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SOLD PENDING INSPECTION -- H BARELLA BACK ACTION HAMMER 12 BORE DOUBLE RIFLE -- 26" BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL BORES -- BERLIN
Guns International #: 101980300 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Double Rifles - German - Rifles - African Dangerous Game Safari Double
Seller's Information
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Seller: Greenes Guns
Member Since: 3/18/07
First Name: CHUCK
Last Name: BRUNNER
State: Alabama
Country: United States
Phone: (703) 928-9076
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 1
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: certified funds, personal check, credit card
Description:
H. BARELLA BERLIN 12 BORE BACK ACTION HAMMER DOUBLE RIFLE -- 26" GORGEOUS ORIGINAL RIFLED BORES EXHIBITING EXCELLENT LANDS AND GROOVES WITH ONLY THE SLIGHTEST FROSTING-- BACK ACTION NON REBOUNDING LOCKS WITH BEST QUALITY SCROLL ENGRAVING THAT STILL RETAINS TRACES OF ORIGINAL COLOUR -- DAMASCUS BARRELS RING TRUE AND PATTERN IS APPROX 90%+++ WITH BROWNING STARTING TO DARKEN -- 2 FOLDING MID SIGHTS WITH PLATINUM BLADE FORWARD -- METAL TRIGGER GUARD WITH HORN REAR GUARD EXTENSION -- TRAP DOOR BUTTPLATE CONTAINS 2 ROUND SLOTS FOR ADDITIONAL CARTRIDGES -- ORIGINAL SLING SWIVELS IN PLACE WITH BLUING LUSTROUS -- UNDERLEVER SLIDING BITE FRAME WITH INTEGRATED FOREND THAT HAS A SLIDE LOCK TIP -- HIGHLY POLISHED LOCK INTERNALS AND FOREND BASE -- STOCK IS BROKEN AT WRIST AND HAMMER ON RIGHT SIDE WAS REPAIRED --- "OWNER CLAIMS" THE RIFLE WAS MAHARAJA OWNED AND WHILE IN INDIA WAS DROPPED FROM AND STEPPED ON BY AN ELEPHANT DURING A TIGER HUNT. NO PROOF ! THE FINISH HAS DARKENED ON THE STOCK BUT THE INCREDIBLE FIGURE CAN BE SEEN UNDER THE ORIGINAL FINISH -- IT APPEARS TO BE HIGHLY FIGURED BIRDSEYE MAPLE AS THE "EYES" ARE RAISED TO THE TOUCH ---AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A GERMAN BEST QUALITY DOUBLE RIFLE BACK TO LIFE -- THE GUN DESERVES A "MILD" STOCK REFURBISHMENT/REPAIR AND RETURN TO SERVICE --- ALL ORIGINAL GERMAN PROOF MARKS PRESENT AND VISIBLE --
THIS IS A GREAT RIFLE WITH CONDITION AND A FEW PICKLES! BARELLA WAS A BEST QUALITY MAKER THAT BUILT FOR EUROPEAN AND INDIAN ROYALTY AND HEADS OF STATE.
NOTE ******Barella was born in Soest, Germany in 1819 and at the approximate age of 24 attained the level of Master Gunsmith. In 1844 he founded his firm H. Barella Gewehrfabrik in Magdeburg, Germany. In the mid 1860s he was a gunmaker to the Prussian Royal Court and in 1871 he was the gunmaker to the Royal Court in Berlin. Barella was purported to have had clients such as the King of Italy and Romania as well as the Tsar of Russia. Barella died in 1893.
******* CREDIT TO GERMAN HUNTING GUNS FOR LAST PICTURE
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SOLD