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Ballard Rifle & Custom Model 1875 .22 LR $4,250

Cartridge Co. / Single Shot

J M Mercer, Cody, WY

30" heavy round barrel with globe front sight and scope blocks.

Casehardened action with double-set triggers. Fully figured American black

walnut stock with ebony Schnabel forend tip, S-curve pistol grip and

casehardened checkered steel buttplate. Pull: 14". Weight: 13lbs, 7oz.

Virtually new.

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Ballard Rifle & Custom Model 1875 .22 LR $5,450

Cartridge Co., Single Shot Scheutzen Rifle

Cody, WY

30" heavy octagon-to-round barrel with scope blocks. Casehardened action

with double-set triggers and finger-grip loading lever with checkered ebony

grip inserts. Highly figured American black walnut stock with ebony-insert

Schnabel forend tip with walnut-handled palm rest, classic point-pattern

checkering, perch-belly butt stock with Scheutzen comb and pronged

buttplate. Pull: 13 1/4". Weight: 13lbs, 11oz. Little used.

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Classic Arms Corp. Custom Sharps Borchardt .50 Sharps, 3 1/4" $18,975

32” medium-weight, cut-rifled, full octagon, match grade barrel by Wm. S.

van Horne with fully-matted top flat using Winchester's original equipment,

Freund-style "more light" silver-faced blade front sight and spirit-level

tangent rear sight. Highly figured California English walnut stocks with

ebony forend tip, wrap-around point pattern checkering with mullered

borders, beaded sidepanels, ebony-inlaid S-curve pistol grip, beaded pancake

cheekpiece and engraved and checkered steel buttplate. Antique commercial

octagon-top Sharps-Borchardt action with checkered trigger and safety,

finely scroll engraved and with rope borderlines and an American Bison in

vignette on the right, by William Gamradt. Soule-style vernier tang sight.

British-style mahogany case by Ray Sterck with inlaid brass corners,

engraved bass escutcheon disk, horn interior lid pulls, accessories by William

Crowley including horn handled rosewood cleaning rod with brass jags and

nitre-blued oil and grease bottles. Leather trimmed canvas overcase and

muslin over-cover. Pull: 15". Weight: 11lbs, 14oz. New condition.

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Classic Arms Corp. Custom Winchester .25'06 $16,450

1885 High Wall

26" tapered round match-grade cut-rifled Krieger barrel with hand-matted

quarter rib. Highly figured California English walnut stocks by Monte

Mandarino with ebony forend tip, classic wrap-around point-pattern

checkering with mullered borders, steel capped pistol grip, beaded pancake

cheekpiece, and steel buttplate. Winchester High Wall action with checkered

close-coupled double-set triggers, originally made for rimless cartridges,

specifically for .30-06 international-match target rifles, the hammer featuring

a spring-loaded anti--blowback feature in case of a punctured primer. Full

coverage fine flowing intertwined scroll engraving with bulino engraved game

scenes of a baying bull elk on the left and a pronghorn antelope on the right

by Lee Griffiths and Robert Swartley. Engraved grip cap and buttplate.

Leupold Vari-X 3-9x matte-finish Compact scope with fine duplex reticle on

custom milled fixed rings with engraved screws. In Huey oak and leather

case with horn compartment-lid pulls, leather-trimmed canvas overcase and

muslin over-overcase. Accessories by J. Lozito, including horn-handled

cleaning rod, matching turnscrews and brush, snap-cap and nitre-blued oil

and patch bottles. Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 8lbs, 1oz. New condition.

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Dakota Model 10 Single Shot 7x57 Mauser $5450

23" tapered round barrel with full-band swivel base and quarter rib. Highly

fully figured American black walnut stock with classic borderless point-

pattern checkering in panels on the wrist and wrapping around the forend,

teardrops, vacant gold oval, steel capped Dakota pistol grip, inletted rear

swivel stud and maker's original solid black recoil pad. Case Colored action,

triggerguard, lever and grip cap. Leupold matte-finish VX-II 2-7 x 33mm

scope with fine duplex reticle on casehardened Talley 1-inch fixed rings,

fitted directly to quarter rib without separate bases. Checkered top tang

safety. Pull: 13 3/4". Weight: 7lbs, 3oz. 99%+blue. 99%+ case colors.

