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LOT 554
Outstanding Factory Alfonse Marechal, Angelo
Bee, and “LL” Triple Signed and Game Scene Engraved Belgian Browning High Power Olympian
Grade Bolt Action Rifle with Factory Letter - Serial no. 59047L70, 30-06 Springfield cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/coin finish,
walnut stock. The included factory letter confirms the current grade, caliber, select wood, and iron sights when it was shipped from
the factory on February 25, 1971, and delivered to Barnes Hardware of Mableton, GA. Built with a hooded blade front sight and folding rear sight on the
blued steel barrel which features standard markings and 2 inch wedges of scroll at the breech. The barrel is fitted to the coin finished FN Mauser action
which displays a bugling elk on the left of the front ring and a pronghorn antelope on the right. The bottom metal has more scroll engraving surrounding a white-tail buck on the
floorplate and a grizzly bear on the trigger guard. The engraving is signed “A.MARECHAL” on the left of the front receiver ring for FN engraver Alfonse Marechal, “A.BEE” on the floorplate
for renowned FN engraver Angelo Bee, and “LL” on the trigger guard possibly for FN engraver Lily Lambert. The rifle is fitted in a gorgeous highly figured pistol grip stock with rosewood forend
tip and grip cap, fancy floral carving in the finely checkered grip panels, engraved coin recoil bar, raised cheekpiece, sling studs, and a factory buttplate.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue and coin finishes with minor handling evidence and sharp checkering on the stock. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000
LOT 553
Factory L. Severin Signed and Engraved Belgian Browning
.22 Auto Grade III Semi-Automatic Rifle - Serial no. 71T57134,
22 LR cal., 19 3/8 inch round bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock.
Manufactured in 1971. The rifle features a blued barrel with blade front and elevation adjustable flip-up
rear sights, standard factory markings, two drilled and tapped holes on the barrel with filler screws, and a
gold trigger. The barrel is fitted to the coin grey receiver which displays Grade III engraving consisting of a
setter flushing a pair of pheasant cocks on the left, a setter flushing a trio of mallards on the right, and a setter with a shot mallard
in his mouth on the top side. The right side of the receiver is signed “L.SEVERIN” by the engraver. The rifle is fitted with an beautiful well-figured and multi-point
skip-line checkered forend as well as a pistol grip stock with serrated blued steel buttplate.
CONDITION: Excellent overall, retaining 98% original blue finish, 99% original coin finish, a patch of dried grease on the right rear of the receiver, a few small
scratches on the underside of the barrel, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000
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