Product Details
** BROWNING ARMS COMPANY
AN EARLY VRANCKEN-ENGRAVED .22LR 'AUTO 22 GRADE III' SEMI-AUTO TAKE-DOWN SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. T43486,
for 1958, 19 1/4in. nitro barrel engraved 'BROWNING ARMS COMPANY ST LOUIS MO. & MONTREAL PQ', 'MADE IN BELGIUM', '.22 LONG RIFLE' and 'BROWNING PATENTS', disc leaf rearsight and plain blade front sight, manual safety, gold-washed trigger, the receiver profusely engraved with bold acanthus scrollwork surrounding game scene vignettes of a setter and three pheasant to the left, a setter and three duck to the right and a setter with rabbit to the top, the sides signed 'L. VRANCKEN', bright coin finish overall, 13 7/8in. highly-figured pistolgrip stock with skip line chequering, pistolgrip buttstock bolt and including steel buttplate (possibly later, magazine tube housing numbered T60840 for 1959), weight 5lb., in its Browning take-down vinyl case with pink lining and faux fur blocking and lid interior
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Estimate £700-900
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act