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Griffin & Howe Custom Winchester High Wall .225 Winchester $9,750

26 1/2" medium-weight tapered round barrel. Lightly figured walnut stock

with schnabel forend tip, classic point-pattern checkering, horn-capped full

pistol grip, SuperGrade swivel studs, buttstock converted for throughbolt

attachment and checkered steel buttplate. Casehardened Winchester High

Wall action engraved by Ken Hurst with prancing buck on each side

surrounded with scroll and signed on the underside. Two scopes: Unertl 10x

on Unertl micrometer mounts with fine crosshair reticle, screw-on dustcaps

and anti-recoil spring fitting to barrel-mounted scope blocks. And, Leupold

M8-6x with fine duplex reticle on Talley-type mounts with knurled release

knobs fitting directly to custom "quarter rib" bar without separate bases,

which attaches to the scope blocks. Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 10lbs, 9oz, with

Leupold. G&H built 1963. 99%blue, 99% case colors.

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Martini & Hagn Hagn Falling Block .375 Dakota                     $14,950.

26 1/2" tapered octagon-to-round barrel with sling swivel, integral front sight

ramp, integral full-length rib and raised quarter rib, one standing and one

folding express sight regulated for 50 & 100 yards, and dovetails to accept

Tally quick-detachable scope rings without separate bases. Maker's name,

calibre and breech band all flush-inlaid in gold. Highly figured oil-finished

Turkish walnut stock with ebony forend tip, slender field forend, flat

sidepanels, classic flat-top point-pattern wrap-around checkering with

mullered borders, beaded pancake cheekpiece, casehardened pistol grip cap,

rear swivel and black Decelerator pad. Classic scroll engraving by D Love on

casehardened Hagn action with extended bottom tang and wheel safety with

S and F in gold. Kahles Helia C 1.5-6x42 matte-finish scope with 30mm

tube and 4A duplex reticle on Talley QD mounts. Pull: 14 3/8" Weight:

10lbs, 2oz with scope. Trigger pull: 3 1/4lbs. 99%++ blue. 99%

casehardening colors. With dies and 4 sealed boxes of new Dakota brass.

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Jay McCament Custom Ruger No.1 .257 Roberts $8,350.

23" slender tapered Shilen octagon barrel, by John Pell,

with quarter rib by Ross Billingsley. Leupold VX-3 1.75-6x32mm

matte-finished scope with fine duplex reticle on Warne quick-detachable rings

fitted directly to rib dovetails without separate bases. Stocked by Jay

McCament of figured California English walnut with ebony forend tip,

contrasting walnut forend escutcheon bushing, Grisel steel pistol grip cap,

wrap-around point-pattern 24 & 28-LPI duplex ribbon checkering with

mullered borders, crisp beaded sidepanels and right-side cheekpiece, QD swivel

studs---inletted and pedestalled at the rear, and smooth steel buttplate. Refined,

bead-blasted, surface-ground and electroless nickel plated receiver with

custom steel trigger, aligned lever-pivot assembly and custom-inletted safety

by Jay McCament. Color casehardened loading lever by Pete Mazur. Rust bluing

by Bruce Farman. Engraved by Tommy Kaye with rope borders, silver barrel band,

scroll details and each of the four species of bighorn sheep, one each on the

right and left receiver panels, one on the grip cap, and one on the butt plate.

Pull: 13 5/8". No cast. Weight: 7lbs, 6oz. Cryogenically-treated barrel. Used

by the maker as an exhibition piece at ACGG shows. Test fired only.

Pictured on the cover of GUNS Magazine, August 1986, in American

Rifleman July 1987 and as part of a 6-page article about the maker in GUNS

Magazine, December 1989, beginning on page 50.   $9995.

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Gastinne Renette Sidelock Ejector 6.5x68R $24,850

Break-Open Single Shot

27" tapered octagon-to-round barrel of Bohler Superblitz steel with hand-

filed all-integral quarter rib, shallow full-length rib and raised front sight

ramp. One standing and 2 folding express sights. Highly figured walnut

stock with forend extending nearly to the muzzle, Deeley pull-down latch,

horn forend tip, teardrops, beaded pancake cheekpiece and smooth walnut

butt. 15" length of pull. Bolstered sidelock action with cocking indicator,

double underbites, double Kersten locks, double set triggers and top tang

safety. Fine rose & scroll engraved by Xavier Goudin. Steel PG cap

engraved with Moufflon sheep signed C Parat. Zeiss Diavari-ZM 2.5-

10x48 T* Rail-mount scope on QD claw mounts. Weight: 10lbs, 3oz.

