*RARE BROWNING GRADE 4 SUPERPOSE WITH SIMMONS-CORDY BARREL SET.

*RARE BROWNING GRADE 4 SUPERPOSE WITH SIMMONS-CORDY BARREL SET. SN 54744. Cal. 12 ga, bbl sets 20, 28, 410. 26-1/2″ bbls matted ventilated rib, single white sighting bead, 2-3/4″ chambers, SKEET/SKEET choke, ejectors and sgl selective trigger. Left side top of bbl marked “BROWNING ARMS COMPANY-ST. LOUIS MISSOURI/SPECIAL STEEL-12GA.SHELLS 2-3/4”. Right side marked “PATENTS NO. 2203378-2233861/MADE IN BELGIUM”. Receiver is uniquely engraved on left side with a forest scene and mother fox carrying a pheasant to her young pups, right side had a setter and pointer, setter carrying a pheasant in mouth, and pointer watching a pheasant in flight and one falling. Bottom center has two game birds, one in flight, one sitting, balance of engraving on remainder of action and appended metal is a carved oak-leaf design. Trigger guard is oak-leaf carved and a scene of two pheasant, one roosting on a branch, and one on the ground looking up. This fine work is signed on both sides in lower back corner “F. FUNKEN”. Mounted with nicely streaked walnut, fine checkered rnd knob pistol grip, Browning hard rubber buttplate, and fully checkered field style forend. Accompanying SN’s bbls are 26-1/2″ with matted ventilated rib, marked “SIMMONS PATENTED” on left side, and are all SKEET choked, this is all housed in a Browning Tolex four bbl case with blue lining. CONDITION: Very good+. Browning bbls retain most of its orig blue, with some areas of shallow surface oxidation and faint rub mark from forend. The coin finish receiver shows some faint surface oxidation and hand worn patina across bottom. Stock is sound with good checkering with a couple flattened points, nicks & dings & scratches, in its orig Browning finish. Forend is sound with slightly flat checkering, typical nicks & dings, and retaining its Browning finish. Mechanics are crisp with non-auto-safety and disabled ejectors. This rare gun is simply in need of some “TLC”. The Tolex case is in very good condition with minor scuffing to exterior and slight soiling to interior. 4-36643 BDT218 (5,500-7,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	1398	$5,750.00	RARE BROWNING GRADE 4 SUPERPOSE WITH SIMMONS-CORDY BARREL SET. SN 54744. Cal. 12 ga, bbl sets 20, 28, 410. 26-1/2″ bbls matted ventilated rib, single white sighting bead, 2-3/4″ chambers, SKEET/SKEET choke, ejectors and sgl selective trigger. Left side top of bbl marked “BROWNING ARMS COMPANY-ST. LOUIS MISSOURI/SPECIAL STEEL-12GA.SHELLS 2-3/4”. Right side marked “PATENTS NO. 2203378-2233861/MADE IN BELGIUM”. Receiver is uniquely engraved on left side with a forest scene and mother fox carrying a pheasant to her young pups, right side had a setter and pointer, setter carrying a pheasant in mouth, and pointer watching a pheasant in flight and one falling. Bottom center has two game birds, one in flight, one sitting, balance of engraving on remainder of action and appended metal is a carved oak-leaf design. Trigger guard is oak-leaf carved and a scene of two pheasant, one roosting on a branch, and one on the ground looking up. This fine work is signed on both sides in lower back corner “F. FUNKEN”. Mounted with nicely streaked walnut, fine checkered rnd knob pistol grip, Browning hard rubber buttplate, and fully checkered field style forend. Accompanying SN’s bbls are 26-1/2″ with matted ventilated rib, marked “SIMMONS PATENTED” on left side, and are all SKEET choked, this is all housed in a Browning Tolex four bbl case with blue lining. CONDITION: Very good+. Browning bbls retain most of its orig blue, with some areas of shallow surface oxidation and faint rub mark from forend. The coin finish receiver shows some faint surface oxidation and hand worn patina across bottom. Stock is sound with good checkering with a couple flattened points, nicks & dings & scratches, in its orig Browning finish. Forend is sound with slightly flat checkering, typical nicks & dings, and retaining its Browning finish. Mechanics are crisp with non-auto-safety and disabled ejectors. This rare gun is simply in need of some “TLC”. The Tolex case is in very good condition with minor scuffing to exterior and slight soiling to interior. 4-36643 BDT218 (5,500-7,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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