Single Shot Rifles

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Classic Arms Corp. Custom Sharps Borchardt .50 Sharps, 3 1/4" $18,975

32” medium-weight, cut-rifled, full octagon, match grade barrel by Wm. S.

van Horne with fully-matted top flat using Winchester's original equipment,

Freund-style "more light" silver-faced blade front sight and spirit-level

tangent rear sight. Highly figured California English walnut stocks with

ebony forend tip, wrap-around point pattern checkering with mullered

borders, beaded sidepanels, ebony-inlaid S-curve pistol grip, beaded pancake

cheekpiece and engraved and checkered steel buttplate. Antique commercial

octagon-top Sharps-Borchardt action with checkered trigger and safety,

finely scroll engraved and with rope borderlines and an American Bison in

vignette on the right, by William Gamradt. Soule-style vernier tang sight.

British-style mahogany case by Ray Sterck with inlaid brass corners,

engraved bass escutcheon disk, horn interior lid pulls, accessories by William

Crowley including horn handled rosewood cleaning rod with brass jags and

nitre-blued oil and grease bottles. Leather trimmed canvas overcase and

muslin over-cover. Pull: 15". Weight: 11lbs, 14oz. New condition.

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Classic Arms Corp. Custom Winchester .25'06 $16,450

1885 High Wall

26" tapered round match-grade cut-rifled Krieger barrel with hand-matted

quarter rib. Highly figured California English walnut stocks by Monte

Mandarino with ebony forend tip, classic wrap-around point-pattern

checkering with mullered borders, steel capped pistol grip, beaded pancake

cheekpiece, and steel buttplate. Winchester High Wall action with checkered

close-coupled double-set triggers, originally made for rimless cartridges,

specifically for .30-06 international-match target rifles, the hammer featuring

a spring-loaded anti--blowback feature in case of a punctured primer. Full

coverage fine flowing intertwined scroll engraving with bulino engraved game

scenes of a baying bull elk on the left and a pronghorn antelope on the right

by Lee Griffiths and Robert Swartley. Engraved grip cap and buttplate.

Leupold Vari-X 3-9x matte-finish Compact scope with fine duplex reticle on

custom milled fixed rings with engraved screws. In Huey oak and leather

case with horn compartment-lid pulls, leather-trimmed canvas overcase and

muslin over-overcase. Accessories by J. Lozito, including horn-handled

cleaning rod, matching turnscrews and brush, snap-cap and nitre-blued oil

and patch bottles. Pull: 13 3/8". Weight: 8lbs, 1oz. New condition.

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Darwin Hensley & Custom Mauser .220 Swift $7,450

Steve Heilmann Wehrmannsgewehr Single Shot

25" tapered round Shilen cryogenically-treated stainless steel heavy barrel,

plated and then blued. Stocked with highly figured walnut by Darwin

Hensley with ebony forend tip, beaded-edge bolt-handle slot and ejection

port, beaded cheekpeice, fine point-pattern wrap-around checkering with

mullered borders, steel trapdoor pistol grip cap and smooth steel buttplate.

Metalwork by Steve Heilmann: Mauser solid-bottom and solid-siderail

single shot action with custom bolt handle, 3-panel checkered knob, Model

70-type safety on casehardened Wisner-type cocking piece and double-set

triggers inside custom large-ring long-tang triggerguard. Leupold Vari-X III

4.5-14 x 50mm matte-finish scope with fine duplex reticle on slender custom

rings and custom bases. Calibre artfully engraved in gold-bordered banner on

buttplate. Pull: 15". Weight: 11lbs, 12oz. Virtually new condition.

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Gastinne Renette Sidelock Ejector 6.5x68R $24,850

Break-Open Single Shot

27" tapered octagon-to-round barrel of Bohler Superblitz steel with hand-

filed all-integral quarter rib, shallow full-length rib and raised front sight

ramp. One standing and 2 folding express sights. Highly figured walnut

stock with forend extending nearly to the muzzle, Deeley pull-down latch,

horn forend tip, teardrops, beaded pancake cheekpiece and smooth walnut

butt. 15" length of pull. Bolstered sidelock action with cocking indicator,

double underbites, double Kersten locks, double set triggers and top tang

safety. Fine rose & scroll engraved by Xavier Goudin. Steel PG cap

engraved with Moufflon sheep signed C Parat. Zeiss Diavari-ZM 2.5-

10x48 T* Rail-mount scope on QD claw mounts. Weight: 10lbs, 3oz.

Completed 1993 and in new condition. Oak and leather case with

accessories.

