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**Drilling Rifle Marked Leopold Saemann of Gorlitz
Estimate: $1,000-$2,000
Sold
$750
Live Auction
Arms, Armor and Militaria
Location
Cincinnati
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.

Condition
Good to Very Good. Shotgun bores are Very Bright. Rifle bore is Frosty with crisp rifling throughout and some patches of patina. Blued finish thinning at muzzle and breech with some streaking and brown flecking overall. Underside of the forward frame has been worn bright with mottled gray patina forming. Brown patina forming on triggerguard. Horn buttplate shows some holes forming and some chips. Wood furniture exhibits handling wear, some skips and smoothing of the checkering, and some dents overall. Two cracks forming through toe of stock. Tip of the toe appears to have broken free and has been pinned in place. Action locks up tightly with barrels on face.
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