Krieghoff's "Gun of the Year" As they do every year at IWA, Krieghoff presented their Gun of the Year for 2011.
In it's 125th Anniversary Year, the 2011 Gun of the Year is a Krieghoff Neptun, the crown jewel in Krieghoff's hunting gun repertoire.
The soldered drilling, caliber .30-06, .30-06, 20/76 with exclusive façon, burl wood, ebony forearm tip and "Kaiser"-grip with hand polished stock fnish. Intricate checkering in a customized English Arabesque pattern perfects the stock. Like the Neptun Type "M", the sidelocks are hand-detachable and completely gold plated.
The action features a unique "Exclusivfaçon" engraving, with embossed accents. The engraving motif honors the classic style of traditional Krieghoff guns, and was custom engraved by Krieghoff Master Engraver Gerhard Reich. Realistic relief engraved hunting scene with bears and wild boar adorn this one of a kind drilling. On the bottom a mighty moufflon is shown. Gold accents in ornament and a gold monogram underline this classic engraving. At the bottom of the barrels Acanthusleaf-Ornaments inwith arabesques.
With this Neptun, the entire team of participating gunsmiths, stockers, and engravers have put their all into this masterpiece that rightly deserves the title "Gun of the Year." |
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