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Axtell
Rifle Co. |
Model
1877, No.1 Creedmoor |
.45-70 |
$7,450 |
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30"
tapered round barrel with dovetailed blade front sight, Rigby flat, and
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gold
band at breech. Stock of figured black walnut with ebony forend tip,
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classic
flat-topped point-pattern checkering, ebony-inlaid S-curve pistol
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grip,
and Axtell checkered black hardrubber buttplate. Casehardened action
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with
checkered hammer and trigger. Maker's name, calibre and border |
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engraving on the Rigby flat by Wm Gamradt. Pull: 14 3/8". Weight: 9lbs, 10
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1/2oz.
Soule vernier tang sight, adjustable for windage and elevation. |
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Originally delivered 2003. 99%+blue. With papers, extra Axtell spirit-level
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windgauge front sight, and bullet mold. |
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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 |
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traces casehardening colors. Crisp engraving. Excellent bore.
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Monte
Kennedy |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.22-250 |
$4,250 |
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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
Dakota Model 10 |
.375
Flanged
$14,995. |
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26"
tapered round Krieger barrel with detented-hooded full-band front sight, |
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full-band swivel base and quarter rib. Highly figured dark walnut stock by
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Al Lind
with schnabel forend, classic point-pattern checkering with mullered |
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borders,
beaded action sidepanels, compartmented steel pistol grip cap |
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containing peep sight interchangeable with scope on quarter rib, beaded
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pancake
cheekpiece, inletted and pedestalled rear swivel base, mercury |
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recoil
reducer, and leather-covered recoil pad. Metalwork by Ed LaPour |
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using a
Dakota Model 10 falling block action with top tang safety. Finely
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engraved
by Bob Evans with gold borderlines, intertwining acanthus scroll,
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multi-colored floral inlays, a leopard head on left and a lion head on
right. |
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Loading
lever, grip cap, quarter rib and scope rings engraved en suite. |
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Schmidt
& Bender 1.5-6x42 illuminated scope with No.9 duplex reticle on |
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Talley
quick-detachable mounts fitted directly to quarter-rib dovetails
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without
separate bases. Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 7lbs, 14oz with peep sight;
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9lbs, 4
1/2oz with scope. Fine condition with excellent bore and 99%+blue. |
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Al Lind |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.300
Win. Mag. |
$3,950 |
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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 |
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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. |
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28"
octagon-to-round barrel with fine wedding-band transition, windage- |
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adjustable spirit-level globe front sight, lined from .40 calibre to .22LR
by |
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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 |
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colors.
Excellent bore. |
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J M
Marlin |
Ballard
No.5 Pacific |
.40-63
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$4,750 |
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30"
full-octagon barrel with Beach combination front sight and Rocky
|
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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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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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Chapuis
Armes |
Oural
EX, Single Shot |
.300
Win. Mag. |
$6,450 |
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Break-open Boxlock Stalking Rifle |
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25 1/2″
tapered round barrel with sling swivel, full integral rib, raised at
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muzzle
for beaded-blade front sight and raised at breech for matted quarter
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rib with
standing leaf express sight. Matted portion of quarter rib engraved
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“Carabine – Oural Chapuis – France”. Fiddle-figured and lightly streaked
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European
walnut stock with schnabel-tipped Deeley-release splinter forend,
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slightly-palmswelled steel-capped pistol grip, cheekpiece, sling swivel,
|
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mercury
recoil compensator, and classic point-pattern checkering. Coin |
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finished, scallop-backed, bolstered, boxlock action with manual top tang
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safety,
hold-open toplever, bushed firing pin, and beaded-edge long-tang
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triggerguard, engraved with about 40% coverage fine scroll. Swarovski
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Habicht
2.5-10x56mm scope with 30mm tube and bold 4A duplex reticle on |
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ERA
quick-detachable mounts. Pull: 15 3/8" to Morgan-type adjustable
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Decelerator recoil pad system. Weight: 9lbs, 11oz scoped; 8lbs, 2oz without.
