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Arms, Armor and Militaria
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- Sale 2030
Live
| Cincinnati
Oct 23 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 2030
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$1,200 – $1,800
28 Gauge. 27.5" barrel lengths. SN: 111380. Full Choke left and Improved Choke right barrels with 2.75" chamber lengths. 14.25" length of pull. 1.4" drop to comb. 2.5" drop to heel. Blued metal finish, polished lockplaes and frame, walnut beavertail forend, and rounded semi-pistol grip stock. Double barrel hammerless seven-pin sidelock shotgun with tang mounted safety, automatic ejectors, and animal hide wrapped buttplate. Shotgun features bordered diamond checkering following a two point pattern on wrist and three point on forend. The frame and small parts feature floral scroll designs surrounded by border scroll. The fences display leaf pattern scrollwork above a stippled ground. The sights consist of a white bead set atop a matted rib. The rib itself is marked VICTOR/SARASQUETA/EIBAR, while the tang mounted safety reads SEGURO when engaged. Triggerguard features further floral scroll along with the marking Mo 5-E MADE/IN/SPAIN. Barrel flats and watertables show Spanish firing proof markings. Maker initials on the barrel include VS on barrels and AM on flats. The toe of the stock features an unsigned gold oval plate. The serial numbers match where visible.
Very Good. Bores are Very Bright with some lead residue near chambers. Blued finish shows edgewear and some patched loss along left breech. Locking lever retains the majority of its blued finish but shows some patinaed flecks to right side and loss of blue on knurling. Right barrel has a 2" long scratch just beyond mid length with barrels showing some additional scattered scuffs and losses. A spot of brown patina is forming to polished surface of left fence. Polished frame otherwise shows some faint scratches. Forend has some handling wear, mars and dings. Checkering displays some scattered skips, particularly at left side. Wood to metal finish is tight, but wrist has a crack running through material right of triggerguard that has been repaired, and has left a gap along the first 0.5" of the sidelock. A hairline crack is just visible at the edge of the right lockplate. Some bubbling of finish at left wrist. Barrels are tight and rest on face with the locking lever showing righthand deviation.
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Tim Carey
Associate Vice President, Head of Department, Arms, Armor and Militaria
Ms. Emma Fulmer
ATF Manager, Senior Coordinator, Arms, Armor & Militaria
