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Blaser |
Model
BL821 Luxus Grade |
.243
Win. |
$7,250 |
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Falling
Block
Single
Shot |
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23 1/2"
barrel fitted inside an exterior tapered octagon outer "barrel" with
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ramp
front sight, sling swivel, and integral matted quarter rib with standing
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express
sight. Fully figured, oil-finished Turkish walnut stock with schnabel
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forend-tipped splinter forend, black-capped pistol grip, point-pattern skip- |
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line
checkering, fluted Bavarian cheekpiece, hinged trap for four cartridges,
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and
maker's original black composition buttplate. Stainless steel, falling- |
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block
action cocks on the last half-inch of closing the underlever, would
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normally
be carried safely in the field, loaded, but with the underlever just a
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half-inch short of being cocked, and may then be safely de-cocked with the
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press of
a button on the top tang. An almost redundant cross-pin safety, |
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mounted
to the loading lever behind the trigger, at the shooter's option,
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locks
out the lever from closing fully and cocking the rifle. With Swarovski
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Habicht
2.2-9x42mm Nova rail-mount scope with 30mm tube and fine 4A |
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duplex
reticle on ERA Recknagel Classic steel quick-turn-off mounts fitted
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discreetly to the rib. Coin-finished action engraved with oakleaf-bordered
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game
scenes of baying elk over a fallen comrade on left, a buck and doe on
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right,
another pair on the grip cap, and oakleaves covering the cartridge
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trap.
Pull: 14 1/4" from adjustable trigger. Weight: 8lbs, 4oz scoped; 6lbs,
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15oz
without. Built 1982 - 1990. Little used and with excellent bore. |
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| Classic Arms |
Custom Winchester High Wall |
20/.577 Alex |
$28,450 |
| Corporation |
Takedown Two-Barrel Set. |
Henry Rifle & |
| 30" knurled, flat-top, tapered, ovoid, heavy, Krieger, Henry-rifled barrel with |
| integral raised-ramp front sight, 1 standing white-inlaid and 1 folding |
| platinum-lined express sight. 30" round smoothbore barrel with solid, |
| integral, knurled rib, ivory front bead, choked extra full. Both barrels shaped |
| by Ralf Martini. Highly figured Circassian walnut stocks with two
separate |
| forends, each with Alex Henry-style horn forend tips, casehardened- |
| escutcheoned fire-blued crosspin fasteners, classic flat-top point-pattern |
| checkering with mullered borders (wrapping fully under the forend), and a |
| machined, knurled and engraved threaded breech cap for each barrel. |
| Casehardened steel trapdoor pistol grip cap, beaded pancake cheekpiece, |
| and pigskin-covered recoil pad. Original Winchester 1885 Thickside |
| takedown action converted to blind-tang throughbolt system, with |
| checkered custom single trigger and with bottom tang extended to grip cap, |
| extensively engraved by Lee Griffiths with deep-incised scenes of the |
| extinct giant Irish elk on each side of the receiver and a very fine Scottish |
| heraldic Lion Rampant on the grip trapdoor. Pull: 14 1/2". Weight: 10lbs, |
| 10oz as a rifle; 7lbs, 13oz as a shotgun. All in oak and leather takedown |
| trunk case by Ray Sterck, with leather-trimmer canvas overcase, fitted with |
| accessories by John Millar including fluted horn-handled turnscrew, |
| chamber brush and cleaning rod with tips, engraved-topped patchbox and |
| crystal oil bottle, traditional brass bullet mold, sample cartridge & paper- |
| patched bullets, and key. .22 Long Rifle chamber insert for 20/.577 barrel. A |
| second, matching oak & leather case incudes an extensive selection of |
| loading tools, supplies and accessories. |
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Classic
Arms Corporation |
Freund 1878
Borchardt Rifle |
.50-140
Sharps |
$13,750 |
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30"
original Sharps heavy full octagon barrel, marked both Old Reliable /
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Sharps
Rifle Co and Freund's Patent 1880, Durango Colo., with Freund's |
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patent
blade front sight and tangent rear sight. Highly figured English
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walnut
stock by Classic Arms Corporation with horn forend tip, classic |
