Product Details
DANL. FRASER & CO.
A 7X57MM BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 6017,
23 3/4in. unsighted nitro barrel engraved 'DANL. FRASER & CO. SCOTLAND', the knox form with the calibre designation, the receiver (with thumb cutout) mounted with telescopic sight rings, the side wall retaining its original Mauser markings 'DEUTSCHE WAFFEN-UND MUNITIONSFABRIKEN. BERLIN', engraved recoil blocks, the receiver and hinged floorplate (with push button release) border engraved with scrollwork, boldly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, darkwood pistolgrip-cap and fore-end finial, sling eyes (forward eye relocated and original placing unplugged), 13 5/8in. pull including 5/8in. rubber recoil pad, weight 8lb.
Provenance: The vendor has kindly supplied us the following history of the rifle:
"This Daniel Fraser was part of a three-gun battery that I took to Southern Africa in 2010, along with heavy bolt-action and a double rifle; thin skinned plains-game as well as a number of the big-five were on my list of quarry. The Daniel Fraser took three animals, all with single shots; a large Burchell's Zebra stallion, a heavily-bodied Blue Wildebeest, and a cull Impala which fed the bush camp for a couple of days. All animals were effectively despatched using heavy (175 grain) round-nosed conventional jacketed bullets, as has been the long-standing traditional fodder of this classic calibre for years. In order to prove the effectiveness of the weapon and ammunition combination my son took his first highland stag (a cull Summer switch) only a matter of seven months previously at Assynt in Sutherland, Scotland."
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Estimate £1,200-1,600 € 1,332-1,775
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act