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Lot 735S1

A customised .22 (R.F.) 'Model 62A' take-down rifle by Winchester, no, 395177 (dated 1957)

29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £875 inc. premium

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A customised .22 (R.F.) 'Model 62A' take-down rifle by Winchester, no, 395177 (dated 1957)

The receiver retaining full re-blued finish, later engraved with bold foliate-scrollwork on a stippled background with gold inlaid scroll borders, the hammer and lever engraved en suite, both sides with rural scenes, the right with three gold-encrusted rabbits signed L. Sherman, the left with gold-encrusted chased groundhogs, the chequered well-figured replacement stock carved with foliage and ornate borderwork, chequered steel butt-plate, the figured forend carved en suite with forend cap engraved en suite with gold inlaid border-scrolls, the round barrel stamped Made in New Haven, Conn. U.S. Of America Winchester trade Mark Model 62A 22S. L. ORL. R on the left side, with silver and gold inlaid barrel bands and engraved en suite at muzzle and breech ends, with three-quarter length magazine-tube with retaining bands engraved en suite with gold borders, sporting foresight and sporting rear-sight with adjustable centre insert
23in. barrel, recent Birmingham nitro proof

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