An absolutely beautiful African Grade Popovich Custom rifle with a 24 inch barrel equipped with a ramped blade front sight with hood and a fixed rear sight on a quarter rib. The sight is a fiery niter blue with a gold inlaid sighting line. The front sight ramp band and hood are engraved with floral vine designs with a punch dot background. There is a barrel band with sling base which is engraved with the same design. The breech end is engraved with the same design, as well as gold inlaid leaf designs. The rear sight quarter rib is satin grey and decorated with floral scroll engraving. The receiver is engraved with a satin grey floral vine design with gold inlaid leafs. The left side wall is gold inlaid "DAKOTA 450 AFRICAN". The bolt handle and rear of the bolt have floral scroll designs, and the checkered bolt knob has gold inlaid wire borders. The bolt is jeweled, and the extractor, trigger and safety lever are a fiery niter blue. The hinged floor plate and trigger guard are satin grey. Both are engraved with floral vine designs. In addition, the floor plate features gold inlaid leafs and an oval panel with a gold inlaid African elephant in a plains scene. Under the elephant is signed "BOUCHER". Mounted with a 3X fancy fluer-de-lis checkered pistol grip stock with contrasting forend, engraved satin grey grip cap with gold inlaid wire border and a gold inlaid "A", sling swivel bases and a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad.

Near mint as custom made/embellished with only light handling/storage marks.