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LOT 500
Gary Griffiths Signed Game Scene Engraved Todd Ramirez Premium Upgraded FNH USA
Inc. Model 98 “Classic” Bolt Action Sporting Rifle with Schmidt & Bender Scope - Serial no. FN20159, 308 Win cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/
casehardened finish, deluxe walnut stock. Receiver manufactured by FN Herstal USA, with the rifle subsequently upgraded, embellished, and finished by Master Gunsmith Todd Ramirez of Alba, Texas. Manufactured without iron sights, featuring a drilled and tapped receiver with scope base block fitted, jeweled bolt body, knurled ring bolt handle, and 30% coverage floral scroll engravings on the chamber, receiver, scope base blocks, magazine floor plate, and trigger housing. The right side of the chamber is marked “PREMIUM RIFLES/TODD RAMIREZ,” the bottom of the trigger guard “CLASSIC,” and the magazine floor plate is adorned with a game scene of a white tail buck and hoof-print trot line borders in case colors, with the engraver’s signature “G GRIFFITHS” marked to the right of the trigger. Fitted in a beautifully figured multi-point checkered walnut stock with ebony forend tip, engraved crossbolt, raised cheek piece, skeletonized metal grip cap, and engraved skeletonized steel buttplate on a checkered bare butt. Includes a Schmidt & Bender Zenith 1.5-6x42 mm scope. CONDITION: Excellent as embellished by G. Griffiths and upgraded by Todd Ramirez, with 99% plus blue and casehardened finishes retained with limited handling marks and attractive plum coloration on the bolt handle and receiver. The stock is also excellent with crisp checkering. Scope is electronically excellent with clear optics and a crisp reticle. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 3,500 - 5,500
LOT 501
Engraved Auguste Francotte Bolt Action Rifle in .375 H&H Magnum - Serial no. 21448, 375 H&H magnum cal., 26 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Built with a blued steel barrel featuring a hooded ramped blade front sight with flip-up moon bead, fixed rear sight on the matted rear quarter rib, Francotte marking on top, import mark on underside, and Belgian proofs showing the “375 MAGNUM” caliber marking. The barrel is fitted to a blued Mauser type action which has been drilled and tapped for scope mounting and displays extensive beautifully cut floral scroll engraving on the bottom metal, triggerguard, and floorplate. The rifle is mounted in a beautifully figured and multi-point checkered pistol grip stock with an ebony forend tip, casehardened and engraved trapdoor grip cap, shadowline cheekpiece, and a red rubber recoil pad. CONDITION: Very fine, retaining 99% professionally reapplied blue finish with some minor softening of the edges and markings, minor handling evidence, and sharp checkering on the stock. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 8,000 - 14,000
LOT 502
Silver Inlaid Mauser Standard Modell Bolt Action Rifle with Swarovski Scope - Serial no. B57588, 338 cal., 24 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Built with a blued steel barrel which was manufactured without sights and is marked “.338” on the left side of the chamber and “1B71” on the right. The barrel is fitted to a blued Mauser action which is marked with German proofs on the front receiver ring and “STANDARD-MODELL” on the left side and is topped by a Swarovski Z6 2-12x50mm scope. The floorplate has a relief inlaid silver bears head, the rifle is otherwise unadorned. The rifle is mounted in a beautifully figured and multi-point checkered pistol grip stock with ebony forend tip, a set of sling studs, shadowline cheekpiece, blued grip cap, blank gold inscription oval, and a Pachmayr recoil pad. CONDITION: Very fine, retaining 97% professionally reapplied blue finish with minor handling evidence, a few small pressure marks in the wood, and sharp checkering on the stock. Scope optics are sharp. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 3,000 - 4,500
LOT 503
J.P. Sauer & Sohn Model 90 Bolt Action Rifle with Zeiss Scope - Serial no. K10932, 30-06 cal., 23 inch round bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1987. Barrel fitted with ramped blade front and single standing leaf rear sights and a front scope base just ahead of the chamber. The coin action is masterfully engraved with a pair of roe deer in a wooded scene surrounded by oak leaf and acorn patterns covering nearly all of the remaining surfaces. Including the bottom metal and magazine floorplate. Though the work is unsigned, it is clearly the work of an extremely talented artisan. The rifle is topped
with a Zeiss Diavari-Z2.5-10X52 scope. Mounted in a magnificently figured and highly contrasted multipoint checkered walnut stock with contrasting forend tip and grip cap with engraved initial oval reading “H/J”, a cheekpiece, and ventilated Sauer & Sohn recoil pad. CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% plus original blue and coin finishes with limited handling marks, some dings in the stock and crisp engraving and stock checkering. Mechanically excellent. Optics clear, reticle crisp. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,500