed rosewood inlay on right side, white line rosewood grip cap and forend tip, white line open sided brown Weatherby pad, and right hand swept cheekpiece. In place of checkering, grip and forend are relief carved in well done acanthus scroll with stippled background. A gold lozenge engraved with initials “JRE” is surrounded by ebony inlay on bottom of forend. A Weatherby 2-3/4 – 10 X scope with fine crosshair reticle is in engraved QD rings. Weight with scope: 9 lbs. 7 oz. CONDITION: Excellent, possibly unfired, retaining nearly all its orig finish on wood and metal, with one or two small marks, most notably a spot on right side of bbl near muzzle, and a few barely mentionable marks on stock. There is some loss to gold-plating on swivel studs. Gold on bottom metal is excellent. Scope is excellent with clear optics. 4-47792 MGM8 (7,500-12,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013
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