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point-pattern checkering with mullered borders, sidepanel details, horn- |
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inlaid
S-curve pistol grip, long range vernier tang peep sight, beaded pancake |
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cheekpiece and checkered steel buttplate. Original Sharps Borchardt action,
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casecolored, fine border-scroll engraved and with two bison on right and
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wolves
circling a bison on left by Robert Swartley. In full-length oak trunk
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case
with engraved brass escutcheon. |
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| Classic Arms |
H.M.Pope Model Ballard. |
.22 Long Rifle |
$13,975 |
| 30" tapered full-octagon Pope-rifled barrel by Ron Smith with globe front |
| sight. Highly figured Circassian walnut stocks by James Tucker with |
| widow's-peaked horn schnabel forend tip, detachable palm rest, point- |
| pattern checkering, S-curved pistol grip checkered on its face, scheutzen |
| buttstock with cheekpiece, and Pope model buttplate. Marlin Ballard Model |
| 3F "Gallery" action with Schalk lever, and nearly full coverage intertwining |
| scroll engraving by Lee Griffiths. Pope tang peep sight adjustable for |
| windage and elevation. Montana Vintage Arms 6x period-style target scope |
| with fine duplex reticle on Pope mounts fitting directly to barrel dovetails |
| without separate bases. In full-length Jatoba wood and leather trunk case |
| by Ray Sterck, with square crystal oil bottle, turnscrew, brass, cleaning rod |
| and tips, and canvas overcase. |
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| Classic Arms |
J Rigby Model Ballard. |
.450 Rigby |
$16,975 |
| Corporation |
Rifle No.45 |
Match |
| 34" tapered round barrel with spirit-level windgauge front sight with |
| replaceable inserts and with Rigby flats at breech. Lightly figured walnut |
| stocks by James Tucker with horn schnabel forend tip, classic flat-top point- |
| pattern checkering with mullered borders, fire-blued crosspin fastener in |
| engraved escutcheons, horn-capped pistol grip, engraved and hand- |
| checkered steel buttplate. Marlin Ballard action engraved with acanthus |
| scroll by Charles Lee with checkered single trigger and curved open-loop |
| loading lever. Both front sight and long range vernier tang sight by Mike |
| Stevens. Pull: 15 5/8". Weight: 10lbs, 4oz. New, as test fired only. In full- |
| length Jatoba wood and leather trunk case by Ray Sterck, with loading dies, |
| keys, extra tang sight disc, square crystal oil bottle, wood and cork loading |
| mallet, English bullet mold, extra front sight inserts, 20 brass cases , cleaning |
| rod and tips, and canvas overcase. |
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| Custom Winchester |
1885 High Wall by Classic |
6mm Remington |
$13,950 |
| Arms Corporation. Rifle No.13 |
| 27 1/2" barrel by Ron Smith, with flat-topped ovoid profile by Ralf Martini; |
| beaded blade front sight, one standing gold-triangle-inlaid and 1 folding |
| gold-line inlaid express sights, and broad sling swivel stud. Fully figured |
| California English walnut stocks by Reto Buehler with ebony forend tip, |
| steel capped pistol grip, classic point-pattern checkering, beaded pancake |
| cheekpiece, rear swivel stud, and smooth steel Biesen shotgun buttplate. |
| Original Winchester Model 1885 High Wall action with double-set trigger |
| and with stock through-bolt conversion showing no visible tang screws |
| either top or bottom. Leupold Vari-X III 3.5 - 10x scope with fine duplex |
| reticle on refined Talley quick-detachable mounts with custom levers. |
| Classic Arms leather sling on Winchester SuperGrade swivels. Scroll |
| engraved by Lee Griffiths on action, lever, grip cap, buttplate. Pull: 14 1/8". |
| Weight: 9lbs, 6oz. Action originally built in 1887, therefore Antique. Rifle in |
| new condition as custom built. With breech-end cleaning rod guide, MCA |
| Sports .22LR adapter, and unloading tool by James Tucker. |
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| Custom George Gibbs |
Baby Farquharson by Classic |
.22 LR, .28-30 |
$33,450 |
| Arms Corporation. Three |
Stevens & .360 |
| 28" tapered round .22LR barrel by Ron Smith with original Gibbs target |
| spirit-level front sight and Rigby flats at breech; engraved Classic Arms |
| 28" tapered round .28-30 Stevens barrel by Ron Pence with ramp front sight, |
| 1 standing and 2 folding leaf rear sights on matted quarter rib, Parker-Hale 3x |
| Huntascope with fine crosshairs reticle on their proprietary hand- |
| detachable rings fitting directly to quarter-rib dovetails without separate |
| bases, and with Rigby flats at breech; engraved Classic Arms Corporation. |
| 26" tapered octagon .360 No.5 original Gibbs barrel refined by Steve |
| Heilmann, with blade front sight, 1 standing and 1 folding leaf rear sight |
| marked 50 and 100 yards; engraved Gibbs, Bristol. |
| Stocks by James Tucker, with figured California English walnut harvested in |
| 1965, including three separate matching forends, each with horn forend tips, |
