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Haenel Original System Aydt Schuetzen Rifle

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Haenel Original System Aydt Schuetzen Rifle
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serial #12450, 8.15x46R, 31 1/2'' fluted octagon barrel with a bright near excellent bore. The barrel of this rifle retains perhaps 75% original blue appearing stronger under ambient light and toning overall to a deep plum-brown under bright light along with a bit of old oxidation staining. The action is toning to a deep smoky gray mixing with generous strong case-hardened colors and embellished with attractive wide Germanic foliate motifs. The right side shows Cupid holding target and goblet while the bow of the guard shows a rendition of the Green Man. The top flat is neatly inlaid in gold ''HAENEL ORIGINAL AYDT'' and the underside barrel shows ''(Crown) / A'', both of these features indicating total production by the Haenel company and inspection by C.W. Aydt. The checkered walnut buttstock and smooth schnabel forend remain in about very good plus condition showing some older added varnish and scattered light handling marks. The buttstock shows a number of small filler repairs to dings, larger synthetic repair to the right-side thumb rest and repaired u-shaped crack left of the upper tang. The checkering remains mostly strong and the stock features the expected generous left-side cheekpiece. The breechblock shows system number ''12450'' while the barrel and buttplate are serial-numbered ''12591''. The underside of the action ahead of the lever has been threaded for a palm rest and there are a pair of target blocks mounted to the barrel along with two extra holes atop the rail. The sling swivels are intact and the rifle is sighted with a typical adjustable tang sight with Oscar Will selectable aperture diopter and a more modern target globe front sight with crosshair aperture insert. The double set triggers seem to function well mechanically. A nice Haenel original. (13C11287-21) {C&R} [John D. Hamilton Collection] (2000/3000)