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LOT 3534 Upgrade Mauser 98 Style Bolt Action Rifle with Stock by Paul Dressel and Scope - Serial no. 3901, 7 mm Rem Magnum cal., 25 inch part octagon bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Manufactured without sights on the part octagon barrel which is marked with a hand cut caliber marking on the left near the breech. The blued commercial Mauser 98 style action is unadorned and hosts a Leupold M8 6x42mm scope. Beautifully figured, multi-point checkered pistol grip stock with gorgeous lines, large shadowline cheekpiece, sling studs, blued steel grip cap, and checkered blued steel grip cap. The barrel channel is stamped “P. DRESSEL 2001” for the stock maker Paul Dressel. The consignor states that the metal work was carried out by the late Herman Waldron. CONDITION: Excellent as custom built, retaining 99% blue finish with limited handling evidence and sharp checkering on the stock. The scope optics are clear. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 3,500 - 5,500
LOT 3535
Paula Biesen Signed and Engraved Clyde James Custom Mauser 98 Style Bolt Action Rifle with Scope - Serial no. 33169, 30-06 cal., 21 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Blued steel barrel manufactured without sights and marked with the caliber and “CUSTOM MADE BY CLYDE JAMES 2010”. The blued action features an interesting extractor setup hidden by the stock. The bolt handle, trigger guard, bottom metal, and floorplate all display attractive scroll engraving carried out by American Engraver Paula Biesen Malicki who has signed her work “ENG/P. BIESEN” on the floorplate. Beautifully figured, fancy fleur-de-lis checkered pistol grip stock with ebony forend tip, barrel channel is signed “C. JAMES 11-09”, sling studs,
engraved blued steel grip cap, and a Pachmayr rubber recoil pad. Includes a Leupold FX-II 6x36mm scope. CONDITION: Very fine as custom built and engraved, retaining 99% blue finish with limited handling evidence and sharp checkering on the stock. The scope optics are clear. Mechanically excellent. Estimate: 2,500 - 4,500
LOT 3536
Collector’s Pair of Jim Dubell and Dennis Smith Built Bolt Action Rifles with Scopes -A) CZ VZ 24 Rifle in .35 Whelen - Serial no. BR23461, 35 WHELEN cal., 21 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Blued steel barrel featuring a hooded ramped beaded blade front sight with flip-up moon bead, sling stud barrel band, three leaf (two folding, one standing) island rear sight, and hand cut caliber marking on the left side of the breech. The blued CZ VZ 24 action with the serial number on the left of the action above the CZ markings, square bridge scope bases, and Talley scope rings holding a Burris Euro Diamond 1.5-6x40mm scope. Nicely figured, multi-point checkered Schnabel tip pistol grip stalking rifle stock with beautiful lines, blued steel grip cap, rear sling stud, and a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad. This rifle is built to the same specifications by the same members of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild as the “B” rifle, which is its non-matching serial numbered mate. CONDITION: Very fine as custom built, retaining 99% blue finish with limited handling evidence and sharp checkering on the wood. Scope optics are sharp. Mechanically excellent. B) R. Famage Mauser 98 Style Rifle in .458 Winchester Magnum - Serial no. F.29454, 458 Win Mag cal., 19 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. Nearly identical to “A”, with the action marked “R. FAMAGE/1957” on the right receiver ring and its own Burris Euro Diamond 1.5-6x40mm scope. Included with this gun is a the American Custom Gunmakers Guild historian certifying that he gun was built by members of the guild, in this case specifically Jim Dubell with the metalwork, Dennis Earl Smith on the stock work, and a grip cap by Lenard Brownell. The letter also states that there is a matching gun built in a different caliber, while it lists the serial numbers as matching, it is believed that the “A” gun is the matching rifle. CONDITION: Very fine as custom built, retaining 99% blue finish and limited handling evidence. The stock shows a few small scratches on the sides but is otherwise very fine with sharp checkering. The scope optics are sharp. Mechanically excellent.
Estimate: 7,000 - 10,000 315