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2201
$5,750.00

*32 GA. BELGIAN BOXLOCK GAME GUN, MADE EXPRESSLY FOR PROSPERO DONADIO, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. SN 10657. Cal. 32 ga. This dainty little gun with 28″ dovetailed steel bbls with raised, matted game rib, are engraved “Made in Belgium Specially for” and “Prospero Donadio Brooklyn, N. Y” on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with Belgian proofs for 14mm. Makers SN is on bottom rib, which is also mounted with sling loop. Small, case hardened boxlock action features automatic safety (S inlaid in gold), square crossbolted and pivot bolted doll’s head third fastener, side clips, and double triggers. Action is engraved with about 50% coverage medium scroll. Nicely marbled, stump figured European walnut “Prince of Wales” grip buttstock measures 14″ over ribbed horn buttplate. Point pattern checkering has double line border. A sling loop matching that on bbl is on toe line. Matching splinter forend has Anson release. Bore diameter at muzzles: left-.483, right -.508. Bore restrictions: left (full?), right (IC?). Wall thickness: left -.032, right -.034. Drop at heel: 3″, drop at comb: 1-9/16″. Weight: 5 lbs. 1 oz. LOP: 14″. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain nearly all of their orig blue, with a few scattered minor handling marks. Action retains 70 – 80% orig case hardening color, silvered on high edges, fences, and bottom, with some light flecking. Stocks retain most of their orig rubbed oil finish with many minor marks. Bores are excellent, but with considerable leading at throats, which should clean. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. A neat little high condition gun in an unusual gauge. 4-47089 MGM11 (5,000-8,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013
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