Lot Essay
The rifle was built circa 1925
The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import
The lot is subject to V.A.T. as a re-import
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN UNUSUAL GERMAN .405 (WINCHESTER) D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDEPLATED-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE, No. 30584, retailed by Manton & Co. (Calcutta & Delhi), automatic safe, bolstered action-body with side-clips, the sideplates and underside of the action-body engraved with urns amidst scrolling foliage, on a matt ground, with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt top-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight, the breech-ends engraved with foliate-scrolls on a matt ground
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AN UNUSUAL GERMAN .405 (WINCHESTER) D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDEPLATED-BOXLOCK EJECTOR RIFLE, No. 30584, retailed by Manton & Co. (Calcutta & Delhi), automatic safe, bolstered action-body with side-clips, the sideplates and underside of the action-body engraved with urns amidst scrolling foliage, on a matt ground, with traces of hardening-colour, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt top-rib, open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight with fold-away moon-sight, the breech-ends engraved with foliate-scrolls on a matt ground
Weight 9lb. 8oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 26in. barrels, German pre-1939 nitro proof marks
In its leather case
Weight 9lb. 8oz., 14 5/8in. pull, 26in. barrels, German pre-1939 nitro proof marks
In its leather case