A .275 MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY R. WHARTON, No. 0045, Oberndorf Mauser action with chequered and engraved bolt handle, hinged floorplate, border engraving, blued finish, well-figured stock with horn cap, pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away protector, the receiver side-mounted with quickly-detachable telescopic-sight mounts | Christie's

Lot 133

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A .275 MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY R. WHARTON, No. 0045, Oberndorf Mauser action with chequered and engraved bolt handle, hinged floorplate, border engraving, blued finish, well-figured stock with horn cap, pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away protector, the receiver side-mounted with quickly-detachable telescopic-sight mounts

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A .275 MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY R. WHARTON, No. 0045, Oberndorf Mauser action with chequered and engraved bolt handle, hinged floorplate, border engraving, blued finish, well-figured stock with horn cap, pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away protector, the receiver side-mounted with quickly-detachable telescopic-sight mounts
Weight 7lb. 2oz., 14½in. pull, 22¾in. barrel, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted leather case

Lot Essay

The maker has kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed circa 1988. It appears to be virtually unused

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