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 Classic Arms of Palo Alto and Densmuir, CA. 

Engraved on the barrel of this Classic Arms Corporation bolt action magazine rifle is “No. 11” and it is chambered in .350 Classic Arms Magnum, a proprietary cartridge of this company established in 1980 by Lloyd Chiswick .  

The rifle is based on an original magnum length single square bridge Mauser action with an original flag safety and a “stalking” safety added to the middle of the tang, with a handmade front base for handmade 30mm “tip-up” quick-release scope mounts, and a 4 +1 capacity with a straddle floorplate and inside-the-bow release, and a modern Mauser trigger checkered and cast for the RH shooter. The Original maker’s mark: “Waffenfabrik Mauser – Oberndorf  A/N”  is on the action wall.  

The floorplate is game scene engraved by American engraver Lee Griffiths and features a bull moose on the side of a lake. An appropriate animals for this cartridge’s performance. Shooting a 250gr, .358” caliber bullet at 2,700 fps, this rifle is the same class as the … 

This type of engraving that uses empty space in the game scene, often accompanied with a brushed finished, creates a a sense of vast, open country, and was popular in the early 1980’s but not always executed as well as this engraving is done here. with a 25” barrel, the remaining components handmade by some of the best American gunmakers of modern times.  

Rust blued, handmade quarter rib, foresight, sight hood, sights, scope mounts and rings, sling swivels,  

Stocked in an exceptional piece of highly figured California English walnut that is perfectly laid out; straight through the wrist with the figure turning to the toe line and a perfect chevron of figure seen when looking at the top of the comb. Ebony forend tip, single steel recoil bar engraved, action screws shaped flush to the contour of the bottom metal. 

Bull moose on the edge of a lake engraved on the floorplate by Lee Griffins. 

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