Product Details
† BROWNING BY DUMOULIN
A VIRTUALLY UNUSED SMETS-ENGRAVED .375 H&H MAGNUM 'M98' BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 2020,
25 3/4in. nitro barrel gold-inlaid in script 'Browning by Dumoulin Herstal. S.A. Belgium', block-mounted open sights and folding leaf sight, gold-inlaid sight lines and marked for 60 and 100 metres, ramp-mounted high visibility bead fore-sight with fold-over moonsight, the block and fore-sight ramp with feathered engraved inclines, matted tops and crosshatch and pin chequered sides, the barrel sling eye band decorated en suite, the breech end with acanthus scroll designs and gold-inlaid in high relief with stylised leaf motifs, Mauser style action and furniture with solid side wall, profusely engraved with acanthus scrolls interspersed with stylised foliate motifs and with a partially stippled gilt background, elongated top strap, the bolt decorated en suite and with chequered handle, gold-inlaid safety indicator of arrow form, engraved recoil blocks, extended hinged straddle floorplate with push button release and engraved and gold-inlaid in high relief with a scene of leopard pursuing gazelle, the triggerguard signed 'J.M. Smets', highly-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, steel pistolgrip-cap engraved with the portrait of a lion, sling eyes, 14 3/4in. pull including 3/4in. rubber recoil pad
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Estimate £5,000-7,000
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