Product Details
GEORGE GIBBS
A GIBBS .256 MAGNUM BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 3952A,
26in. nitro barrel engraved 'GEORGE GIBBS BRISTOL. & 35 SAVILE ROW. LONDON. W.', block-mounted open sights and four folding leaf sights, silver-inlaid sighting lines and marked for 100, 300, 500, 700 and 900 yards, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, receiver mounted with a B. Nickel Supra 4x36 E/S telescopic sight in quickly-detachable side-mounts, receiver ring marked 'MODELL 1903', side wall marked '1911', detachable box magazine, the hand with peepsight removed, two piece fore-end, figured pistolgrip stock with steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap), 15 5/8in. pull including chequered steel buttplate
Provenance: This Lot is the property of Lord Balfour of Burleigh and associated provenance may be found under Lots 1238 and 1337.
Estimate £500-700
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