Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2018 : Sale A0318 Lot 623
MAUSER, GERMANY A RARE 9.5x47R BOLT-ACTION SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE, MODEL MAUSER 1895 TARGET, no visible serial number,

Product Details

MAUSER, GERMANY
A RARE 9.5x47R BOLT-ACTION SINGLE-SHOT TARGET-RIFLE, MODEL 'MAUSER 1895 TARGET', no visible serial number,
possibly a prototype or unique one-off (see note below), with blued slightly tapering 29 1/2in. barrel, large dove-tailed 'U' shaped fore-sight with central blade (possibly broken off), large dove-tailed locking tangent rear-sight, rounded brushed-bright unmarked receiver, the rear bridge inlet for possibly an auxilliary peep-sight, straight bolt handle, chequered flag safe and bolt release catch, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, large raised cheek-piece, the right hand side of butt inlet with a shield-shaped escutcheon engraved 'A. MAUSER', large iron hooked Swiss-style heel-plate, complex double finger-spurred trigger-guard bow, double set triggers and moulded tip to fore-end, the whole remaining in fine, probably original, condition

Other Notes: It is believed that this rifle was made specifically by Mauser for Alphonso Mauser, the nephew of the owner and rifle-maker, Paul Mauser,

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Estimate £2,000-3,000

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