EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & SPECTACULAR ENGRAVED DELUXE SLOTTERBEK BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE.

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & SPECTACULAR ENGRAVED DELUXE SLOTTERBEK BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. Cal. 22. Fantastic piece of American firearms art with 27-3/4″ oct to rnd bbl, made without provision for sights, with a 28-1/2″ Malcolm scope in target mounts. Top of the mounts have a tiny ivory bead hunting front sight and fixed blade rear sight. Top left flat of the bbl is marked, in a pyramid shape, “H. SLOTTERBEK LOS ANGELES / CAL” and the top right flat is marked “SILVER STEEL”. Top tang is mounted with a sight base and also has a provision for a heel mount. Receiver is beautifully & delicately engraved with the vignettes of a buck & doe in a field scene on the left side and a running buck on the right side with a shell pattern forward of each vignette along with foliate arabesque patterns and an extremely fine border. Engraving extends over the top three flats of the receiver with a small sunburst back of the hammer slot. Rifle is mounted with extraordinary streaky & burl French walnut that is fantastically carved & checkered with relief foliate patterns on both forearm & buttstock with the large vignette of a buck deer on left side behind the European style cheekpiece and a phenomenal deep relief carved American eagle on right side back of the grip area. Mounted with a short prong nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Receiver has dbl set triggers and a full loop finger lever. Consignor states that it is believed this rifle was built by Mr. Slotterbek for himself. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains virtually all of its orig Slotterbek brown finish with only light sharp edge wear; scope tube retains virtually all of its orig blue turned a little plum; receiver retains brilliant case colors with shellac covering most areas; breech block also retains strong case colors; lever retains bright case colors on the sides and in sheltered areas with the outer faces mostly turned silver; buttplate retains 30-40% orig nickel. Wood is sound with a few very light nicks & scratches and retains about all of its beautiful custom varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-47751 JR350 (35,000-50,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

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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	1419	$0.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE & SPECTACULAR ENGRAVED DELUXE SLOTTERBEK BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. Cal. 22. Fantastic piece of American firearms art with 27-3/4″ oct to rnd bbl, made without provision for sights, with a 28-1/2″ Malcolm scope in target mounts. Top of the mounts have a tiny ivory bead hunting front sight and fixed blade rear sight. Top left flat of the bbl is marked, in a pyramid shape, “H. SLOTTERBEK LOS ANGELES / CAL” and the top right flat is marked “SILVER STEEL”. Top tang is mounted with a sight base and also has a provision for a heel mount. Receiver is beautifully & delicately engraved with the vignettes of a buck & doe in a field scene on the left side and a running buck on the right side with a shell pattern forward of each vignette along with foliate arabesque patterns and an extremely fine border. Engraving extends over the top three flats of the receiver with a small sunburst back of the hammer slot. Rifle is mounted with extraordinary streaky & burl French walnut that is fantastically carved & checkered with relief foliate patterns on both forearm & buttstock with the large vignette of a buck deer on left side behind the European style cheekpiece and a phenomenal deep relief carved American eagle on right side back of the grip area. Mounted with a short prong nickeled brass Swiss buttplate. Receiver has dbl set triggers and a full loop finger lever. Consignor states that it is believed this rifle was built by Mr. Slotterbek for himself. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbl retains virtually all of its orig Slotterbek brown finish with only light sharp edge wear; scope tube retains virtually all of its orig blue turned a little plum; receiver retains brilliant case colors with shellac covering most areas; breech block also retains strong case colors; lever retains bright case colors on the sides and in sheltered areas with the outer faces mostly turned silver; buttplate retains 30-40% orig nickel. Wood is sound with a few very light nicks & scratches and retains about all of its beautiful custom varnish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-47751 JR350 (35,000-50,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 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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