Details of Lot 27
MAUSER
A .275 BOLT-ACTION SPORTING RIFLE, NO. 8500

24-inch replacement barrels retailed by George Gibbs, raised foresight and rearsight with folding leaves to 500, the receiver dated 1898 and numbered 630, bolt with side safety, half length stock with pistol grip and steel butt plate, crack repaired at the toe, cracked at hand, 7lb. 10oz., nitro proof

The action is one of the earliest examples of the Mauser 98 action.

Sold for £550
Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns
Olympia, West London
15 April 2008
Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply