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Category - Griffin & Howe Rifles - Rifles - American Bolt Action

Category
Griffin & Howe Rifles
Rifles - American Bolt Action

Griffin & Howe Mauser - No. 108, 1920’s, FULL RIB, vintage firearms inc

Description:
General Specs: Griffin & Howe, Year c1925, .30-06, 8lbs. 6oz., LOP 13 5/8"
Serial Number: 108
We have a very unique, early Sporting Mauser rifle built around the mid-1920’s by Griffin and Howe (G&H) with features almost never seen on other G&H rifles.  If you have studied and collected these fine rifles, thick with vintage American tradition and known as some of the finest custom rifles made in the USA, this gun will interest you.  Review the photos closely and you will see this rifle has a full-length solid forged rib, 4 folding leaf sights, ebony forend tip, buffalo horn carved grip cap, jeweled bolt and follower with checkered bolt handle, HALF ROUND/HALF OCTAGON barrel forged out of Poldi-Anticorro steel, built on a highly desirable Mauser 98 sporting action, and stocked with a straight grain stock with the G&H classic cheek rest.  You can review all the internet photos of G&H rifles and you will not see another like this one.  Rifle No. 108 was built in the 1920’s early in Griffin & Howe history.  The 26” barrel retains 98% factory blue, mirror shiny bore with crisp rifling…a 10 out of 10 on the scale, sharp barrel matting and lettering, mounted with folding leaf rear sights ranging from 100 yards to 400 yards.  The action retains 99% of the original blue finish, jeweled bolt and magazine follower, crisp trigger pull, all in perfect mechanical order.  The straight-grained walnut stock is classic Griffin and Howe, retaining most all its original finish and harboring a few dings and marks proving it has been afield at least a few seasons, yet cared for by its previous owner(s).  This rifle came to us with a rock-hard, mushroomed Silvers pad, so we replaced the pad with the identical pad straight from Kynoch in England… a genuine No. 3 Orange Silvers pad.  Chambered in the most versatile North American cartridge, the .30-06 Gov’t, hunting antelope at 500 yards with a 110-grain bullet rocketing from the muzzle at 3500 fps, or hunting brown bear or moose with a 220-grain bullet packing over 3000 ft/lbs. of energy, it is no wonder this cartridge has endure for over a century with such great popularity.  Sure, it is the most common, but there is a reason for that!  Fitted with the Lyman receiver sight, this is a true classic that will be admired in your annual deer camp, coveted by riflemen in the know, and cherished for generations as an investment quality heirloom firearm.  Rare, useful, and gorgeous, this is a must have representation of the most famous era of American custom rifles.  Thanks for looking!



BARRELS
Barrel Length:  26" 1/2 rnd, 1/2 octagon
Bores:  excellent mirror bore; 10 out of 10
% Blue:  98% factory blue
Ribs:  forged solid rib
Sights:  integral ramp front with hood; 4 folding leaf sight, rear Lyman #48


ACTION
Action:  Mauser 98 sporting action
Ejectors or Extractors:  extractor
Receiver Condition:  98% factory
Screws:  perfect
Engraving:  knurled bolt handle; jeweled bolt
Trigger Type:  single-crisp
Trigger Guard Color:  99% factory


STOCK
Type:  buffalo horn capped pistol grip; ebony tip; cheek piece
LOP:  13 5/8"
LOP To End Of Wood:  12 1/2"
Checkering Condition:  excellent wrap around forend; 2 point pistol grip
Butt Treatment:  Silvers #3 pad

INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a "VFI Certified" gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details or questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc.

Payment and Shipping
Payment Methods: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax: Collected in CO, FL, MI
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $170.00 within the continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK.
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes

Other
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. Just open one of my ads and click on the line that says “see all items from this seller” and a very nice list of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. Thanks for looking!
We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs "tweaked", let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns "as found" and others want them "just so". We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
 

SOLD

Rifle Caliber: .30-06 Springfield