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1396
$5,175.00

*UNUSUAL COSMI STANDARD MODEL SEMI-AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN WITH CASE. SN 0436. Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 25″ Ventilated rib bbl is fitted with Briley thin wall choke tubes, and is stamped “Acciaio Boehler (Star logo) Antinet” on top left rear. Blued receiver is stamped “Fucile Cosmi – Brevettato – Torrette” “Di” “Ancona Italia”. Lower receiver group is of polished steel. Action opens with thumb lever to reveal magazine which loads into butt, and beautifully finished and polished internal parts. Nicely streaked European walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14″ over black “Kick-eez” pad. Point pattern checkering is at about 22 LPI. Unusual molded and checkered long forend has matching checkering and unusual longitudinal grooves. Sling swivels are mounted on takedown screw of forend, and on toe line of buttstock. Bore diameter: .729. Wall thickness: .060. Drop at heel: 2-1/8″, drop at comb: 1-9/16″. Weight: 8 lbs. 0 oz. LOP 14″. Brown leatherite trunk case is lined with fuzzy brown cloth and contains 2 spare recoil springs, 3 Briley choke tubes, and removal wrench. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains most of its orig blue with numerous minor marks and scratches, silvered at muzzle, and at sharp edges of rib. Top receiver retains all of its orig blue with a few minor marks. Bottom receiver is all bright polish with a few small areas showing evidence of cleaning. Trigger plate retains nearly all of its case color. Trigger guard and tang retain nearly all their blue, but edges of bow are slightly silvered. Top lever is considerably silvered at thumbpiece. Stocks appear to be re-finished with a sprayed on shellac which is quite grainy. Bore is excellent. Case is very fine, as is its interior. 4-40350 MGM26 (5,000-8,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011
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