L. Severin Engraved Belgian Browning .22 Auto Grade III Rifle

Manufactured in 1971. The rifle features a blued barrel with blade front and elevation adjustable flip-up rear sights, standard factory markings, two drilled and tapped holes on the barrel with filler screws, and a gold trigger. The barrel is fitted to the coin grey receiver which displays Grade III engraving consisting of a setter flushing a pair of pheasant cocks on the left, a setter flushing a trio of mallards on the right, and a setter with a shot mallard in his mouth on the top side. The right side of the receiver is signed "L.SEVERIN" by the engraver. The rifle is fitted with an beautiful well-figured and multi-point skip-line checkered forend as well as a pistol grip stock with serrated blued steel buttplate.

Condition

Excellent overall, retaining 98% original blue finish, 99% original coin finish, a patch of dried grease on the right rear of the receiver, a few small scratches on the underside of the barrel, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent.