Lot 168S1
An Ivan-engraved 8x57(JRS)mm 'Progress' boxlock ejector rifle by Chapuis Armes, no. 43733 In its plastic case with makers test target and a set of quickly-detachable 'scope rings
1 December 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn Ivan-engraved 8x57(JRS)mm 'Progress' boxlock ejector rifle by Chapuis Armes, no. 43733
Hold-open toplever, the scroll-backed action-body engraved with scenes of roe deer and boar in woodland settings surrounded by bold foliate-scrollwork, the underside with a red stags head and signed 'Ivan', manual safety, highly-figured stock with palm-swell pistolgrip, cheek-piece and wooden butt-plate, sling-eyes, beaver-tail forend, the barrels with short matt sight-rib, open-sight and ramp-mounted bead-foresight, the breech-ends mounted with quickly-detachable pivot-mounts
Weight 7lb. 8¾oz., 15½in. pull (15¼in. stock), 23¾in. barrels, French nitro proof
In its plastic case with makers test target and a set of quickly-detachable 'scope rings
Weight 7lb. 8¾oz., 15½in. pull (15¼in. stock), 23¾in. barrels, French nitro proof
In its plastic case with makers test target and a set of quickly-detachable 'scope rings