GERMAN CAPE GUN. SN NSN. Cal. 20 ga. X 57 Snider (or some similar caliber). Very well made Cape gun with 29-1/2” steel bbls, with flat, smooth rib, German silver Rocky Mtn. dovetail front sight & fixed rear sight with extractor & dbl underbites. It has a light receiver with reinforced sides, front action locks and tall sturdy hammers with attached forearm. Receiver, lockplates, hammers & appended metal are beautifully engraved with sweeping foliate arabesque patterns. Trigger guard is steel with an attached, nicely carved, horn finger rest and has a side swinging underlever. Mounted with highly figured marblecake, honey & chocolate French walnut with full checkered, schnable tipped splinter forearm & straight hand stock with carved & checkered wrist and deep cheekpiece with carving, about 14” over a smooth, thick horn buttplate with fluted edges. There is a sliding checkered patchbox cover on right side at butt. Weight: 6 lbs, 13.4 oz. PROVENANCE: Glenn Marsh Collection. CONDITION: Very fine to extremely fine. Bbls retain 95-96% strong orig blue with a few minor scrapes & scratches. Receiver, lockplates & hammers retain most of their subtle European case colors, moderately faded on lockplates. Lever & trigger guard retain most of their orig high polish blue with sling stud on stock retaining about all of its brilliant niter blue. Wood is sound with nicks, scratches & dings and retains most of its piano varnish type finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores with a few spots of pitting in shotgun bore. This is a very lightly used gun. 4-59665 JR307 (2,000-3,000)
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