Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2023 : Sale A0723 Lot 716
A 7.5x53.5mm (SWISS) SINGLE-SHOT MARTINI-ACTION TARGET RIFLE SIGNED F. GRUNDER, THUN, serial no. 21,

Product Details

* A 7.5x53.5mm (SWISS) SINGLE-SHOT MARTINI-ACTION TARGET RIFLE SIGNED F. GRUNDER, THUN, serial no. 21,
circa 1890, with tapering octagonal 33 1/4in. barrel, shallow ramp with dove-tailed wide fore-sight, tangent rear-sight adjustable for position along a short raised dove-tailed platform, plain nickel-plated receiver with dropping feed-ramp (some losses to plating, action at fault), figured walnut butt-stock with raised cheek-piece, nickel-plated furniture including Swiss-style heel-plate and complex finger-grooved under-lever also forming the trigger guard, double set triggers and chequered walnut splinter fore-end with schnabel tip, fitted with a possibly period leather basketweave sling

* Please note this item is subject to 5% VAT on the hammer price (UK Buyers only).

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Estimate £300-500

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