FABRIQUE NATIONALE, HERSTAL, BELGIQUE, SERIAL NO. 235, CIRCA 1910

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A FINE & RARE .35 'MODELE 1900' BROWNING'S PATENT SELF-LOADING SPORTING RIFLE
FABRIQUE NATIONALE, HERSTAL, BELGIQUE, SERIAL NO. 235, CIRCA 1910
With 22 in. (56 cm.) nitro barrel, blued barrel-sleeve with raised matt sighting rib, blued receiver with large gold-inlaid crowned 'A' monogram, figured 14 ¾ in. semi-pistolgrip stock with 'FN' monogrammed dark horn butt-plate, old inventory label, sling mounts, and retaining virtually all its original finish throughout, in brown leather Joh. Springer, Wein full length carry case
Please note that this rifle is a Section 5 firearm.

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Lot Essay

Only 4,913 examples of the FN 'Modele 1900' were made making surviving examples very scarce, especially when compared to it's twin, the Remington 'Model 8', with a production total approaching 70,000 rifles.

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