Lot 35
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AN UNUSUAL .450/.400 (3¼IN. FLANGED NITRO EXPRESS) 'CERTUS' SPORTING RIFLE BY COGSWELL & HARRISON, No. 30117, sliding-breech, foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-eyes, the barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight

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AN UNUSUAL .450/.400 (3¼IN. FLANGED NITRO EXPRESS) 'CERTUS' SPORTING RIFLE BY COGSWELL & HARRISON, No. 30117, sliding-breech, foliate-scroll engraving, well-figured stock with pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-eyes, the barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight
Weight 8lb. 3½oz., 14¼in. pull, 26½in. barrel, nitro proof

Lot Essay

This unusual rifle was retailed by Cogswell & Harrison circa 1916 and was also available in .450 3¼in. nitro. The 'Certus' was an early attempt to produce an inexpensive bolt-action big-game rifle. Very few examples appear to have survived

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