| keyed fasteners in engraved escutcheons, classic flat-topped point-pattern |
| checkering with mullered borders, flat sidepanels fore & aft, horn-capped |
| pistol grip, and smooth steel buttplate. Furniture by Don Brown. Vernier |
| tang sight by Joe Lozito. |
| Casehardened, miniature Gibbs Farquharson falling block action with |
| sidelever safety, rebuilt by John Wills, with new pins, new interchangeable |
| rimfire breechblock and extractor, and upper tang with integral boss for |
| mounting tang sight. Extensive fine English scroll engraving by Larry |
| Pull: 13 5/8". Weight 7lbs, 4oz as an iron-sighted .22 rimfire. |
| In Ray Sterck oak & leather case with brass corners and engraved brass |
| escutcheon, lined in blue baize. With 3 fluted-horn-handled turnscrews, |
| horn-handled cleaning rod with selection of tips, machined and fire-blued |
| steel oil bottle, grease-pot, and container holding extra breechblock and |
| small parts for centerfire cartridge barrels, 2 machined breech thread covers, |
| and keyed brass case latch, all by John Millar. Extra inserts and tools for |
| .22LR barrel sprit-level front sight. 20 rounds machined .360 No.5 brass with |
| engraved headstamps, 20 rounds new Bertram .28-30 Stevens brass, original |
| (empty) box for Eley .360 No.5 cartridges. Vintage .360 No.5 snap cap. |
| Instructions for changing barrels and stocks. Trade labels for both Classic |
| Arms Corporation and George Gibbs. Leather trimmed canvas overcase and |
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muslin overcover. New, by Classic Arms
Corporation.
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Hastings
& Hagn |
Custom
Falling Block Rifle |
20ga, 3
1/2" |
$10,950 |
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26"
fully-rifled round barrel with integral long full-band front sight, integral
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full-band swivel base, and integral lugged quarter rib dovetailed for direct
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attachment of [included] Talley 1" fixed rings and with 1 standing and 2
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folding
gold-lined express sights. Fully figured Turkish walnut stock with
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Alex
Henry forend---the barrel's stout lug-grooves soundly bedded in |
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complementary grooves inside the forend---classic English flat-top point- |
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pattern
checkering with mullered borders, flat sidepanels fore and aft, steel- |
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capped
pistol grip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, rear swivel stud and |
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pigskin-covered recoil pad. Casehardened, large-frame Hagn MHK4 falling
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block
action with sculptured loading lever, automatic ejector and gold-inlaid
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rotary
top tang safety, marked Martini & Hagn on falling block, fine scroll
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engraved
and with "HASTINGS & HAGN" in ribands on sides of action. |
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Pull: 14
1/4". Weight: 9lbs, 7 1/2oz without scope rings. Excellent condition,
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retaining 99% barrel blue, 99% casehardening colors, and an excellent bore.
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Built as
a display piece for Hastings Ammunition and including a case of |
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100
rounds of Hastings 20 gauge, 3 1/2" sabot slug ammunition. |
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Steve
Heilmann |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.35
Whelen |
$14,975. |
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22"
tapered round barrel with hooded full-band front sight, custom swivel
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base,
and quarter rib with 1 standing and two folding gold-lined express
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sights,
engraved: S. R. Heilmann, Grass Valley, California. Highly figured
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walnut
stock with ebony forend tip, classic wrap-around point-pattern |
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checkering with mullered borders, skeleton steel pistol grip cap---checkered
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within,
classic comb, beaded pancake cheekpiece, inletted and pedestalled
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rear
swivel base and skeleton steel buttplate---also checkered within. Ruger
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No.1
action with knuckle removed, integral sideplates added, and custom
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safety
with S and F inlaid in gold. Extensively engraved by Barry Lee Hands: |
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baying
elk on left, mule deer buck on right---all surrounded with foliate
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scroll.
