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Lot 1139: *THE IMMORTAL ERNEST HEMINGWAY'S WESTLEY RICHARDS BEST QUALITY HAND DETACHABLE SINGLE TRIGGER EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE W/ORIGINAL CASE. Auction House: James D. Julia
Auction Location: Fairfield, ME, USA
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203 Skowhegan Road
Fairfield, ME
USA
04937
Phone: 207 453 7125
Fax: 207 453 2502
Email: info@jamesdjulia.com

.Auction Title: Important Firearms Auction Event, Day One
Auction Date: March 14, 2011
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Description: SN 17425. Cal..577 Nitro Express. 750 gr. bullet, 100 gr. cordite. The Westley Richards Best quality rifle with hand detachable lock action (droplock) is as highly regarded among rifle connoisseurs as the Holland Royal and the Rigby Rising Bite. To find one of these iconic rifles in the .577 750 gr nitro caliber is very unusual. Added to this is the fact that this particular rifle was owned and used by Ernest Hemingway, a man of great charisma, a Nobel Prize winning, innovative author; war correspondent; uncompromising outdoorsman; hunter, fisherman, and acknowledged Man's man; makes this fine rifle virtually priceless.......<snip>

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