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*BROWNING OLYMPIAN GRADE MAUSER RIFLE WITH BOX.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
*BROWNING OLYMPIAN GRADE MAUSER RIFLE WITH BOX.
PLEASE NOTE (10-10-13): Wood has been tested for salt with silver nitrate. Result is negative. SN 7P40067. Cal. .270 Winchester. 22" Bbl without sights. Standard configuration and markings. Coin finished action has side wall and bridge engraved with semi-relief open shaded scrolled acanthus. Receiver ring is engraved with bull moose on left side and bellowing elk on right. Bottom metal has matching scroll with grizzly bear on trigger guard bow. Floorplate is engraved with portrait of buck mule deer peering out of bracken with birch tree in background. Floorplate and moose on receiver ring is signed by "R. Risack". Very fine feather crotch figured and dark marbled claro walnut stock with swept right hand Monte Carlo cheekpiece, is fitted with composition Browning buttplate, single reinforcing bolt, sling eyes, and rosewood grip cap and forend tip with white line spacers (grip cap has inset gold diamond). Checkering at grip and forend is framed by well carved relief scrolled acanthus with stippled background. Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz. LOP: 13-7/8". Rifle is accompanied by its orig black and gold box with end label marked for this rifle, which contains instruction booklet. CONDITION: Excellent. Metal parts retain essentially all of their fine finishes. Stock retains essentially all of a high gloss finish with some slight crazing and lifting of finish on left side near grip cap. Checkering is slightly worn and dark. Bore is excellent. Bolt runway shows some slight marks. Box is very fine, with some new tape reinforcements at corners. Label is light brown and covered with tape. Interior foam has some small breaks and light soiling. Instruction booklet envelope is somewhat tattered. 4-49165 MGM249