Lot Essay
Russell B. Aitken shot 743 straight with this gun at Luke Field in 1942 as Director of Gunnery
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Details
A FINE FUGGER-ENGRAVED WINCHESTER 12-BORE (2¾IN.) 'MODEL 12' SEMI-AUTOMATIC 'TRAP' SHOTGUN, NO. 940603
Profusely engraved and gold-encrusted with scenes of flying dove, jacksnipe and a pintail duck, all by Fugger from drawings by Francis Lee Jacques, in their naturalistic habitats, the triggerguard gold-encrusted with a pintail duck motif, the action-receiver and furniture engraved with bold foliate-scrolls, stylized acanthus leaves and oak leaves on a matt ground, retaining virtually all blued finish, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip (stock cracked at the hand) and ventilated top-rib, intermediate bead-sight, scroll-engraved breech-end and Cutts compensator, under-stock with engraved silver monogram 'RBA' plate
Weight 7lb.15½oz., 14½in. pull, 23in. barrel, 'trap' choke, 2¾in. chamber, factory proof
With a set of interchangeable extra 29¾in. barrels, No. 525381
'Full choke', 2¾in. chamber, factory proof
In an adapted Boss brass-mounted oak and leather double-guncase, with canvas cover, fitted especially by Griffin and Howe for this Winchester to take gun and both forends
Profusely engraved and gold-encrusted with scenes of flying dove, jacksnipe and a pintail duck, all by Fugger from drawings by Francis Lee Jacques, in their naturalistic habitats, the triggerguard gold-encrusted with a pintail duck motif, the action-receiver and furniture engraved with bold foliate-scrolls, stylized acanthus leaves and oak leaves on a matt ground, retaining virtually all blued finish, highly-figured stock with pistolgrip (stock cracked at the hand) and ventilated top-rib, intermediate bead-sight, scroll-engraved breech-end and Cutts compensator, under-stock with engraved silver monogram 'RBA' plate
Weight 7lb.15½oz., 14½in. pull, 23in. barrel, 'trap' choke, 2¾in. chamber, factory proof
With a set of interchangeable extra 29¾in. barrels, No. 525381
'Full choke', 2¾in. chamber, factory proof
In an adapted Boss brass-mounted oak and leather double-guncase, with canvas cover, fitted especially by Griffin and Howe for this Winchester to take gun and both forends
Literature
Merrill Lindsay, One Hundred Great Guns, p. 170 (illustrated)
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium
Rifles and Pistols, (red labels) with specific exceptions (blue and yellow labels), require a British Firearms Certificate or Export Licence. All are sold 'as found'