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INCREDIBLY RARE 24 GAUGE LINDNER CHARLES DALY LIGHT GAME GUN.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
INCREDIBLY RARE 24 GAUGE LINDNER CHARLES DALY LIGHT GAME GUN.
SN 1156. Cal. 24 ga. 2-1/2" Chambers. 24" Dovetailed bbls are engraved "Charles Daly Krupp Fluid Steel Barrels" in milled out portion of matted, concave, game rib. Bbl flats are stamped with German imperial black powder proofs for 24 gauge. Bottom of bbls are stamped with "S" and HAL crossed pistol logos. Petite, high quality, case hardened, scallop-backed, boxlock action is stamped "PRUSSIA" on water table, and has nearly all the features found on the highest quality Daley's, including automatic safety, pin type cocking indicators, intercepting sears, and instead of a square crossbolt, this grade has a doll's head extension. Engraving consists of a broken line border, some flourishes of scroll around screws and bbl lug hole. "Charles Daley" is on each side. Checkered double triggers are nickel-plated. Case hardened steel trigger guard has a flourish of scroll on bow, and SN on tang. Well fiddle figured and nicely marbled European walnut semi-pistol grip buttstock measures 13-1/2" over orig ribbed horn buttplate. Side panels have elongated drop points, and there is a vacant silver oval on toe line. Splinter non-ejector forend has scalloped horn tip and Deeley type release. Bore diameter: left-.601, right -.601. Bore restrictions: left -.030 (Full), right -.012 (Light mod). Wall thickness: left -.023, right -.023. Drop at heel: 2-7/16", drop at comb: 1-9/16". Weight: 4 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 13-1/2". CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, as found. Bbls retain approx 97% orig blue, with some slight silvering at muzzles, and a few minor marks, mostly on left side. Action retains 85 - 90% orig case hardening color, thinning on fences, and with evidence of light cleaning on bottom. Trigger guard is silvered at grip. Top lever retains most of its blue, and forend latch a considerable amount of its blue. Stocks retain nearly all of their orig rubbed oil finish, grain slightly open with a few minor marks on butt, and two somewhat deeper on right side of butt. Horn of buttplate and forend tip is dark and shiny. Bores are excellent, bright and shiny throughout, nearly perfect. Breech faces are only slightly haloed from cartridge heads. Action is tight. Bbls are on face. A rare and snappy little gun. 4-48996 MGM54