*Custom Model 1922M1 Rifle by John Oberlies

.22 LR. 24.5" barrel length. SN: 19431. Blued metal finish with polished bolt featuring John Oberlies style jeweling, a stippled bolt handle and upper receiver, and set in a high grade Walnut semi-pistol grip stock with cheek rest to left comb. Bolt-action rifle fed by detachable single stack magazines. Item appears to be a customized and refinished version of the Springfield Model 1922M1 practice rifle. Barrel and receiver are drilled and tapped for scope mounting blocks, standard on the Model 1922M1. Item features a single firing pin, no cocking knob, and the full length bolt throw typical of the Model 1922M1. Receiver marks read U.S./SPRINGFIELD with the model mark removed via stippling. Barrel mark reads S A/{Ordnance Bomb}/7-31, indicating it was made by Springfield Armory in July, 1931, and the bolt is struck NS for Nickel Steel. Sights consist of a Lyman rear aperture and front blade. Stock embellished with the addition of silver oak leaves, acorn to forend, and unsigned escutcheons on the wrist and toe. Buttplate features stippled texturing surrounding the signature John Oberlies/DAYTON, O. Mounted magazine has been polished and jeweled in Oberlies fashion. {MODERN}

From the Collection of Jeffrey W. Sanner

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Very Good Plus. Bore is Very Bright with sharp rifling throughout. Metal finish shows some thinning to forward edges of the barrel, and light cycling mars to the interior receiver. Some gray patina forming on the bolt. Silver pieces tarnished. Stock with some scattered light dents.

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*Custom Model 1922M1 Rifle by John Oberlies

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