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Rate of
twist: 1:10". Excellent condition with only light field use; tight, and
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with
mirror-bright bore. |
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Lloyd
Chiswick of |
Custom
Remington Walker |
.32-40
Win. |
$8,750 |
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Classic
Arms Corp. |
Hepburn
Scheutzen Rifle |
|
30 1/2"
original Geo C Schoyen, Denver, barrel, with its original false muzzle,
|
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a
Schoyen aluminum bullet starter, and wind-gauge front sight. Fully figured |
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walnut
stock by Gary Goudy with pewter forend tip, folding palm rest by
|
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John
Wills, classic point-pattern checkering, flat sidepanels, S-curve pistol
|
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grip,
flowing cheekpiece and nickel-plated brass Swiss buttplate. |
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Casehardened, original Hepburn breech-loading action built ca 1895 with
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double-set triggers, converted to Walker underlever configuration by John
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Wills,
and engraved with intertwining scroll by Robert Swartley, with mid- |
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range
vernier tang sight. Pull: 13". Weight: 13lbs, 14oz. Built late 1960s. 98%
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barrel
blue, 95% casehardening colors, crisp engraving and bright excellent
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John
Dickson & Son |
Martini-Actioned
Stalking Rifle |
.303
British |
$9,975 |
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24"
barrel with full solid matted rib, protected front bead sight, sling eye, 1
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standing, 2 folding and tangent elevator rear platinum-lined leaf sights.
Fully |
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figured
European walnut stock with horn-capped splinter forend, bakelite- |
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capped
pistol grip, classic point-pattern checkering, sling eye, vacant silver
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oval,
and scroll engraved steel trapdoor buttplate. Partial coverage, fine
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scroll
and border engraved, high-polish blued Martini action with lever
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safety,
cocking indicator, casehardened loading lever and Lyman-style |
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folding
tang peep sight. Pull: 14 3/4". Weight: 6lbs, 15oz. Built 1900. Nitro
|
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proofed.
99% barrel blue. 95% receiver blue. Enfield rifled and with excellent
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bore. In
original leather & brass-trimmed canvas trunk case with accessories |
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Roger
Ferrell |
Custom
Frank Wesson No. 1 |
.30 WCF |
$6,450 |
|
Mid
Range Single Shot Rifle |
|
30 1/2"
octagon-to-round Douglas air-gauged barrel with wind gauge front
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sight.
Highly figured walnut stock with nickel-plated forend tip, classic
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point-pattern checkering, S-curve pistol grip and smooth nickel-plated steel
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buttplate. Nickel plated Wesson single-shot action built by Steve Earle with
|
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ring
loading lever, casehardened hammer and breechblock, and with long
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range
vernier tang sight. Pull: 14 1/4". Weight: 9lbs, 5oz. New condition. |
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. |
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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
|
|
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- |
|
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
|
|
block
action with sculptured loading lever, automatic ejector and gold-inlaid
|
|
rotary
top tang safety, marked Martini & Hagn on falling block, fine scroll
|
|
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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. |
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Steve
Heilmann |
Custom
Ruger No.1 |
.35
Whelen |
$17,850 |
|
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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Steven
Dodd Hughes |
California Half-Stock |
.54
calibre |
$6,875 |
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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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W J
Jeffrey |
Farquharson |
.450/400
3" Nitro |
$19,750 |
|
Falling Block
Rifle |
Express |
|
26"
round Krieger 1:14 twist barrel with Jeffrey taper, detented-hooded full- |
|
band
front sight, custom platform-based swivel stud, 1 standing and 2
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folding
platinum-lined island-mounted express sights regulated for 50, 100
|
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and 200
yards. Exhibition walnut stock by Al Lind with horn forend tip, |
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classic
point-pattern checkering with mullered borders, steel trapdoor pistol
|
|
grip
cap, escutcheon-mounted rear swivel stud, mercury recoil compensator
|
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inside
buttstock, and impala-leather-covered recoil pad. Original Jeffrey
|
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No.1
Farquharson action trued and restored by Ed LaPour and Roger Ferrell with
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several-newly made internal parts and converted from side safety to manual
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top tang
safety. Fine scroll engraved in original Jeffrey pattern by Bob |
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Evans on
newly surface-ground receiver. Pull: 14 1/2". Weight: 9lbs, 13 |
|
1/2oz.
Cast: Straight. Originally built ca 1903. Retailed by Lyon & Lyon,
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Calcutta. Rebuilt in 2004. Retaining 99%+ barrel blue, 95% receiver
|
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casehardening colors and 90% small-parts fire-blue. Excellent bore. In Huey
|
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full-length oak & leather trunk case. With extensive details pertaining to
its |
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E.
Remington & Sons |
Hepburn
No. 3 Long Range |
.44 2
6/10" |
$12,500 |
|
Creedmoor Target Rifle, Grade C |
Remington |
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34"
tapered round barrel with Rigby flats on top and sides of breech. Spirit- |
|
level
windgauge front sight. Two-position long range vernier tang sight.
