*FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY A. WATRIN AND G. VANDERSMISSEN WITH CASE.

SN 1X7749. Cal. .308. 22″ Featherweight 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. Coin finished small ring Mauser action has gold-plated trigger. Action is engraved with well cut, shaded, acanthus scroll, as background to game scenes appropriate to caliber; a running pronghorn is on left side of receiver ring, and a grazing mule deer is on right. Floorplate depicts a mountain lion standing in tree, and a head of a mountain goat is on trigger guard bow. Both pronghorn and mule deer scenes are signed “A. Watrin”, and cougar scene is signed “Vandersmissen G”. The goat is unsigned. Nicely fiddle figured American walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with composition Browning buttplate. 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. Closely spaced checkering at grip and forend is flanked by relief carved scrolling acanthus with stipple shaded background. Sling studs are in forend and on toe line. Weight: 7 lbs. 2 oz. LOP: 13-5/8″. Tan vinyl Browning case is lined in off-white fuzzy cloth. PROVENANCE: Rod Fuller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent, near new, retaining essentially all its finishes on wood and metal, with only the slightest light handling marks on wood. Checkering and carving somewhat darkened. Gold has some scratches. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Wood tests negative for salt. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent. 49114-66 MGM114 (7,000-10,000) – Lot 2050

Auction: Firearms - October 2015

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2050	$12,650.00	FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY A. WATRIN AND G. VANDERSMISSEN WITH CASE. SN 1X7749. Cal. .308. 22″ Featherweight 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. Coin finished small ring Mauser action has gold-plated trigger. Action is engraved with well cut, shaded, acanthus scroll, as background to game scenes appropriate to caliber; a running pronghorn is on left side of receiver ring, and a grazing mule deer is on right. Floorplate depicts a mountain lion standing in tree, and a head of a mountain goat is on trigger guard bow. Both pronghorn and mule deer scenes are signed “A. Watrin”, and cougar scene is signed “Vandersmissen G”. The goat is unsigned. Nicely fiddle figured American walnut gloss finished rosewood capped pistol grip stock is fitted with composition Browning buttplate. 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. Closely spaced checkering at grip and forend is flanked by relief carved scrolling acanthus with stipple shaded background. Sling studs are in forend and on toe line. Weight: 7 lbs. 2 oz. LOP: 13-5/8″. Tan vinyl Browning case is lined in off-white fuzzy cloth. PROVENANCE: Rod Fuller Estate Collection. CONDITION: Excellent, near new, retaining essentially all its finishes on wood and metal, with only the slightest light handling marks on wood. Checkering and carving somewhat darkened. Gold has some scratches. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Wood tests negative for salt. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Case is excellent. 49114-66 MGM114 (7,000-10,000) – Lot 2050 Auction: Firearms - October 2015 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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*FN BROWNING HIGH POWER OLYMPIAN GRADE MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY A. WATRIN AND G. VANDERSMISSEN WITH CASE.