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Lot 241
Sale 2030 - Arms, Armor and Militaria
Oct 23, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$900
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
**Drilling Rifle Marked Leopold Saemann of Gorlitz
8.7mm/16 Gauge. 26.5" barrel length. SN: 15058. 2.675" chamber length. Full Choke left. Modified Choke right. Case colored finish with blued barrels set in walnut semi-pistol grip stock with shotgun style butt, horn buttplate, cheek rest to left stock, and Schnabel forend. Break action triple barrel sidelock extractor Drilling Rifle with underlever action and tang selector. Item features wiggle line border engraving to all parts with sunbursts and snowflakes to screws and pivot points. Wrist and forend feature bordered multipoint checkering and a varnished finish. Sights include a two position rear notch and front bead sight on a matted rib. Stock features a four cell ammunition compartment to the toe with green velvet liner to case colored trapdoor. Manufacturer markings include LEOPOLD SAEMANN to right barrel and GORLITZ to the left. Barrels show {Imperial German Eagle} Nitro proof marks with further Imperial German proof markings to all parts. RM initials stamped into the underside of the rifle barrel.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.




