Image Lot Price Description



3098
$2,587.00

CUSTOM BALLARD SINGLE SHOT TARGET RIFLE. SN 31534. Cal. 22. Beautiful rifle with 30-1/4″ heavy rnd bbl made without sights, mounted with target bases containing a Fecker 10X target scope. Receiver is engraved in No. 6 patterns consisting of vignette of a running deer on left side and a standing bear on right side surrounded by well-executed foliate arabesque patterns and a heart-shaped border. Mounted with a heavy Schutzen butt of highly figured Claro walnut and an extended checkered beavertail forearm. Lever has an added wood panel that serves as a grip & finger rest. It has a custom hammer & adjustable trigger with hammer having been altered to cock automatically on closing, like a Winchester Model 1885 single shot. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbl retains about 95% strong custom blue and receiver most of its orig case colors fading to silver. Wood is sound and retains most of its custom finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. Crisp optics. 4-59578 JR109 (2,000-3,000)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2007
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