Guns International #: 102161986
Seller's Inventory #: 3048

Category - Mauser Rifles - Sporter Post-War - Custom Rifles

Category
Mauser Rifles - Sporter Post-War
Custom Rifles

Elmer Keith's .338 Win Mag by Iver Henricksen

Description:
     Iver Henricksen was Elmer Keith's favorite gunmaker in the late 1950's and early 1960's and built this .338 Win Mag for Mr. Keith on a Single Square Bridge Magnum Mauser action.
     Originally built as a Hagler .280 Magnum ( and so marked ) the action and bottom metal of this rifle were color hardened which has since faded to a muted silver color, the Halger single set trigger is still in place and a Buehler scope safety has been fitted.  The 24" barrel sports a Redfield barrel band front sight base with Sourdough blade sight, has no rear sight, and has a minty bore and chamber with no erosion in the lengthened throat.  Stocked in a nicely fiddlebacked piece of English walnut to Mr. Keiths specifications with a Monte Carlo comb and sloping cheek piece Keith's initial "K" is relief carved into the right checkering pattern, the fore-end terminates in a graceful Schnabel and the butt is finished with a Noshoc pad with a length-of-pull of 13-1/8".  The rifle is topped with what appears to be a Weaver K4 scope with Dual Range Reticle in Buehler rings on two piece bases.
     During Elmer Keith's tenure at  "Guns"  and  "Guns & Ammo"  magazines, this rifle was pictured and mentioned numerous times.  The rifle also featured prominently in Keith's book  "Hell I Was There", particularly in a Bering Sea Polar Bear hunt where it was used quite successfully. 
     A classic sporting big-game rifle formerly the property of an icon in the Firearms writing industry.  $15,950.00 
      

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