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Re: Another fantastic 22LR
25/01/15 02:30 AM

Description: 22 1/2" tapered round Lilja barrel with ramp front sight, pedestal-mounted sling eye, quarter rib, one standing and two folding express sights gold-lined and engraved for 50, 75 and 100 yards. Stocked by Darwin Hensley with dense, dark exhibition walnut, with ebony forend tip, fine wrap-around point-pattern checkering with mullered borders, steel trapdoor pistol grip cap, pedestalled rear sling eye, beaded pancake cheekpiece and steel buttplate. Extensively reshaped Model 52B action by Steve Heilmann: ejection port opened to replicate a Mauser Kurz Double Squarebridge, shotgun triggerguard, extended top tang, hinged straddle floorplate with release inside triggerguard concealing removable 5-shot magazine, sculptured trigger and bolt knob and top tang safety with SAFE and FIRE inlaid in gold. Extensively engraved by Terry Wallace with English rose and scroll---the roses inlaid in gold---on receiver, floorplate, grip cap, buttplate, quarter rib, rings and sights. Finish work by Pete Mazur. Petite Noske scope with fine crosshair reticle on shaped and engraved quick-detachable claw mounts fitted to a dovetail through the front squarebridge and, in Mauser factory sporter style, directly to the rear squarebridge with release-button built into the squarebridge. Pull 13 7/8". Weight: 8lbs, 2oz. New condition. In full-length ironwood and ostrich-hide case with two engraved white-handled turnscrews, cleaning rod and brush, and three white-inlaid engraved brass oil and patch bottles. Winner of the 1998 Guns Magazine Award of Excellence for Terry Wallace's engraving.

Provenance: Purchased by Hallowell & Co. from the original owner who had commissioned it from the individual craftsmen, in June, 2011.

Literature: Pictured in "Guns" Magazine, December 1998, page 61.

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Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	24/01/15 12:58 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Arkruner	25/01/15 01:24 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	lancaster	25/01/15 02:30 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Eck	25/01/15 04:12 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	xausa	25/01/15 05:27 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Arkruner	27/01/15 11:23 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	28/01/15 06:25 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	mauserand9mm	04/02/15 10:12 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Ash	04/02/15 11:41 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	VonGruff	05/02/15 04:28 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Well_Well_Well	05/02/15 04:35 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Yochanan	07/02/15 08:03 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Ash	07/02/15 02:17 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Arkruner	13/02/15 01:44 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	lancaster	28/01/15 06:09 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	28/01/15 07:02 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Ripp	29/01/15 03:00 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Norman4	29/01/15 08:37 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	lancaster	29/01/15 05:26 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	29/01/15 08:55 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	mckinney	31/01/15 05:51 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	31/01/15 06:06 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Gen_Hicks	02/02/15 08:25 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	02/02/15 11:41 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Norman4	03/02/15 10:23 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	lancaster	03/02/15 07:42 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Ash	04/02/15 12:17 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Norman4	04/02/15 10:06 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Norman4	04/02/15 10:07 AM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Waidmannsheil	04/02/15 04:08 PM
Re: Another fantastic 22LR	Huvius	29/01/15 12:38 AM

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