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Figured
walnut stock with checkered splinter forend with High Grade |
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hardrubber tip, wrap-around checkered round knob pistol grip and early- |
|
style
plain checkered hardrubber shotgun buttplate. Smooth single trigger.
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6228 on
underside of barrel. 21 on breech end of forend and on lower |
|
receiver
tang. 14 1/2" pull. Weight: 9lbs, 13oz. Built ca 1880. Retaining 85%
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barrel
blue and 60% receiver casehardening colors. |
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Custom
Ruger |
Model
No.1 |
.375 H&H
|
$5,975 |
|
24"
Gold-banded Ruger barrel with full-band front sight, full-band swivel
|
|
base,
and matted quarter rib with folding leaf sight. Custom stocked with
|
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highly
figured American black walnut with rosewood forend tip, flat |
|
sidepanels, classic borderless point-pattern checkering wrapping under the
|
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forend
and over the wrist (and with a much finer panel at the top of the
|
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wrist),
steel pistol grip cap, beaded cheekpiece, rear swivel stud and solid
|
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red Old
English recoil pad. Fine scroll engraving by Tommy Kaye on French
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grey
receiver and with fine bulino scenes of moose on left, elk on right, bear
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on the
grip cap and a gold flourish on the loading lever. Canjar single-set
|
|
trigger.
Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8x scope with fine duplex reticle on Ruger
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|
mounts
fitted directly to quarter rib without separate bases. Pull: 13 3/4".
|
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Weight:
9lbs, 8oz. Very little used. |
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Custom
Sharps |
Freund 1878
Borchardt Rifle |
.50-140
Sharps |
$13,750 |
|
30"
original Sharps heavy full octagon barrel, marked both Old Reliable /
|
|
Sharps
Rifle Co and Freund's Patent 1880, Durango Colo., with Freund's |
|
patent
blade front sight and tangent rear sight. Highly figured English
|
|
walnut
stock by Classic Arms Corporation with horn forend tip, classic |
|
point-pattern checkering with mullered borders, sidepanel details, horn- |
|
inlaid
S-curve pistol grip, long range vernier tang peep sight, beaded pancake |
|
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
|
|
wolves
circling a bison on left by Robert Swartley. In full-length oak trunk
|
|
case
with engraved brass escutcheon. |
|
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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
|
|
flat-point-checkered round forearm with ebony tip, secured with two bushed
|
|
screws
rather than the single key of the 1878 Sharps forearm. Buttstock is
|
|
nearly
identical to the 1877 long range Creedmoor stock with deep S-curved
|
|
pistol
grip. Reproduction Sharps embossed hard rubber buttplate. Color |
|
casehardened receiver, lever, lockplate and hammer. Pull: 13 7/8". Weight:
|
|
9lbs,
8oz. Appears new & unfired, retaining virtually all of its fine custom
|
|
finish
to both metal & wood with bright blue on the barrel and brilliant case
|
|
colors
elsewhere. Wood is sound with a few light handling & storage nicks
|
|
&
scratches. Hammer is not solid in safety notch, otherwise mechanics are
|
|
crisp;
brilliant shiny bore. |
|
. |
|
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|
Stevens |
Model 44 |
.25 RF |
$1,875 |
|
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. |
|
 |
|
Wells &
Wells, |
Custom
Unlimited Class |
6mmPPC |
$3450 |
|
Prescott, AZ |
Benchrest Rail Gun |
|
Two,
interchangeable, 26" cylindrical barrels, 1.35" in diameter from Matco
|
|
blanks,
fitted by Fred Wells. Custom-made, one-off, toolroom action hand
|
|
built by
Fred Wells from a concept of Arthur Freund of St. Louis, with left
|
|
hand
Remington 700-type bolt, right hand ejection port, top-plunger bolt
|
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release,
full-length integral scope mount base and Burns/Remington trigger
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with 2oz
pull. The fully-shrouded action alone measures 16 1/2" long and 3" |
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wide.
The barreled action is mounted to a sliding carriage machined from
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solid
aluminum, which rests on a lower base, with leveling spikes and |
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adjustments for for windage and elevation, machined from solid aluminum
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by Bill
Hall of Hopkinsville, KY. Sliding upper portion weight: 53lbs, |
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8oz.
Adjustable base weight: 30lbs. Total weight 83lbs, 8oz. Built 1981 -
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84.
Appears unfired and in new condition. Including scope rings and barrel
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wrench.
With extensive paperwork relating to its construction. |
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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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