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Griffin & Howe / Custom Winchester 1885 .22 Hornet $7,950

Darwin Hensley High Wall

24" tapered round barrel with full-band front sight and swivel base, quarter

rib with 1 standing and 3 folding gold-lined express sights engraved for 75,

100, 200 and 300 yards. Griffin & Howe barrel and metalwork with single

set trigger, through-bolt conversion and scheutzen-type loading lever.

Stocked by Darwin Hensley with ebony forend tip, sidepanel details, fine

point-pattern wrap-around checkering with mullered borders, beaded

pancake cheekpiece, skeleton pistol grip cap, inletted and pedestalled rear

swivel base and smooth steel buttplate. Leupold 6.5-20x40mm matte-

finish scope with fine duplex reticle on G&H quick-detachable topmount

fitted directly to quarter rib dovetails without separate bases. Pull: 13 3/4".

Weight: 8lbs, 11oz. New condition.

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Kelbly's Panda 6mm PPC (.262N) $2,450

Benchrest Single Shot Rifle

22" heavy round stainless Hart barrel. Kelbly Klub red sparkle-finish

fibreglass benchrest stock with smooth aluminum buttplate. Stolle Panda

single-shot action of 7075-T651 aircraft aluminum and 4140 alloy steel with

fluted bolt, Jewel trigger and integral full-length reinforcing-dovetail scope-

base. Leupold BR 36x-D aluminum-finish parallax-adjust scope with

extremely fine crosshair reticle on Kelbly rings fitted directly to the receiver.

Pull: 13 5/8". Weight 10lbs, 4oz. New condition.

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Gary Goudy & Custom Winchester 1885 .22 LR $14,975

Bob Swartley
Low Wall

26" tapered round barrel with full-band hooded front sight, full-band swivel

base and sculptured quarter rib with 1 folding leaf sight. Stocked with highly

figured walnut: ebony-inlaid schnabel forend tip, wrap-around point-

pattern checkering, ebony-inlaid S-curved pistol grip, sculptured beaded

cheekpeice, inletted and pedestalled rear swivel base and smooth steel

buttplate. Coin-finished receiver with single-set trigger converted for

throughbolt. Leupold Vari-X III 2.5-8x36mm matte-finished scope with fine

duplex reticle on sculptured Wisner rings fitted directly to quarter rib

dovetails without separate bases. Engraved by Bob Swartley: fine

intertwined acanthus scroll on receiver, scope rings and buttplate. Pull: 13

3/4". Weight: 8lbs, 3oz. New condition.

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Don Klein & Custom Hagn-Actioned 6.5x57R $26,500

Robert Swartley Falling Block Rifle

24 1/2" tapered octagon-to-round barrel with all-integral quarter rib, full low

rib, front sight ramp and swivel stud by Ralf Martini. One folding gold-lined

leaf sight on quarter rib. Exhibition walnut stock by Don Klein with

widow's-peaked ebony forend tip, beaded sidepanels, double-beaded

pancake cheekpiece, trapdoor steel pistol grip cap, classic ribbon and point-

pattern checkering with mullered borders and engraved steel buttplate. Hagn

small frame falling block action, rounded, scalloped and shaped by Don

Klein with sleek custom underlever, shotgun-style triggerguard, extended

upper and lower tangs and sliding tang safety with SAFE in gold. Engraved

by Bob Swartley with full coverage acanthus scroll on the receiver, deep-

chiseled leopards on each side, scroll on lever, grip cap, buttplate and quarter

rib with gold-inlaid borderlines. Leopard head in high relief on grip trapdoor.

Hensolt 1.5 - 6x scope with tapered post and crosshair reticle on quick-

detachable claw mounts---a rail-mount scope streamlined with all

unnecessary portions of the rail removed. Pull: 13 7/8". Weight: 7lbs, 5oz.

New condition.

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Don Klein & Custom Winchester 1885 .225 Winchester $19,995

Sam Welch High Wall

24" tapered round Krieger barrel with quarter rib and integral bottom-halves

of scope rings. Stocked by Don Klein with fully figured Turkish walnut:

ebony forend tip, steel forend escutcheon, flat sidepanel details, classic

point-pattern checkering, double-beaded pancake cheekpiece, steel pistol

grip cap and buttplate. Nickel-finished Winchester thick-side high wall

action sculptured by Don Klein and with custom trigger and loading lever,

newly made internal parts, tangs converted for pistol grip and through-bolt

mounting. Engraved by Sam Welch with gold-bordered English rose & Scroll.

