2188 BROWNING OLYMPIAN DUAL SIGNED BOLT

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[?]Live Online Auction Starts In 2026 Nov 07 @ 10:00 (UTC-04:00 : AST/EDT)
Category Firearms & Military
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Start Price 2,500.00 USD
Estimated at 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
ACTION RIFLE. Cal. 300 Win. Mag. S# 878621 (on bottom of bbl. & action). Bbl. 24" without provision for sights. Heavy caliber rifle engraved by Angelo Bee and Alfonse Marechal. French gray finished FN push feed long action (1959-1962) with "L" marked recoil lug. Right side safety. Gold finished trigger. Full coverage Olympian engraving is signed by master engravers "A BEE" on the floor plate and "F MARECHAL" on the right side of the front ring below the wood line. Unengraved sections on top of action conform to areas for 2 piece scope bases; tapped 6-48 and without plug screws. The floorplate features a standing grizzly with a mountain lion (Puma) on the trigger guard bow; secured with Allen screws. The action shows a bugling bull elk on the right plus a bull moose on the left. Scenes are surrounded by fine foliate scroll with dot backgrounds that extends to include the breech end of the barrel. Matching numbered Monte Carlo cheekpiece stock of fancy satin finished European walnut. Rosewood forearm tip & grip cap have white line spacers plus a brass diamond inlay on the grip cap. Wrap around borderless segmented fleur dis Lis hand checkering. Factory style swivel bases. Recoil lug area is glass bedded plus aluminum pillar at rear. Engraved satin chrome stock reinforcement at recoil lug area. Brown ventilated Browning recoil pad; 14 1/4" LOP. Weight: 9 lb., 0.2 oz. CONDITION: extensive component examination including the use of silver nitrate makes up this condition statement. Action has some extremely small spots of corrosion that would likely be caused by mid 1960's "salt wood" stocks. Small area about 3/8" long by 1/8" high starting at front edge of bolt handle slot; completely covered by stock. Second spotty section (right front of receiver) is about 3/8" high and 1/8" long plus an adjacent spot of about 1/8" diameter. Front oxidation is almost fully covered by stock plus it includes the last couple of letters in the engraver's signature. One might conclude that this is a factory replacement stock as it tested negative for salt wood using the silver nitrate; it is simply near excellent. Very tip of the muzzle has faint thinning of finish; all other aspects are near excellent with unfired appearance plus not signs of prior scope base installation. A very fine and desirable Olympian. (26-2355). CURIO. $5,000-7,500.