Completed 1993 and in new condition. Oak and leather case with

accessories.

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Griffin & Howe / Custom Winchester 1885 .22 Hornet $7,950

Darwin Hensley High Wall

24" tapered round barrel with full-band front sight and swivel base, quarter

rib with 1 standing and 3 folding gold-lined express sights engraved for 75,

100, 200 and 300 yards. Griffin & Howe barrel and metalwork with single

set trigger, through-bolt conversion and scheutzen-type loading lever.

Stocked by Darwin Hensley with ebony forend tip, sidepanel details, fine

point-pattern wrap-around checkering with mullered borders, beaded

pancake cheekpiece, skeleton pistol grip cap, inletted and pedestalled rear

swivel base and smooth steel buttplate. Leupold 6.5-20x40mm matte-

finish scope with fine duplex reticle on G&H quick-detachable topmount

fitted directly to quarter rib dovetails without separate bases. Pull: 13 3/4".

Weight: 8lbs, 11oz. New condition.

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Don Klein & Custom Winchester 1885 .225 Winchester $19,995

Sam Welch High Wall

24" tapered round Krieger barrel with quarter rib and integral bottom-halves

of scope rings. Stocked by Don Klein with fully figured Turkish walnut:

ebony forend tip, steel forend escutcheon, flat sidepanel details, classic

point-pattern checkering, double-beaded pancake cheekpiece, steel pistol

grip cap and buttplate. Nickel-finished Winchester thick-side high wall

action sculptured by Don Klein and with custom trigger and loading lever,

newly made internal parts, tangs converted for pistol grip and through-bolt

mounting. Engraved by Sam Welch with gold-bordered English rose & Scroll.

Leupold Vari-X III 4.5 - 14x 40mm matte-finish scope with fine duplex

rangefinding reticle on custom integral fixed mount. Pull: 13 3/4". Weight:

8lbs, 2oz. Completed 1999. New condition. In full-length oak and leather

case by Ray Sterck, with ivory-handled accessories and stag-handled drop-

point hunting knife by L M Erickson of Liberty, Utah, engraved by Sam

Welch and numbered to the rifle. With brass cases. Pictured in Turpin's

Modern Custom Guns, pages 79, 126 & 127 and Guns Magazine July 1996,

pages 52 and 58.

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Mauser Es350B Meisterschafts .22 LR $2,995

Championship Single Shot Rifle

27" barrel with ramp front sight and tangent rear sight, adjustable for

windage and elevation, that slides along a nine-inch set of dovetails on the

top of the barrel. Lightly figured walnut stock with wrap-around point-pattern

checkering, sling swivels, capped pistol grip, original Mauser banner

buttplate and Mauser imprint on right side of buttstock. Miniature Mauser

action with claw extractor and wing safety. Pre-war German commercial

proofs. Pull: 14". Weight: 8lbs, 2oz. Carefully restored to new. Excellent bore.

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Clayton and Lars Custom Farquharson Falling .700 Holland & $29,750

Nelson Block Single Shot Rifle Holland Nitro Express

28" tapered round barrel with matted quarter rib, integral sling loop, silver

bead front sight and flip-up ivory night sight on integral ramp base, 1

standing and 2 folding express sights with inlaid gold lines marked for 25 and

50 yards. 4-1/4" reinforced portion at breech measuring 1.6" in diameter.

Muzzle diameter 1.03". 14 7/8"pull to elephant-hide-covered recoil pad.

2" - 2 3/8" drop at comb and heel respectively. Triangles of scroll engraving

either side of front sight base at muzzle, and rear of quarter rib at breech.

Left side of breech inlaid in gold: .700 Nitro Express. Bench-made, oversize,

Farquharson action by Clayton Nelson with solid one-piece rear tang

extending top to bottom completely through the wrist. Coin-finished action

with shaded scroll framing Bulino vignettes of big game; a quartering cape

buffalo on right, an elephant on left, signed J. White. Trigger plate is rust-

blued. Trigger is fire-blued. Operating lever is case hardened. Trigger plate is

milled and filed in classic Farquharson contour. Serial number inlaid in gold

on lower tang. Checkered and blued tang safety with "Safe" inlaid in gold.

