Lot Essay
The rifle was completed circa 1955 and is one of a very limited number of Purdey stalking-rifles
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A 7MM MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY J. PURDEY, No. 25927, the action, floorplate, bolt-handle and furniture engraved with bouquets and scrolls, hinged-floorplate, matt-top receiver with three-stage receiver-ring, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, engraved recoil-block, sling-eye and sling-swivel, the barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight (with numbered detachable hood), the receiver side-mounted with a B.Nickel Supra 4X81 E/S telescope (with lens-caps) the bolt with modified flag safety
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A 7MM MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY J. PURDEY, No. 25927, the action, floorplate, bolt-handle and furniture engraved with bouquets and scrolls, hinged-floorplate, matt-top receiver with three-stage receiver-ring, well-figured stock with pistolgrip, cheekpiece and recoil-pad, engraved recoil-block, sling-eye and sling-swivel, the barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight (with numbered detachable hood), the receiver side-mounted with a B.Nickel Supra 4X81 E/S telescope (with lens-caps) the bolt with modified flag safety
Weight 9lb. 8oz. (with telescope), 13 5/8in. pull, 24in. barrel, nitro proof
The whole in its full-length leather case
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Weight 9lb. 8oz. (with telescope), 13 5/8in. pull, 24in. barrel, nitro proof
The whole in its full-length leather case
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