Scroll on front sight band, front swivel base, barrel breech, |
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casehardened loading lever, grip cap, and buttplate. Fire-blued small parts
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by Barry
Lee Hands. Leupold VX-II 2.5x20mm matte-finish scope with fine |
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duplex
reticle on Turnbull-casehardened Warne quick-detachable rings |
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mounted
directly to quarter-rib dovetails without separate bases. Blue by
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Michael
Baiar of Half Moon Barrels. Pull: 14". Weight: 7lbs 7oz. New |
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| Alexander Henry |
Hammer Falling Block |
.450 3 1/4" BPE |
$7,950 |
|
Single Shot Stalking Rifle |
| 27" round Henry-rifled barrel of fluid steel with block-mounted fine bead |
| front sight, 1 standing and 1 folding platinum-lined leaf sights. 14"pull from |
| checkered trigger to checkered steel trapdoor buttplate. Barrel Patent Use |
| No. 1454. Action Patent Use No. 352. Highly figured English walnut stocks |
| with horn forend tip, escutcheoned key fastener, classic point-pattern |
| checkering, sling eyes, scroll engraved steel pistol grip cap and vacant |
| silver initial oval. Fine scroll engraved receiver and sidelock action with left |
| hammer and stalking safety. Weight: 6lbs, 13oz. Built 1869. 98% blue. Faint |
|
traces casehardening colors. Crisp engraving. Excellent bore.
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| Gary L. Henry |
Custom Percussion |
.54 Calibre |
$3495. |
| 36" full octagon Bauska barrel signed G HENRY with nickel-silver blade |
| front sight and smoothly dovetailed single buckhorn rear sight and brass- |
| tipped oak ramrod fastened in twin pipes to solid square bottom barrel rib. |
| Figured tiger maple half stock with pewter forend tip, double key fasteners, |
| double set triggers in pistol-grip triggerguard, long tang false breech, right |
| hand cheekpiece and steel crescent buttplate. H Robbins percussion lock. |
| All metalwork lustrously browned. Weight: 9lbs, 15oz. Built 1975. Little |
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Steven
Dodd Hughes |
California Half-Stock |
.54
calibre |
$4475 |
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32"
hooked-breech slightly-tapered full-octagon barrel by Lynn Weimer
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with
deep-cut 1:60 twist rifling to stabilize a round ball, percussion-fenced
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breechblock, blade front sight, base for (included) Rocky Mountain rear
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sight,
custom tang peep sight, and with brass-tipped ramrod retained by
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double
thimbles. Stocked in well-cured French walnut with cast-in-place
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pewter
forend tip, escutcheoned key fastener, steel triggerguard with |
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pineapple finial and pistol-grip tang, classic borderless flat-top
checkering, |
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beaded
cheekpiece, inletted patchbox and toeplate---both with pineapple
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finials,
and crescent steel buttplate. Bar-action sidelock action by Griffith
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Tool
Co., with double-set triggers by Walter Cain. Engraved by Mark Drain.
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Maker's
gold-inlaid SDH cartouche at breech. Pull: 13 7/8". Drop: 1 5/8" - 2
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3/4".
Cast-off: 1/2". Weight: 8lbs, 11oz. Blued barrel, casehardened lock,
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breechblock and patchbox, and with registered and fire-blued screws.
