*OGDEN, SMITHS & HUSSEY BOXLOCK EJECTOR DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE.

*OGDEN, SMITHS & HUSSEY BOXLOCK EJECTOR DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE. SN 7059. (ca 1920) Cal. .475 No. 2 NE. This plainly finished, but high quality, double rifle has 26″ chopper lump bbls with stippled, concave quarter rib and square shouldered dolls head extension. Rib is fitted with one standing, two folding leaf express rear sight, having inlaid platinum lines and marked for 100, 200, and 300 yards. Gold bead front sight with flip-up moon bead is longitudinally dovetailed into stippled ramp base. Bottom rib has soldered on sling eye. Tops of bbls are engraved “Ogden Smiths & Hussey Ltd.” and “62 St. James’s Street. Piccadilly. London.” Bbl flats are stamped with London nitro proofs for .475 express, 80 gr cordite, and 500 gr bullet. SN is engraved on the bottom of each bbl, and makers number “2590” is on rear portion of bottom rib. Robust, case hardened boxlock action with nicely filed beads around fences, features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold), bushed strikers, double triggers, and sliding bolt third fastener. Action is engraved with geometrical borders and some rudimentary scroll around pins, with “Ogden Smiths & Hussey Ltd” on each side. Steel trigger guard with SN at grip, extends to engraved steel cap. Nicely marbled, and slightly figured European walnut full capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-3/4″ over Silver pad, and features point pattern borderless checkering, drop points, classic shadow line right hand cheekpiece, and a vacant silver oval on toe line. There is no, nor has there ever been, a sling eye installed. Splinter ejector forend is of darker walnut with finer checkering having mullered borders, and Anson release. Drop at heel: Approx 2-7/16″, drop at comb: Approx 1-7/8″. Weight: 11 lbs. 8 oz, LOP 14-3/4″. Accompanied by a quantity of 100 rounds of Kynoch yellow box, .475 No. 2 – 480 gr metal covered solid cartridges, in two bricks of ten boxes each. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 60 – 70% blue, with some spots of oxidation and some minor rubs and fading. Traces of what appears to be orig damascening is on breech ends of bbls. Action retains a considerable amount of orig case hardening color in protected areas, the balance faded to silver with portions worn to pewter and brown from normal carrying and wear. Top lever, floorplate, and trigger guard retain most of what appears to be their orig blue, but is most likely an old re-blue, likely done at the time of making old replacement buttstock, which is exceptionally well done, correctly styled and shaped, and retains nearly all of its rubbed oil finish, with a number of minor marks and dings. Checkering is nicely cut. Forend retains a considerable amount of what appears to be its orig finish, checkering worn and dirty. Bores are mostly bright and shiny, with strong rifling throughout, but considerably frosted at breech ends, especially left bbl. Should shoot very well. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are in time. A well balanced heavy rifle, with one of the most well thought out tropical chamberings, having a very heavy rim and large case capacity yielding lower pressure. 4-46356 MGM40 (15,000-25,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2343	$23,000.00	OGDEN, SMITHS & HUSSEY BOXLOCK EJECTOR DANGEROUS GAME DOUBLE RIFLE. SN 7059. (ca 1920) Cal. .475 No. 2 NE. This plainly finished, but high quality, double rifle has 26″ chopper lump bbls with stippled, concave quarter rib and square shouldered dolls head extension. Rib is fitted with one standing, two folding leaf express rear sight, having inlaid platinum lines and marked for 100, 200, and 300 yards. Gold bead front sight with flip-up moon bead is longitudinally dovetailed into stippled ramp base. Bottom rib has soldered on sling eye. Tops of bbls are engraved “Ogden Smiths & Hussey Ltd.” and “62 St. James’s Street. Piccadilly. London.” Bbl flats are stamped with London nitro proofs for .475 express, 80 gr cordite, and 500 gr bullet. SN is engraved on the bottom of each bbl, and makers number “2590” is on rear portion of bottom rib. Robust, case hardened boxlock action with nicely filed beads around fences, features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold), bushed strikers, double triggers, and sliding bolt third fastener. Action is engraved with geometrical borders and some rudimentary scroll around pins, with “Ogden Smiths & Hussey Ltd” on each side. Steel trigger guard with SN at grip, extends to engraved steel cap. Nicely marbled, and slightly figured European walnut full capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-3/4″ over Silver pad, and features point pattern borderless checkering, drop points, classic shadow line right hand cheekpiece, and a vacant silver oval on toe line. There is no, nor has there ever been, a sling eye installed. Splinter ejector forend is of darker walnut with finer checkering having mullered borders, and Anson release. Drop at heel: Approx 2-7/16″, drop at comb: Approx 1-7/8″. Weight: 11 lbs. 8 oz, LOP 14-3/4″. Accompanied by a quantity of 100 rounds of Kynoch yellow box, .475 No. 2 – 480 gr metal covered solid cartridges, in two bricks of ten boxes each. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain 60 – 70% blue, with some spots of oxidation and some minor rubs and fading. Traces of what appears to be orig damascening is on breech ends of bbls. Action retains a considerable amount of orig case hardening color in protected areas, the balance faded to silver with portions worn to pewter and brown from normal carrying and wear. Top lever, floorplate, and trigger guard retain most of what appears to be their orig blue, but is most likely an old re-blue, likely done at the time of making old replacement buttstock, which is exceptionally well done, correctly styled and shaped, and retains nearly all of its rubbed oil finish, with a number of minor marks and dings. Checkering is nicely cut. Forend retains a considerable amount of what appears to be its orig finish, checkering worn and dirty. Bores are mostly bright and shiny, with strong rifling throughout, but considerably frosted at breech ends, especially left bbl. Should shoot very well. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. Ejectors are in time. A well balanced heavy rifle, with one of the most well thought out tropical chamberings, having a very heavy rim and large case capacity yielding lower pressure. 4-46356 MGM40 (15,000-25,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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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