uplander01
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I am listing this for sale here for a couple weeks before I list anywhere else...I think this is a captive audience of hunters that actually use this sort of rifle.
Manton & Co Best Box Lock 470 NE, circa late 1920’s based on the options available in the Calcutta catalog from that period. Webley long bar action with dolls head 3rd bite, bushed strikers, proof marks very clear on barrel flats, it is an ejector gun. Case color receiver and grip cap and all blue finish are easily at 95% or above. Original wood remains above 95% post restoration. All screws are engraved and properly timed.
Museum quality restoration dates 2002 from the Holland & Holland regulation target and H&H paper on lid of case. Case was restored by Cade Gile some years back when I acquired the rifle, notes on receipt. I also had JJ Perodeau go through the rifle and tune the ejectors, check triggers, and install a matching HH single standing rear site. I felt the original rear sight did not make sense or work well with the upgraded front ivory bead in the H&H style, the original rear site is packaged in the hard case as well as documentation of all actions. JJ also installed a leather covered recoil pad that I later had removed and a NECG red pad installed by Matt Roberts at MNR Custom.
Details of the rifle, 14.5” lop, 28” bores are very good with some very light cordite burn in front of the chambers. Rifle appears to be parallel regulated as I was able to duplicate the HH regulation target at 50 yards with a h4350 load and Woodleigh 500 gr soft and solids to the same poi at 2130 fps. Load will be provided to the buyer.
The pictures of this rifle speak volumes. This is a 100-year-old piece with its original oak and leather case completely restored as if it were bound for the dark continent in the 1920’s. Of course there is no way to acquire any history due to all Manton’s records lost in the war but there are the initials J.V.C. stamped on the leather lid of maker’s case. No doubt this was the original owners spec’d out dangerous game rifle and an owner in the early 2000’s nearly 100 years later valued what the rifle was enough to invest in a full restoration.
I am selling this rifle as a complete package with 80 pieces of Hornady brass, an estimated 350-400 Woodleigh softs and solids, Hornady die set, and approximately 200 Kynoch wads.
This rifle could be the centerpiece of any safari goer’s collection or taken into hard service for many more generations of hunting. I’ve truly enjoyed owning and shooting this rifle, after all we are merely temporary custodians of pieces like this. I have limited safaris left and am more comfortable with a bolt gun for my remaining big game hunts, but a PH or active elephant hunter would be hard pressed to find a better tool for that task than this rifle.
Asking $28,000 + shipping. Serious inquiries only, rifle is worth the price. More pics available upon request.
Manton & Co Best Box Lock 470 NE, circa late 1920’s based on the options available in the Calcutta catalog from that period. Webley long bar action with dolls head 3rd bite, bushed strikers, proof marks very clear on barrel flats, it is an ejector gun. Case color receiver and grip cap and all blue finish are easily at 95% or above. Original wood remains above 95% post restoration. All screws are engraved and properly timed.
Museum quality restoration dates 2002 from the Holland & Holland regulation target and H&H paper on lid of case. Case was restored by Cade Gile some years back when I acquired the rifle, notes on receipt. I also had JJ Perodeau go through the rifle and tune the ejectors, check triggers, and install a matching HH single standing rear site. I felt the original rear sight did not make sense or work well with the upgraded front ivory bead in the H&H style, the original rear site is packaged in the hard case as well as documentation of all actions. JJ also installed a leather covered recoil pad that I later had removed and a NECG red pad installed by Matt Roberts at MNR Custom.
Details of the rifle, 14.5” lop, 28” bores are very good with some very light cordite burn in front of the chambers. Rifle appears to be parallel regulated as I was able to duplicate the HH regulation target at 50 yards with a h4350 load and Woodleigh 500 gr soft and solids to the same poi at 2130 fps. Load will be provided to the buyer.
The pictures of this rifle speak volumes. This is a 100-year-old piece with its original oak and leather case completely restored as if it were bound for the dark continent in the 1920’s. Of course there is no way to acquire any history due to all Manton’s records lost in the war but there are the initials J.V.C. stamped on the leather lid of maker’s case. No doubt this was the original owners spec’d out dangerous game rifle and an owner in the early 2000’s nearly 100 years later valued what the rifle was enough to invest in a full restoration.
I am selling this rifle as a complete package with 80 pieces of Hornady brass, an estimated 350-400 Woodleigh softs and solids, Hornady die set, and approximately 200 Kynoch wads.
This rifle could be the centerpiece of any safari goer’s collection or taken into hard service for many more generations of hunting. I’ve truly enjoyed owning and shooting this rifle, after all we are merely temporary custodians of pieces like this. I have limited safaris left and am more comfortable with a bolt gun for my remaining big game hunts, but a PH or active elephant hunter would be hard pressed to find a better tool for that task than this rifle.
Asking $28,000 + shipping. Serious inquiries only, rifle is worth the price. More pics available upon request.
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