Leupold Vari-X III 4.5 - 14x 40mm matte-finish scope with fine duplex

rangefinding reticle on custom integral fixed mount. Pull: 13 3/4". Weight:

8lbs, 2oz. Completed 1999. New condition. In full-length oak and leather

case by Ray Sterck, with ivory-handled accessories and stag-handled drop-

point hunting knife by L M Erickson of Liberty, Utah, engraved by Sam

Welch and numbered to the rifle. With brass cases. Pictured in Turpin's

Modern Custom Guns, pages 79, 126 & 127 and Guns Magazine July 199,

pages 52 and 58.

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Miller & Val Greiss Break-open, Blitz-Action, 8x57JR $8,950

Full-Stock, Single-Shot Rifle

24" Octagon-to-round barrel of Krupp fluid steel with full, matted, integral

rib, raised bead font sight, 1 standing and 1 folding leaf rear sight. 13

11/16"pull from double-set trigger to engraved steel trapdoor buttplate (with

no compartment hollowed out). Figured walnut stock with horn-capped

pistol grip, full slender (two-piece) stock to the muzzle with horn schnabel

tip and Deeley-release takedown section, extended-tang horn triggerguard,

swivels, gold oval engraved with a crown over W, and fine classic point-

pattern checkering. Fine English rose & scroll engraved, bolstered, scalloped

receiver with toplever, double underbites, single Kersten lock, cocking

indicator, automatic tang safety with "S" in gold, inletted folding tang peep

sight and bushed firing pin. Weight: 6lbs, 8oz. 95%blue. Traces case colors.

Very good bore.

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Clayton and Lars Custom Farquharson Falling .700 Holland & $29,750

Nelson Block Single Shot Rifle Holland Nitro Express

28" tapered round barrel with matted quarter rib, integral sling loop, silver

bead front sight and flip-up ivory night sight on integral ramp base, 1

standing and 2 folding express sights with inlaid gold lines marked for 25 and

50 yards. 4-1/4" reinforced portion at breech measuring 1.6" in diameter.

Muzzle diameter 1.03". 14 7/8"pull to elephant-hide-covered recoil pad.

2" - 2 3/8" drop at comb and heel respectively. Triangles of scroll engraving

either side of front sight base at muzzle, and rear of quarter rib at breech.

Left side of breech inlaid in gold: .700 Nitro Express. Bench-made, oversize,

Farquharson action by Clayton Nelson with solid one-piece rear tang

extending top to bottom completely through the wrist. Coin-finished action

with shaded scroll framing Bulino vignettes of big game; a quartering cape

buffalo on right, an elephant on left, signed J. White. Trigger plate is rust-

blued. Trigger is fire-blued. Operating lever is case hardened. Trigger plate is

milled and filed in classic Farquharson contour. Serial number inlaid in gold

on lower tang. Checkered and blued tang safety with "Safe" inlaid in gold.

Exceptionally fine, dense, marbled and figured Turkish walnut stock by Lars

Nelson with horn forend tip, beaded pancake cheekpiece, sling swivel eye

and classic point-pattern checkering with mullered borders. Weight: 16lbs,

4oz. Large oak and leather full length trunk case with brass corners lined in

burgundy cloth, with 5 oak covered compartments with brass knobs,

containing 4 cartridges, cleaning equipment, sling, and a key. Plaque with

information on the .700 H & H cartridge. Virtually new condition.

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Parkers' Snow & Co. 1861 US Percussion .58 Cal. $895

Rifle-Musket

40" round barrel. Three barrel bands. Steel ramrod. Lock dated 1863. Good condition.

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Remo K-Hochwildbuchse 7x57R $4950

23 3/4" barrel with full solid rib and one standing express sight. Figured

walnut stock with beaded pancake cheekpiece, horn triggerguard with

finger extension, capped pistol grip, Anson-release splinter forend with

horn inlay and swivels. 13 3/4"pull from double set trigger to original horn

buttplate. Weight: 7lbs, 7oz. Period Carl Zeiss scope on Griffin & Howe steel slidemount

adapted to a rail fitted to the top of the chamber area. Scroll-engraved receiver with

double Kersten locks. Built 1936. Retailed by Simon Heim, Nuremburg. 98%blue.

