Posted on 01/13/2009 3:12:59 PM PST by dynachrome
Two Highly Erotic Steyr Classic Mannlichers with every inch of these two rifles engraded. It took Steyr Master Engravers two years to complete in Austria. The two rifles are ingraved with the nude goddess Artemis, "the virgin goddess of the hunt". On one rifle she is stalking the stag and on the other rifle she has killed the stag. Both rifles floor plate are highly graphic and one rifles floor plate has Artemis bent over and what I know about Greek Mythology, appears to be a Satyr (Half Goat/Half Man)giving her all he's GOT! These rifles are nuts! These rifles were commissioned by at the time Russia's wealthiest person who recieved 9 years in prison for reasons people say were not true. This person has been on US's Sixty Minutes tv show. Negotiations for these two rifles to be seen in Playboy and Hustler. These two rifles are investment pieces as someone on this planet will find them as a must have for a conversation piece. These rifles have never been shot. Cal. is in a European 8x68s lop 14 3/8" Weight 8lb 2oz.
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Butter knife bolt handle to ???? (drooool !!!)
Awesome rifles. I have had the opportunity to handle a few and shoot them and they are smooth.
Nice gun until you break out the calculator and realize that you could have almost every one of the Kimber lineup!
Yep, it was very common in France, Italy and even Japan (google "samurai matchlocks"; that'll probably turn up some similar examples).
Not my cup of tea in terms of art, but the Steyr rifles are very nice, even "unadorned".
Yeah, that’s one European rifle that I do covet, along with the pre-WWII Oberndorf ‘98 Mauser Sporter (or Brit Rigby equivalent). I can at least build a clone of the latter, but the Mannlicher is totally unique.
I saw an unusual firearm in some museum long ago. It was tricked out to be more than a little erotic. The rear sight was a figure of a women on her back with her knees up. That was the V rear sight. Near the muzzle was a figure of a man also on his back with something else straight up. That front sight could be described as a front post.
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