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Completed in 1987; the prototype for Steven Hughes series of nine
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California rifles. Very little used---although two blacktail deer were taken
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with the
rifle by the maker, Steven Hughes. Pictured on the cover of GUNS
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Magazine, April 1989, a copy of which, amongst other paperwork, is
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| J. Jiracek, Prague |
Hammer, Toplever, Sidelock |
9.3x65R Collath |
$2,995 |
| 25" tapered round barrel of Krupp steel with full-length integral matted rib, |
| dovetailed blade front sight, 1 standing and 1 folding leaf sight, claw mount |
| bases, and doll's head extension. Fully figured walnut, stocked to the muzzle |
| and with staghorn muzzle cap, sculptured ramrod form, sling bale, and |
| Deeley-release removable rear section. Long horn-capped pistol grip, rear |
| swivel, classic point-pattern checkering, classic comb, and original striated |
| horn buttplate. Fine scroll engraved sidelock action with arcaded fences, |
| rebounding hammer, and double-set triggers. Pull: 13 5/8". Weight: 5lbs, |
| 10oz. Drop: 1 5/8" - 2 3/4". Prague nitro proof in 1907. Good bore. A little |
| loose on the face. 95%blue. Traces casehardening colors. |
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Monty Kennedy |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.22-250 |
$3795 |
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26"
tapered round Ruger barrel with Buehler scope mount base. Densely
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figured,
oil finished European walnut stock with angled ebony forend tip,
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classic
wrap-around point-pattern checkering, crisp flat sidepanels, |
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checkered steel pistol grip cap, swivel studs, classic comb with beaded
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cheekpiece, and checkered steel buttplate. All metalwork finished matte
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blue.
Canjar single-set trigger. Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 8lbs, 11oz. Built in 1975
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on
4-digit Ruger No.1 action. New condition. |
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Al Lind |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.300
Win. Mag. |
$3,575 |
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26"
tapered round Ruger barrel with Buehler scope mount base. Figured, oil
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finished
walnut stock with long angled ebony forend tip, beavertail forend,
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wrap-around point-pattern borderless skip-line checkering augmented with
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floral
carving, flat sidepanels, steel skeleton pistol grip cap, classic comb
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with
beaded cheekpiece, and elephant hide covered recoil pad. All |
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metalwork finished bright. Single-set trigger fitted by Ed LaPour. |
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Pull: 14 1/2". Weight: 7lbs,
15oz.
Built 2009. With paperwork. Little used. |
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J M
Marlin |
Ballard
No. 6 1/2 Third Model |
.38-55 |
$14,975 |
|
30"
round barrel with Rigby flats, the top flat with Ballard banner intertwined |
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around
an arrow, engraved at muzzle and with Ballard globe front sight.
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Checkered, figured walnut, high-comb stock with horn-inlaid S-curved pistol |
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grip,
cheekpiece, horn schnabel forend tip with extended widow's peak, &
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nickel-plated brass Farrow-pattern scheutzen buttplate. Scroll engraved,
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rebated
and faceted receiver with elk on left and buffalo on right. Finger
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loop
loading lever. Checkered single trigger. Vernier tang sight. Weight:
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9lbs,
11oz. Built ca 1880. 95% blue, 75% casecolors. Excellent bore. |
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Custom
Marlin |
No.6
Off-Hand Scheutzen Rifle |
.22 LR |
$13,950. |
|
28"
octagon-to-round barrel with fine wedding-band transition, windage- |
|
adjustable spirit-level globe front sight, lined from .40 calibre to .22LR
by |
|
Arthur
Hubalek. Superbly executed new custom stock of highly figured |
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European
walnut, in Ballard's traditional off-hand scheutzen style, with |
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horn-inlaid schnabel forend tip, horn-inlaid S-curve pistol grip, classic
point- |
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pattern
checkering, high comb, cheekpiece, perch belly and silver-plated
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Swiss
buttplate. Silver plated action with rebated frame, double-set triggers,
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ball-and-spur lever with smooth walnut inserts and mid-range vernier tang
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peep
sight, scroll and game scene engraved by Arnold Griebel, ca 1963---running
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rabbits
on the right and a squirrel in woodland scene on left. Winchester A-5 |
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scope
with fine crosshairs on micrometer-adjustable target mounts. Pull: 13
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7/8".
Weight: 11lbs, 11oz. Mfd ca 1887. Retaining 99%+ barrel blue, 99%
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receiver
silver plating and 98% hammer and breechblock casehardening |
|
colors.
