Fine Modern & Antique Arms - March 2023 : Sale A0323 Lot 701
A .43 (11.15 X 60mm) MAUSER MODEL 1871/84 BOLT ACTION RIFLE MADE AT SPANDAU IN 1888, serial no. 5444/972,

Product Details

A .43 (11.15 X 60mm) MAUSER MODEL 1871/84 BOLT ACTION RIFLE MADE AT SPANDAU IN 1888, serial no. 5444/972,
with 31 1/2in. barrel fully German Ordnance marked at breech and 'SPANDAU' on the knoxform, block and blade front-sight and ladder rear-sight, the action body marked on the left 'MOD 71/84' (faint and pitted) and on the right with the year of manufacture '1888', iron mounted full walnut stock, (bruised and dented) incorporating an eight round tubular magazine in the fore-end, the magazine cap with piling spike, the butt with faint Ordnance inspection stamps, complete with an old black leather sling, miss-matched bolt, the barrel recoloured over some areas of pitting



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Estimate £500-700

Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament