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LOT 524
Factory Game Scene Engraved Friedrich Heym Over/Under Combination
Gun with Case - Serial no. 47272AH, 16/7x65R gauge, 24 3/4 inch solid rib bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Built
with blued barrels featuring a beaded blade front sight and flip-up rear sight on the matted flat solid rib, 1967 dated German proof marks, engraving
at the breech, front sling swivel, and chambers with a single extractor. The shotgun barrel features a 2 3/4 inch chamber and .039 inches of constriction. The barrels are
fitted to the coin finished boxlock action which displays a roe buck on the left, a pair of hares on the right, and “FR. WILH. HEYM” on the underside all surrounded by broad foliate scroll. The
gun features double triggers (front single set), cocking indicators, and a tang mounted manual safety. The gun is fitted with a nicely figured and multi-point skip-line checkered forend with
engraved iron and a pistol grip stock with grip cap, shadowline cheekpiece, rear sling swivel, and a factory buttplate. Includes a canvas and leather flat case. Length of pull 14 3/8 inches. Weight 6 lbs. 6 oz.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with minor handling evidence, slight plum hue on the barrels, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent. The case is
excellent.
Estimate: 2,000 - 3,500
LOT 523
Factory Game Scene Engraved Colt-Sauer Model 3000 Drilling - Serial no.
GG9240, 12/30-06 gauge, 25 inch solid rib bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Built with blued Krupp
steel barrels featuring a blade front and flip-up notch rear sights on the matted flat solid rib, standard maker and
model markings, front sling swivel, 1980 dated German proof marks, dual bands of engraving around the breech, chokes
marked modified/full, and 2 3/4 inch chambers with extractors. The barrels are fitted to a coin finished scalloped triggerplate action with
sideclips and Greener crossbolt which is engraved with forested game scenes on either side, showing a running deer on the left and a bugling
elk on the right both surrounded by light scrollwork. The gun features cocking indicators, dual triggers (front is a single set), tang mounted selector switch,
and Greener style safety. The gun is fitted with an attractively figured and multi-point checkered beavertail forend with engraved iron as well as a pistol grip
stock with polymer grip cap, rear sling swivel, and factory ventilated recoil pad. Length of pull is 14 7/16 inches. Weight 7 lbs. 14 oz.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with minor handling evidence, a tiny patch of discoloration at the low left of the
action, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000
LOT 522
Factory Game Scene
Engraved and Signed
German Merkel Jadg-und Sportwaffen Model 141.1 Double Rifle
in 9.3x74 mm R - Serial no. 553937, 9.3x74R cal., 21 3/4 inch solid rib bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut
stock. Manufactured in 2013 per the “BD” date code on the underside of the chambers. Features a
high visibility red fiber-optic bade insert front sight on a ramped and matted rib, an island-mounted and dovetailed
three-dot green fiber-optic highlighted express rear sight, “Suhl” QD mounts on the top rib, dovetail lump blued
barrels with the importer mark on the left barrel, “MERKEL” etched on the underside of the coined action, bushed firing pins, double
triggers, a tang mounted automatic safety, and automatic ejectors. The A&D boxlock action with Greener cross-bolt and intercepting sears
displays detailed game scene engraving on either side, with a boar in a forest on the right and a stag in woodland on the left, surrounded by scroll engraving and bordering, along with patterns continued
on the blued top lever and trigger guard, with the factory engraver’s initials “FP” on the lower right of the left-side game scene. Fitted with a highly figured multi-point checkered forearm and buttstock with
engraved and coined fittings, a shadowline cheekpiece, black polymer grip cap, and rubber Pachmayr recoil pad.
CONDITION: Excellent plus, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with some dried factory oil in the action, limited minor handling evidence, along with crisp and clear engraving. The wood is also excellent
with crisp checkering and attractive grain figure. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 3,500 - 5,500
LOT 521
Game Scene Engraved Austrian Jakob Koschat, Ferlach Blockdrilling with Zeiss Scope - Serial no. 1421, 12/7x65R/22
Hornet gauge, 25 5/8 inch solid rib bbl., blue/coin/silver finish,
walnut stock. Manufactured in Ferlach, Austria, by Jakob Kroschat
in 1988 per the “TT” Ferlach date codes on the action and under
the chambers, with an importer mark on the barrel. Features a fixed ramped and beaded blade
front and island-mounted folding express rear sights, “KROSCHAT WAFFEN-FERLACH” marked on top of the matted barrel rib in a panel
along with German claw pattern integrated scope mount bases, a sling swivel stud along with “B’O’HLER ANTINIT”, the caliber designations on the three
differing calibers and gauge blued barrels, a push safety on the upper left side of the trigger plate action with sideplates, double Kersten cross-bolts, a combi-
cocking safety on the action tang, dual triggers, and bushed firing pins. The coined side-plated action displays extensive floral scroll pattern engraving and bordering
along with detailed relief engraved game scenes on the sides, consisting on three stag in a woodland on the left and three dear in a forest on the right,
along with an additional scene on the underside of a Western capercallie in a tree, with floral patterns also continued in bordering
around the chamber seams and on the underside of the trigger guard with a silver inlaid “HS” monogram on the underside. Fitted
with a scale-checkered walnut forend with matching floral pattern engraved and coined fittings and a scale-checkered pistol
grip walnut stock with a Bavarian cheek piece with double rabbet, brown hard-rubberized recoil pad on the butt, and an
underside sling swivel along with a coined and engraved trap door for spare ammunition on the toe-line. Topped off with
a Zeiss Diavari-ZM 1.5-6x42 mm scope.
CONDITION: Excellent as masterfully manufacturer embellished, retaining 98% original blue, and 97% plus original
coin finishes with some limited minor edge wear, limited minor handling marks, and crisp engravings. The wood is
exceptionally fine with a few minor compression marks, well-defined scaling, and attractive dark grain. Mechanically
excellent. The scope is also excellent with clear optics.
Estimate: 4,000 - 7,000
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