Exceptionally fine, dense, marbled and figured Turkish walnut stock by Lars

Nelson with horn forend tip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, sling swivel eye

and classic point-pattern checkering with mullered borders. Weight: 16lbs,

4oz. Large oak and leather full length trunk case with brass corners lined in

burgundy cloth, with 5 oak covered compartments with brass knobs,

containing 4 cartridges, cleaning equipment, sling, and a key. Plaque with

information on the .700 H & H cartridge. Virtually new condition.

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Perugini & Visini Boxlock Kiplauf .270 Win. $8,950

25 1/2" tapered round barrel with ramp beaded blade front sight and hand-

matted quarter rib with one standing express sight. Blued steel Swarovski 3-12x56 scope

with fine European duplex reticle on quick-detachable claw mounts. Fully

figured, oil-finished European walnut stock with Deeley-release schnabel-

tipped splinter forend, flat sidepanels, classic point-pattern checkering, pistol

grip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, rear swivel stud and solid black recoil pad.

Casehardened, scalloped-back boxlock action with double-set triggers, hold-

open toplever, manual top tang safety and gold wire inlaid borders and

accents and with gold lettered PERUGINI & VISINI/NUVOLERA-BS on

the underside. Barrel engraved PERUGINI & VISINI NUVOLERA BS.

Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 7lbs, 3oz, plain; 9lbs with scope. With canvas and

leather trimmed takedown case with green felt lining with a leather makers

label. Built in 1990 and retaining 99% barrel blue and 98% casecolors.

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J P Sauer Custom Winchester 1885 .25-21 Stevens $14,950

1885 Low Wall Single Shot Rifle

23 1/4" matted-top octagon barrel, engraved J. P. Sauer & Sohn Berlin, with

1 standing, 1 folding rear sight and silver bead front sight. 14 1/4"pull to

striated horn buttplate with widow's peak. 1 7/8" - 2 3/8"drop. French-

grey-finished Winchester low wall action with German pre-war commercial

proofs. Winchester SN on bottom tang. Action with sculpted relief

engraving of mythological creatures offset by bold acanthus scroll, with

floral highlights and stippled background. Sides of action with large eagle

with body and tail tapering into scrolled vine with berries. Toward rear sides

of action are a smaller beasts heads merging into acanthus. Grotesque lion

mask on top of action behind hammer. Flowers and scrolls continue along

operating lever, checkered at tail. Rear portion of barrel is engraved with

panels of relief acanthus framed by simple scroll. Blued steel grip cap fully

relief engraved almost certainly by Rudolph Kornbrath with ribbon and

acanthus borders around monogram for E P McM inlaid in two colors of

gold. Dark, highly figured European walnut buttstock with beaded pancake

cheekpiece and pistol grip. Full stock to the muzzle with horn forend tip,

engraved sling bail, two cross-pin fasteners through engraved steel

escutcheons, bored and fitted with wooden covered steel cleaning rod with

brass drum-shaped head. Weight: 6lbs, 8oz. Excellent condition: 99% barrel

blue. Action retains virtually all its French gray. Stocks retain most of their

French polish finish. Excellent bore. Crisp action. With RCBS loading dies.

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James Tucker & Custom Winchester 1885 .219 Donaldson $8,950

Robert Snapp High Wall Wasp

26" tapered round barrel with smoothly integral quarter rib. Stocked with

highly figured walnut by Jim Tucker: ebony forend tip, beaded cheekpiece,

28 LPI wrap-around point pattern checkering with mullered borders and

skeletonized steel pistol grip cap and buttplate---both checkered within.

Metalwork by Robert Snapp: short tang throughbolt conversion on

casehardened receiver, Mann-Neidner breechblock bushing and Leupold

Vari-X III 8.5 - 25x matte-finish scope with fine duplex reticle on Talley

fixed rings and custom bases---the rear, integral with the receiver. Pull: 13

7/8". Weight: 8lbs, 15oz. Completed 1996. New condition. With loading dies.