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The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer15 Photos
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer
The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer

The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer

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Auction by Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc.(1064)
This item is in Manchester, NH

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Overview of The Colonel Townsend Whelen 1903 Springfield Magazine Sporting Rifle By Wundhammer

Item Details

Low Estimate8000
High Estimate12000
serial #369038, 30-06, 24" 6-09 dated barrel with a very good bore showing good evident rifling but with minor frosting its full-length, more prominent nearer the throat. The arm is in quite good condition considering the use it saw at the hands of Col. Whelen, and later his guide and good friend Stanley Clark. Wundhammer was a German immigrant who learned his trade in Germany at the hands of no less a famous German master as Kuchenreuter himself, and then Steyr before coming to America and eventually settling in Los Angeles. He began work here as the right hand man of Henry Slotterbeck and would carry on Slotterbeck's business after his untimely death. The barrel retains about 85% original blue, the loss due to honest even fading and wear, showing some sparsely scattered light pinprick pits. The receiver retains some remnants of mottled gray oil-quenched case-hardening, the balance toning to a mottled silvery case-hardened patina. The bottom metal, likely replaced by Whelen when he gifted the rifle to Clark, has toned down to a dull pewter and brown patina showing some light oxidation consistent with the carry point of a used firearm. The bolt is a darker gray and brown with the knob toning primarily to silver, flattened and checkered on its underside by Wundhammer. The gun is stocked classic style with a left-side dual beaded cheekpiece, commonly referred to these days as a "Whelen style" after the good colonel's preference, and Oberndorf sidepanels, a feature Wundhammer used for a very short period of time. The stock itself rates good to perhaps near very good, with overall dings and handling marks from the years of use afield, the checkering worn now nearly smooth and with a 3" crack on the left side from the magazine cutoff forwards toward the front guard screw and another emanating from it slightly rearward, these are not structural and could be arrested if one wished; there is an additional tiny chip at the rear of the tang which is still in place. The grooved trapdoor butt is in place as is the beautifully engraved steel gripcap and the face of the trigger is neatly grooved. Townsend Whelen had an ornately engraved floorplate and triggerguard on the arm with the insignia of the Campfire Club of America, a very exclusive upstate New York hunting and shooting club, doubtless it was removed when he took the arm hunting in Canada with the intention to gift the rifle to his friend and guide Stanley Clark. There is a scant schnabel tip, sling swivels and the length of pull is 14 1/2". The rifle is sighted with a Sheard brass bead in the original Springfield front sight ramp and there is a prototype Lyman 48 sight on the rear receiver ring marked "patent pending" and numbered by the manufacturer as No. 4, doubtless sent to Whelen for T&E. Perhaps the nicest feature of the rifle is the fact that it is engraved at the breech with what Mr. Petrov identifies as the Whelen family crest. At some point over the years there have been 4 drilled and tapped holes atop the barrel for steel target blocks, they are now neatly plugged with no blocks present. This rifle is discussed at length in Custom Gunmakers of the 20th Century, volume 2. Really a wonderful and honest Wundhammer owned by one of the most famous, influential and legendary "grand old men of gunning" to ever step foot afield or pen a line. We have all heard the old saw "if only this gun could talk" and treat the phrase with a ho-hum and a roll of our eyes; if ever there were a rifle that phrase was applicable to, and you really wished it were true, this is the arm. (36650-12) {C&R} [Michael Petrov Collection]

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Auction Details

Auction No. 104 - Session 1250 Commercial St., Manchester, NH, 03101Saturday, Nov 22, 2014 | 9:00 AM CST

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Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc.
Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc.Manchester, NH(1064)
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WARNING Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. does not warranty the safety of any article it sells. Therefore, we recommend that, before you use any firearm, purchased here or anywhere else, you have it examined by a qualified gunsmith to determine whether or not it is safe to use. GENERAL STATEMENTS All bidders who attend the sale must register and obtain a bidders card in order to participate in the auction. Absentee/Telephone bidders must register by filling out and signing an absentee bid sheet. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall become the owner upon the fall of the hammer. The auctioneer has sole discretion in the case of a dispute among bidders. Amoskeag Auction Company, Inc. has taken great care in the preparation of the descriptions in this catalog. Although we believe everything in the descriptions to be true, we do not guarantee any part of any description. 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