Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2015 : Sale A1215 Lot 1110 - S1
WAFFEN JUNG (LOHMAR) A FINE, UNUSED 8X57IS ROMINTEN SINGLE SQUARE BRIDGE BOLT-MAGAZINE STUTZEN SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 5064,

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WAFFEN JUNG (LOHMAR)
A FINE, UNUSED 8X57IS 'ROMINTEN' SINGLE SQUARE BRIDGE BOLT-MAGAZINE STUTZEN SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 5064,
19 3/4in. nitro barrel gold-inlaid 'EDITION ROMINTEN', matt sight rib gold-inlaid 'KAL. 8X57IS', gold line detailed open sights and engraved ramp-mounted bead fore-sight with gold line detailing, single square bridge receiver with solid side-wall and quickly-detachable telescopic sight mount bases, action, bolt and furniture with fine acanthus scroll engraving and retaining full colour-hardened finish, gold highlighted, engraved and colour-hardened recoil blocks, 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 7/8in. pull including 1/2in. leather covered recoil pad

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 £10,000-15,000

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