*OLYMPIAN GRADE BROWNING HIGH POWER MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY ANGELO BEE AND R. KOWALSKI WITH ORIGINAL BOX AND BOOKLET INSCRIBED BY ANGELO BEE.

SN 13253Z69. Cal. .243 Win. 22″ Featherweight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Company 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 Sako action with SN on right of rear bridge, 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. Pronghorn and cougar are signed “A Bee”. The goat is signed with initials “RK” (Richard Kowalski). Mule deer is unsigned. Very fine flame 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 at rear, 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: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 13-1/2″. This fine rifle is accompanied by its orig gold and shiny black box with correct end label, which contains instruction booklet in envelope. Booklet is signed “I personally engraved this rifle at FN. Angelo Bee”. PROVENANCE: Instruction booklet signed by Angelo Bee. CONDITION: Excellent, essentially as new, retaining nearly all its finishes on wood and metal, with only the slightest light handling marks on wood. Checkering and carving slightly darkened. Gold has some very light scratches. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Wood tests negative for salt. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Box is excellent with some slight rubs and chips. Label has some tape and loss to right corner. Instruction booklet is excellent. 49033-1 MGM116 (7,000-9,000) – Lot 2064

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Auction: Firearms - October 2015

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	2064	$9,775.00	OLYMPIAN GRADE BROWNING HIGH POWER MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY ANGELO BEE AND R. KOWALSKI WITH ORIGINAL BOX AND BOOKLET INSCRIBED BY ANGELO BEE. SN 13253Z69. Cal. .243 Win. 22″ Featherweight round bbl is marked with Browning Arms Company 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 Sako action with SN on right of rear bridge, 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. Pronghorn and cougar are signed “A Bee”. The goat is signed with initials “RK” (Richard Kowalski). Mule deer is unsigned. Very fine flame 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 at rear, 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: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 13-1/2″. This fine rifle is accompanied by its orig gold and shiny black box with correct end label, which contains instruction booklet in envelope. Booklet is signed “I personally engraved this rifle at FN. Angelo Bee”. PROVENANCE: Instruction booklet signed by Angelo Bee. CONDITION: Excellent, essentially as new, retaining nearly all its finishes on wood and metal, with only the slightest light handling marks on wood. Checkering and carving slightly darkened. Gold has some very light scratches. There are slight operating marks on bolt. Wood tests negative for salt. Bore is excellent. Mechanically crisp. Box is excellent with some slight rubs and chips. Label has some tape and loss to right corner. Instruction booklet is excellent. 49033-1 MGM116 (7,000-9,000) – Lot 2064 Click here to view provenance 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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*OLYMPIAN GRADE BROWNING HIGH POWER MEDIUM GAME RIFLE ENGRAVED BY ANGELO BEE AND R. KOWALSKI WITH ORIGINAL BOX AND BOOKLET INSCRIBED BY ANGELO BEE.