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Dunno why this didn't get any responses..But wow..agree on the "this is truely a unique and one off example of argueably the finest sporting rifles ever made." part!

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*HERMANN GORING’S DOUBLE SQUARE BRIDGE MAGNUM MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE WITH SCOPE.
SN 7076. Cal. 9.3 x 73 mm. (.366 Bore diameter. .540 Case rim diameter. Essentially .404 Jeffery necked down to 9.3, similar to 9.5 x 73 Miller – Greiss magnum.) The history of this fine rifle can be traced back directly to Hermann Goring’s vacation house near the Berghof near Berchtesgaden, where it was liberated by Lt. Col. Richard A. King, and subsequently acquired by Lester Womack, and pictured in his book, THE COMMERCIAL MAUSER ’98 SPORTING RIFLE; and later in Jon Speed’s MAUSER ORIGINAL OBERNDORF SPORTING RIFLES. It has 28-1/2″ tapered round bbl engraved (Ludwig) “Schiwy – BERLIN” on top. Bbl is mounted with island bases for front scope claw base, single standing rear sight, and front ramp for silver bead. A sling loop is soldered to bottom of bbl. Rare commercial Mauser, magnum length, solid sidewall, double square action, with anti wobble projection at rear, is marked with SN and eagle “N” proof on left side of receiver ring, and with “MAUSER – WERKE A. G. OBERNDORF a/N” on sidewall. A claw base has been fitted to the cut down square bridge. Bolt with classic pear-shaped knob, is stamped with SN on bolt root, and “N”. Bolt shroud has been fitted with Buhler low scope safety. Drop box bottom metal has hinged floorplate retained by release button in trigger guard bow, and has been fitted with double triggers. Trigger guard and floorplate have triangles of nicely cut, shaded, scrolled acanthus above and below central relief engraving of Hermann Goring’s personal crest, a shield around raised mailed fist holding aloft a ring. This shield is surmounted by a knight’s helm, which is further surmounted by another winged mailed fist with ring. Action also features a Greener type side safety. Nicely marbled European walnut horn capped pistol grip stock with borderless point pattern checkering at grip, and no checkering on forend, has inlet ebony triangle behind receiver tang, and square dark walnut block inlet where bolt handle turns down. Stock is fitted with leather faced Silver pad, and spring-loaded, pop-up, shadow line cheekpiece to allow for scope use, having release button and guide spur hole in ovate engraved escutcheon behind grip. There are also two very interesting fold-out spikes mounted in stock under front scope base which can be hooked into a handy tree or fencepost to steady rifle. Sling loop on toe line, matching that on bbl, are fitted with brown leather green rubber backed carrying sling. Carl Zeiss Zielsechs scope with duplex three post reticle with central dot is mounted in soldered on claw rings. Drop at heel: approx 2-3/4″. Drop at comb: approx 1-3/4″. Weight without scope: 9 lbs. 8 oz. LOP: 14-1/4″. PROVENANCE: Cowan’s auction listing with more complete history. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbl and action retain approx 90% orig blue, silvering from normal wear on high points. Stock retains most of its orig oil finish with a number of light marks and scrapes. Bore is excellent, bright, shiny, with sharp rifling throughout. Action is smooth. Scope retains 85 – 90% of its blue, optics clear. Sling is fine. 4-51042 MGM259 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 332

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