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$12,410.00
- For Sale From: James Wayne Firearms (FFL)|
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BROWNING OLYMPIAN GRADE FN BOLT ACTION RIFLE 30-06
ENGRAVED BY WATRIN, MARECHAL, & RICHELLE
22" Lightweight barrel .... LOP 13 5/8 ... weight 7lbs 11oz ...
Year Manufactured 1961...
PROVENANCE: Rod Fuller Estate Collection
CONDITION: Excellent,
Coin finished Mauser action has gold-plated trigger. Action is engraved with well cut, shaded, acanthus scroll, as background to game scenes appropriate to caliber; a bugling elk is on left side of receiver ring, and a running pronghorn is on right. Floorplate depicts a portrait of a mule deer buck peering through branches with large birch tree in background, and a portrait of an approaching grizzly bear is on trigger guard bow. Bugling elk is unsigned. Pronghorn is signed “Marechal”. Bear is signed with initials “DR” (Denise Richelle). Mule deer is signed “A. Watrin” (Andre Watrin, master engraver). Very fine flame figured and nicely banded claro walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with horn Browning buttplate 22″ Lightweight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Co with St. Louis and Montreal addresses on left, and with caliber, SN and “MADE IN BELGIUM” on right side. There are 2″ triangles of scrolled acanthus engraving at sides of breech end. retaining nearly all its finishes on wood and metal, with a considerable number of light handling marks and scratches on wood, with some lifting of finish on lower left and bottom near floorplate. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Gold is somewhat flaked. Coin finish on floorplate has some light browning. There are slight operating marks on bolt.
Stock features Monte Carlo comb with swept right hand cheekpiece, single recoil bolt, and rosewood forend tip with white line spacer. Matching flared grip cap has inset gold diamond on bottom. Wood tests negative for salt. Checkering and carving have lightly darkened. Tan vinyl Browning case is lined in off-white faun faux fur, and contains instruction booklet. Case is excellent.
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