Product Details
HARTMANN & WEISS
A FINE GULLERI-ENGRAVED .416 RIGBY DOUBLE SQUARE BRIDGE BOLT-MAGAZINE TAKE-DOWN SPORTING RIFLE, with extra .338 Win. Mag. barrel, serial no. 9146,
24 1/4in. .416 Rigby nitro barrel gold-inlaid 'HARTMANN & WEISS . HAMBURG' with finely matted sight rib, gold-inlaid with the calibre designation, gold-highlighted open sights and folding leaf sights for 50, 100 and 150 metres, ramp-mounted gold bead sight with engraved flip-up moonsight, barrel with two gold lines at the receiver;
24in. .338 Win. Mag nitro barrel gold-inlaid 'HARTMANN & WEISS . HAMBURG' with finely matted sight rib, gold-inlaid with the calibre designation, gold-highlighted open sights and folding leaf sights for 50, 100 and 150 metres, ramp-mounted gold bead sight with engraved flip-up moonsight, barrel with two gold lines at the receiver;
double square bridge action (with no thumb cutout) with quickly-detachable mount shoes, two telescopic sights in quickly-detachable mounts, one Schmidt & Bender 'Magnum' 3-12x42 sight and one Schmidt & Bender 'S/D' 1,25-4x20 sight, elongated topstrap, engraved recoil block, the receiver, hinged floorplate and furniture finely engraved with scrolling acanthus, push button release hinged straddle floorplate also gold-inlaid with portraits of Nyala and cape buffalo, signed 'Gulleri', the triggerguard gold-inlaid with the initials 'R.W.M.' surmounted by a coronet and prancing horse, individual bolts gold-inlaid with their respective calibre designations, the bolt handles with progressive radial diamond cut chequering, screw heads engraved with the head of a flower, retaining virtually full original colour-hardened finish, highly-figured three-quarter pistolgrip stock with 14 1/4in. pull, cheekpiece, engraved and colour-hardened pistolgrip-cap (with trap), gold escutcheon engraved 'MILLENNIUM', sling swivels and 3/4in. leather covered recoil pad, in an alloy flight case
Provenance: This rifle was built for the current Fürst Metternich, a member of the ancient and noble German family.
Estimate £17,000-20,000
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