Excellent bore. |
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| Marlin |
Ballard No. 5 Pacific |
.38-55 |
$4,395 |
| 30" full octagon barrel with Beech combination front sight and wooden |
| ramrod. Rebated frame with slender double-set triggers and reverse-curved |
| hammer. Tang peep sight. Walnut stocks with schnabel forend tip, straight |
| grip and casehardened crescent buttplate. 98% barrel blue, 70% |
| casehardening colors. Also including proper nickel-blade front sight, Rocky |
| Mountain rear barrel sight, original Marlin combination loading tool, and |
| box of original paper-patched bullets. |
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|
J M
Marlin |
Ballard
No.5 Pacific |
.40-63
|
$4,750 |
|
30"
full-octagon barrel with Beach combination front sight and Rocky
|
|
Mountain
rear sight. Walnut stock with schnabel forend, straight grip and
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steel
crescent buttplate. Wooden ramrod in two thimbles under barrel and
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sliding
into forend. Flat-sided frame with split breechblock, thick double-set
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triggers, finger-loop lever, checkered hammer and vernier tang peep sight.
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Pull: 13
5/8". Weight: 10lbs. Early serial number 11xx. Retaining 95% barrel
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blue and
25% receiver casehardening colors. Excellent bore. |
|
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|
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| Ruger |
Model No.1 |
.257 Wby. Mag. |
$3495. |
| 26" tapered round Hart barrel with Talley full-band swivel base and |
| casehardened quarter rib fitted with Talley casehardened 30mm quick- |
| detachable rings. Custom figured walnut stocks by Turnbull with Alex |
| Henry forend, custom forend mounting-screw assembly, casehardened |
| trapdoor pistol grip cap, classic borderless point-pattern checkering, |
| casehardened and inletted rear swivel base, and thin leather-covered recoil |
| pad. Casehardened action and lever with Jard trigger. Pull: 13 5/8". Weight: |
| 7lbs, 14oz. Built up in 2018. 99%+blue, 99% casehardening colors. With |
| target showing three shots into one hole at 100 Yards. |
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Custom
Sharps |
1877
Long Range Creedmoor |
.45-70
$8650. |
|
34″
heavy round barrel with Ballard Rifle Company spirit-level globe front
|
|
sight,
no provision for a rear sight, and Ballard Rifle Company vernier tang
|
|
sight
with 5” staff. Windage-adjustable Creedmoor-style sight mount on heel |
|
of
stock. Highly figured, streaky European walnut with 1878 Sharps style
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flat-point-checkered round forearm with ebony tip, secured with two bushed
|
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screws
rather than the single key of the 1878 Sharps forearm. Buttstock is
|
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nearly
identical to the 1877 long range Creedmoor stock with deep S-curved
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pistol
grip. Reproduction Sharps embossed hard rubber buttplate. Color |
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casehardened receiver, lever, lockplate and hammer. Pull: 13 7/8". Weight:
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9lbs,
8oz. Appears new & unfired, retaining virtually all of its fine custom
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finish
to both metal & wood with bright blue on the barrel and brilliant case
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|
colors
elsewhere. Wood is sound with a few light handling & storage nicks
|
|
&
scratches. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are
|
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crisp;
brilliant shiny bore. |
|
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|
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| US Springfield |
1879 Trapdoor |
.45-70 |
$2,250 |
| 32 5/8" round barrel with two barrel bands, Buffington long range elevator |
| rear sight, and VP/EagleP proofs. Low-arch breechblock marked US Model |
| 1873. Small-button, slotted-head cleaning rod. Flush, unbeveled, undated |
| lockplate marked with eagle and US Springfield. Straight-grooved trigger |
| with two-piece triggerguard. Fine-border-checkered hammer. Casehardened |
| tang. SWP 1886 cartouche on left side of stock. P in oval behind |
| triggerguard on butt. W O CODEY stamped into left rear of buttstock. |
| Smooth blued steel buttplate. 98%blue. Excellent bore. |
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|
Stevens |
Model 44 |
.25 RF |
$1,575 |
|
26"
tapered round barrel with Marbles sights front and rear. Checkered
|
|
walnut
stocks with schnabel forend and crescent steel buttplate. 99% barrel
|
|
blue,
98% case colors on receiver and buttplate. Barrel numbered to receiver. |
|
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| H. Triebel, Augsburg |
Custom Schmidt & Habermann |
9.3x74R |
$3,975 |
| Falling Block Single Shot |
| Nominal 24" (exactly 60cm) tapered octagon barrel with integral matted-ramp |
| front sight base, integral swivel base, 1 standing and 2 folding dovetail- |
| mounted leaf sights engraved for 50, 100 and 200 meters. Figured European |
