Product Details
WAFFEN JUNG (LOHMAR)
A FINE, LITTLE USED 8X57IS 'ROMINTEN' SINGLE SQUARE BRIDGE BOLT-MAGAZINE STUTZEN SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 5830,
19 3/4in. nitro barrel gold-inlaid 'EDITION ROMINTEN', matt sight rib gold-inlaid 'KAL. 8X57IS', open sights and engraved ramp-mounted bead fore-sight, single square bridge receiver (with thumb cutout) mounted with a Schmidt & Bender 1.5-6x42 Zenith telescopic sight in quickly-detachable mounts, with a second Schmidt & Bender 7x50 Klassik telescopic sight in quickly-detachable mounts, action bolt and furniture with fine acanthus scroll engraving and retaining virtually full colour-hardened finish, receiver ring gold-inlaid 'MAUSER ORIGINAL', various gold-line detailing to action, bolt and barrel, hinged floorplate with push button release, highly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, engraved and colour-hardened steel pistolgrip, sling swivels, 14 3/4in. pull including 1/2in. leather covered recoil pad, in its fitted alloy flight case with provision for both telescopic sights
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that they have limited to the number of these special edition rifles to just 100 examples.
Other Notes: The rifle is named in celebration of the famed hunting area the 'Rominter Heath' in former East Prussia. Whilst it is recorded that royal hunting lodges were in existence in the area as far back as 1572 (and subsequently fell into disrepair), its most celebrated residence was the lodge built at the request of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the early 1890's. Poplar history has it that having been refused permission to stay at the lodge by the (then) exiled Kaiser in 1933, Hermann Goering built one for himself nearby until he could force the acquisition of the Lodge following the Kaiser's death in 1941.
After the end of the war, the area became part of the Soviet Union and the lodge was relocated to Kaliningrad central park to serve as an administrative centre.
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Estimate £8,000-12,000
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