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41st Classic Auction - Live Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Thursday, May 16, 2024 from 17:00  | Place absentee bids

Active | Physical auction
Lot: 825

Sidelock-s/s shotgun Franchi - Brescia Imperial cal. 12/70 #6165/1165 § C

Starting price 4.000 EUR

Barrel length 70 cm (27.5“), stock length 36 cm (14.25“), total length 112 cm (44“), choke full & full (F & F), weight 3.3 kg, probably made in 1939, Italian proof , condition 2. Demibloc barrels engraved with „SA Luigi Franchi Brescia“, barrel steel „Acciaio Poldi Anticorro“ sloping engine-turned rib, brass front sight, ejectors, barrel end with edge engraving, receiver lock plates and fences engraved all over with floral motifs, tendrils and flower bouquets, continued on all metal parts, engraving signed „P. Turelli“, firing pins that can be removed from the front, slide tang safety, double trigger with evasive blade, restored walnut stock with fine checkering still without the stock finish, forend with emblem in gold and engraved dove, straight buttstock with teardrop and cut stock end. Very nice restored shotgun from the „live pigeon era“ that only needs an oil finish to shine in new splendor.