Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2019 : Sale A0319 Lot 603
SPANDAU ARSENAL, GERMANY A GOOD 11mm (MAUSER) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE MODEL MAUSER M71/84, serial no. 1657,

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SPANDAU ARSENAL, GERMANY
A GOOD 11mm (MAUSER) BOLT-ACTION REPEATING RIFLE MODEL 'MAUSER M71/84', serial no. 1657,
dated for 1888, with blued 32in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight retaining its scarce brass muzzle protector, elevating ladder rear-sight, brushed bright receiver with straight handled matching number bolt, walnut full-stock (some loss to detail on ordnance marks), iron furniture including three barrel-bands and stacking spike to the front of the concealed magazine tube, the whole expertly refinished and complete with a Venezuelan bayonet for same in apparently unissued condition and a reproduction leather sling of correct pattern

Other Notes: This rifle is almost certainly one of a number expertly refurbished by the Gibbs Rifle Co. in the 1980s

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Estimate £700-900

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament