2087 WEATHERBY M98 SOUTHGATE CUSTOM BOLT ACTION RIFLE.

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 600.00 USD
Estimated at 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD
Cal. 300 Wby Mag. S# 2676. Bbl. 24" sightless, rapid taper with chrome bore. Model 98 Mauser action with wing-type safety on the cocking piece and Jaeger single-stage trigger. Custom bottom metal with button release floorplate. Weatherby Supreme 4x81 gloss finished scope with crosshairs on 1 piece Buehler mount. Custom stock of the California style made popular by Roy Weatherby's early rifles. Monte Carlo cheekpiece stock with flared pistol grip of fancy thinshell walnut. Features include a rosewood forearm tip and grip cap with white line spacers, borderless point pattern hand checkering, and swivel bases. LOP: 13 1/2" over the original Weatherby black ventilated pad. This fine, hand-built rifle predates the production guns produced in Europe, Japan, and the US. CONDITION: over 95% blue, showing light muzzle and carry wear. Stock finish shows light age-related crazing with scattered scratches and marks. Very good, bright bore. Scope has clear optics. (23-6349/DS). CURIO. $1,200-1,600.