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38th Classic Auction

AT-1220 Wien, Kagraner Platz 9  

Auction on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 from 10:00  | Auction ended

Completed | Physical auction
Lot: 702

s/s combination gun Benedikt Winkler - Ferlach cal. 7 x 57 R & 16/70 serial #37716

Starting price 700 EUR
Result:
850 EUR

barrel length 60 cm (23,5"), stock length 36 cm (14,25"), total length 101 cm (39,75"), choke 3/4 (IM), weight 3,5 kg, year of manufacture 1955, Austrian proof, condition 3
side by side combination barrels, engine-turned rib, fixed rear sight, extractor, bright stained bent bascule, trigger plate locks, Greener crossbolt, reinforced barrel flanks, arabesque engraving, double trigger with set trigger in the front tongue, rolled trigger guard, automatic sliding tang safety, Walnut stock, inlaid horn finish on pistol grip, oval cheek piece, recoil pad, fore-end with Deeley latch, german claw mount with Swarovski Habicht 6 x 36 A, reticle 4, one small insignificant crack in the wood at each of the bows on the left and right.
Very handy and elegant rifle shotgun.
The gunsmith's Benedikt Winkler is one of the smaller ones from Ferlach and has always had to deal with confusion with Josef Winkler, especially when the descendants of the founder and name giver Benedikt also had the first name Josef. During the heyday of the company in the 1950s and 1960s, 6 workers produced up to 100 rifles per year. In later years, production dropped to 2 rifles until the company closed in 2007. The products of Benedikt Winkler are considered to be the down-to-earth Ferlacher and have also produced numerous new designs such as the "Hammerless double barrel shotgun with rimfire barrel in the rib".