| walnut stocks with schnabel-tipped and key-fastened forend, fluted-horn- |
| capped pistol grip, classic point-pattern checkering at the wrist, classic |
| comb, Bavarian-style cheekpiece, rear swivel stud, and casehardened steel |
| skeleton buttplate---checkered within. Pre-war casehardened and border- |
| engraved Schmidt & Habermann falling-block action with pre-war German |
| commercial BUG proofs, double-set triggers and manual top tang safety. B |
| Nickel Supra 1-4x20mm scope with bold duplex reticle and 30mm tube on |
| quick-detachable claw mounts, engraved H. Triebel. Pull: 14 1/8". Weight: |
| 8lbs, 14 1/2oz. Nearly new condition as custom built circa 1970s/80s. |
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| Custom Webley |
Model 1902 Falling Block |
.22 Hornet |
$19,650 |
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by Classic Arms Corporation. Rifle No.32 |
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25 1/2"
tapered round barrel by Ron Smith, with full-length Fraser-style smooth |
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solid rib by
Anthony Fleming, rising at the muzzle for a beaded blade front |
| sight, and towards the rear for a quarter rib bearing a single standing |
| express sight engraved for 100 yards. Fully figured walnut stocks by James |
| Tucker with ebony forend tip, flat sidepaneled fore and aft the action, steel |
| capped pistol grip, classic point-pattern checkering with mullered borders |
| and with flat-pointed diamonds at the wrist, beaded pancake cheekpiece, |
| and checkered steel trapdoor buttplate. Light scroll engraved, subtly grey- |
| etched, cylindrical falling block action marked Webley 1902 Patent and with |
| their winged bullet on the right, and engraved Jn. Rigby & Co. on the left, |
| and with automatic top tang safety with SAFE inlaid in gold. Mountless 10x |
| target scope with very fine crosshair reticle on elegant diminutive John |
| Millar recoil-absorbing rings fitted directly to the quarter rib without |
| separate bases, with windage adjustments in both bases and both windage |
| and elevation knobs in the rear ring. Pull: 14 5/8". Weight: 10lbs, 2oz. New, |
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Giles
Whittome |
Falling
Block Single Shot Rifle |
.577
3" |
$22,450 |
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24″
tapered round barrel with long full-band front sight base, broad-based
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swivel
stud, and 1 standing silver-lined island-based rear express sight
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engraved
50 YDS. Top of barrel engraved “Giles Whittome. London.” and |
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“The
“Elephant” Rifle”. Left rear of barrel with 1989 London nitro proofs,
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right
side engraved “.577 NITRO EXPRESS 3″” and “.750 GRNS. BULLET |
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100 GRNS.
CORDITE”. Casehardened, Farquharson-inspired, falling-block |
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action
built by J. A. Shirley & Co with single pin visible on side, adjustable
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trigger
and manual top tang safety with SAFE inlaid in gold, engraved with
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nearly
full-coverage fine shaded scroll surrounding central floral bouquets
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around
banner engraved “Giles Whittome” on each side. Blued breech block |
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and
trigger. Casehardened, scroll engraved loading lever with roller-bearing |
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detent,
checkered at fingertip. Highly figured, dense European walnut stock |
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with
horn forend tip, flat sidepanels fore and aft the receiver, classic point
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pattern
flat-top checkering wrapping fully under the forend and over the
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wrist,
skeleton steel capped pistol grip, beaded Monte Carlo cheekpiece,
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vacant
gold oval, rear swivel stud, and leather-covered recoil pad. Drop at
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heel:
3″, drop at rear of Monte Carlo: 2-3/8″, drop at comb: 1-7/8″. Pull: 13
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7/8".
Weight: 12lbs, 8 oz. Built 1989. Excellent condition, nearly new, appears |
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essentially unfired since proof, with only a few light handling marks, and
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some
light scratches in wood. The exact rifle pictured in Whittome's catalog. |
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With
fine quality oak and leather case with brass corners, lined in burgundy |
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cloth,
with gold embossed black leather maker's label in lid, a pair of
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rosewood
handled turnscrews, 3-piece brass and rosewood cleaning rod |
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with
mop, brush, and jag, snap cap and crystal oil bottle marked “Giles
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