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J P Sauer Custom Winchester 1885 .25-21 Stevens $14,950

1885 Low Wall Single Shot Rifle

23 1/4" matted-top octagon barrel, engraved J. P. Sauer & Sohn Berlin, with

1 standing, 1 folding rear sight and silver bead front sight. 14 1/4"pull to

striated horn buttplate with widow's peak. 1 7/8" - 2 3/8"drop. French-

grey-finished Winchester low wall action with German pre-war commercial

proofs. Winchester SN on bottom tang. Action with sculpted relief

engraving of mythological creatures offset by bold acanthus scroll, with

floral highlights and stippled background. Sides of action with large eagle

with body and tail tapering into scrolled vine with berries. Toward rear sides

of action are a smaller beasts heads merging into acanthus. Grotesque lion

mask on top of action behind hammer. Flowers and scrolls continue along

operating lever, checkered at tail. Rear portion of barrel is engraved with

panels of relief acanthus framed by simple scroll. Blued steel grip cap fully

relief engraved almost certainly by Rudolph Kornbrath with ribbon and

acanthus borders around monogram for E P McM inlaid in two colors of

gold. Dark, highly figured European walnut buttstock with beaded pancake

cheekpiece and pistol grip. Full stock to the muzzle with horn forend tip,

engraved sling bail, two cross-pin fasteners through engraved steel

escutcheons, bored and fitted with wooden covered steel cleaning rod with

brass drum-shaped head. Weight: 6lbs, 8oz. Excellent condition: 99% barrel

blue. Action retains virtually all its French gray. Stocks retain most of their

French polish finish. Excellent bore. Crisp action. With RCBS loading dies.

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Smithson / Dan'l Fraser-patent Sidelever 6.5x57R $29,750

Heilmann / Hensley Falling Block Rifle

/ Wallace

25" stepped, tapered round Half Moon barrel with sculpted ramp front

sight, swivel base and sculpted-block-mounted twin folding leaf sights.

Exhibition Turkish walnut stock by Darwin Hensley with ebony forend tip,

classic wrap-around point-pattern checkering with mullered borders,

sidepanels, inletted rear swivel base, double-beaded pancake cheekpiece and

steel buttplate. New, Dan'l Fraser patent falling block action with latched

sidelever, gold plated internal parts and top tang safety, every part entirely

bench-made by Joseph Smithson. All other metalwork by Steve Heilmann,

including Zeiss Diavari C 3-9x36 MC scope with fine duplex reticle on

completely custom-made claw mounts, the front base integral with the rear

barrel sight base. Engraved by Terry Wallace: extensive gold-highlighted fine

rose and scroll with gold inlaid borderlines covering action, scope mounts,

triggerguard, grip cap, front sight, swivel bases and buttplate. Calibre and

SAFE inlaid in gold. Finish work by Pete Mazur with details of bright

polish, rust blue, nitre blue, hot blue and gold plating. Pull: 14". Weight:

8lbs, 3oz. with scope; 6lbs, 13oz without. Built 1999. New condition. In

heavy, full-length oak and leather case by Bud Shaul. Extensive horn and

brass accessories made by Bill Crowley and engraved by Terry Wallace.

Winner of the Double Gun Journal Award for a North American Game Rifle,

April 2002 at the Gold Medal Concours D'Elegance of Fine Guns. Signed --

- Stephen R. Heilmann on top of barrel; Terry Wallace Engr. beside trigger

on right; Darwin Hensley Stkr. beside trigger on left; Designed by D & J

Fraser, Made by J Smithson on buttplate.

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James Tucker & Custom Winchester 1885 .219 Donaldson $8,950

Robert Snapp High Wall Wasp

26" tapered round barrel with smoothly integral quarter rib. Stocked with

highly figured walnut by Jim Tucker: ebony forend tip, beaded cheekpiece,

28 LPI wrap-around point pattern checkering with mullered borders and

skeletonized steel pistol grip cap and buttplate---both checkered within.

Metalwork by Robert Snapp: short tang throughbolt conversion on

casehardened receiver, Mann-Neidner breechblock bushing and Leupold

Vari-X III 8.5 - 25x matte-finish scope with fine duplex reticle on Talley

fixed rings and custom bases---the rear, integral with the receiver. Pull: 13

7/8". Weight: 8lbs, 15oz. Completed 1996. New condition. With loading dies.

U S Springfield Model 1888 US Trapdoor .45-70 $795

32 1/2" barrel with 2 barrel bands, R-marked Buffington sight, V P and

eaglehead proofs. Model 1888 ramrod bayonet. Low-arch breechblock

marked US/Model/1884. SWP/1891 cartouche on right above one-piece

triggerguard. 13 3/8"pull from grooved trigger to steel trap buttplate. Tiny

CB stamp between triggerguard tang and P-in-circle proofmark. Large "9" on

right side of butt. Bore: 50% mirror bright, 50% lightly rusted. 99% barrel blue.