*ROY VAIL CUSTOM ENGRAVED MAUSER BOLT ACTION RIFLE.

*ROY VAIL CUSTOM ENGRAVED MAUSER BOLT ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 7X61 Sharpe & Hart. Fine custom, full stock carbine with 20” oct bbl, full length raised matted rib with pedestal mounted ivory bead front sight and 2-leaf gold line express sight and the makers name in gold inlaid about midpoint on the rib. The chamber end of bbl has a single wide gold band. The receiver, trigger guard, floorplate, grip cap, bolt handle and cutoff are very nicely engraved with very deep relief oak leaf and acorn patterns with fine stippled background. The left side of the receiver ring has a very nicely detailed raised gold elk and the right side and equally detailed raised gold cape buffalo. The floorplate has a very thick highly detailed raised gold European stag head. The bolt handle root is inlaid with two-color gold, oak leaves, and an acorn. The bolt body is very lightly herringbone pattern engraved and the bolt knob is knurled. It is mounted in a full length, very nicely figured, Claro walnut stock with a rosewood semi-schnable tip and has a European style wide monte carlo cheek piece with an inlaid 3-color wood grizzly bear. The rear edge of the cheek piece has a tiny carved African antelope, has a small rosewood diamond near the toe and a square gold initial plate just above the diamond. It is 13-3/8” over a basketweave pattern horn buttplate. The wrist and forestock are extensively checkered in about 24 lines per inch with fine custom diamond patterns on the forestock. The right edge of the receiver at the ejection port is marked with the maker’s name and address with the SN stamped in the thumb slot. Weight: 6lbs. 12.5 oz. SN 182. CONDITION: Extremely fine, retaining virtually all its original custom finish to both metal and wood as it must have left Mr. Vail’s shop. Bright shiny bore. 4-49260 JR92 (1,250-1,750)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2003

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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	57	$1,782.00	ROY VAIL CUSTOM ENGRAVED MAUSER BOLT ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 7X61 Sharpe & Hart. Fine custom, full stock carbine with 20” oct bbl, full length raised matted rib with pedestal mounted ivory bead front sight and 2-leaf gold line express sight and the makers name in gold inlaid about midpoint on the rib. The chamber end of bbl has a single wide gold band. The receiver, trigger guard, floorplate, grip cap, bolt handle and cutoff are very nicely engraved with very deep relief oak leaf and acorn patterns with fine stippled background. The left side of the receiver ring has a very nicely detailed raised gold elk and the right side and equally detailed raised gold cape buffalo. The floorplate has a very thick highly detailed raised gold European stag head. The bolt handle root is inlaid with two-color gold, oak leaves, and an acorn. The bolt body is very lightly herringbone pattern engraved and the bolt knob is knurled. It is mounted in a full length, very nicely figured, Claro walnut stock with a rosewood semi-schnable tip and has a European style wide monte carlo cheek piece with an inlaid 3-color wood grizzly bear. The rear edge of the cheek piece has a tiny carved African antelope, has a small rosewood diamond near the toe and a square gold initial plate just above the diamond. It is 13-3/8” over a basketweave pattern horn buttplate. The wrist and forestock are extensively checkered in about 24 lines per inch with fine custom diamond patterns on the forestock. The right edge of the receiver at the ejection port is marked with the maker’s name and address with the SN stamped in the thumb slot. Weight: 6lbs. 12.5 oz. SN 182. CONDITION: Extremely fine, retaining virtually all its original custom finish to both metal and wood as it must have left Mr. Vail’s shop. Bright shiny bore. 4-49260 JR92 (1,250-1,750) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2003 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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