OB - EXCELLENT- all original parts; over 80% original finish; sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal; unmarred wood.

NPRF - NON-PROFESSIONALLY REFINISHED/COLD BLUE, ETC.

WW - WOOD IS WORSE FOR THE PERCENT FINISH RATING GIVEN

Receiver manufactured in 1918. With barrel rechambered to 308 Norma. Barrel marked "JA/flaming bomb".

NG - POOR- major or minor parts replaced; major replacement parts required and extensive restoration needed; metal deeply pitted; principal lettering, numerals and design obliterated, wood badly scratched, bruised, cracked or broken; mechanically inoperative; generally undesirable as a collectors firearm in its present state. Finish obscured by heavy cleaning, rust or corrosion.

WB - WOOD IS BETTER FOR THE PERCENT OF FINISH RATING GIVEN

Original barreled rechambered to 7mm x 8mm Rem mag. The standard Model 700 action had been converted to a left handed configuration with a custom maple stock. Gold plate engraved "CHARLES ASKINS" on the forearm bottom. To quote Cameron Hopkins of Tactical Life "Col. Charles Askins was a gunfighter, lawman and soldier who proved how thin the veil can be between sociopath and professional." Askins served as a Border Patrol agent during America's "Gangland" Era, served in World War II in the United States military, and worked as an advisor to the South Vietnamese army. He is also credited as being the first person to get a confirmed kill with Smith & Wesson's then new .44 Magnum revolver. Following his Border Patrol and military service, Askins began working as an combat instructor where he began using more realistic size and shape targets.