Located:  6-1/2 miles South of Black River Falls, WI - OR -  8-1/2 miles North of Melrose, WI on Hwy. 54, then 1.8 miles West on County Road "X", then North 1/4 mile on McNab Road.  Fire #N3986.  Watch for NIC auction arrows.

 

Friday, October 3^rd

SALE TIME:  10 AM
Lunch & Portable restroom available

NOTE:  Bernie Smetana was a well known gunsmith in the Black River Falls area for many years.  He did general repair of firearms as well as "sporterizing" military rifles & building custom sporters from component parts.  Bernie's real love was making rifle stocks from blanks that he selected himself or purchased from suppliers.  He also did metal refinishing (bluing) for several years.  This auction will include more than 50 years of acquired repair parts, tools, fixtures & firearm components used in his gunsmithing business.  The following items will be offered along with many unlisted tools, parts & equipment that may be added later.

GUNS:  Model .35 Whelan w/Tasco scope & sling: Model .742 Remington w/Weaver scope & sling; Model 25-06 custom made w/Nikon scope & sling; Model 270 Winchester w/Luepold scope & sling; Model 338 Winchester Magnum w/Tasco scope & sling; Model 7MM Remington Magnum w/Tasco scope & sling; Model 300 Magnum w/Burris scope & sling; Model 2500 .22 Mossberg w/Weaver scope; Model 72A .22 Winchester w/sling; 8MM-06 w/Simmons scope & sling; Swedish Mauser 6.5 w/High Country scope & sling; Model 550 .22; single shot 12 ga. shotgun; muzzle loader; Remington 12 ga. Sportsman pump shotgun; other older guns.

TRAPS:  Conibear-size 5 thru 10-90+; Jaw traps - size 1 thru 4 - over 100.

PARTS:  Remington; Mossberg; Winchester; Enfield; Ithaca; Browning; Savage-Stevens; Marlin; Manlicker-Schoenhauer; misc.; military safeties & sights; old parts; misc. springs; misc. firing pins & triggers; drill bits & taps; headspace gauges; many, many sights, front, rear, ramp, Williams, rings; misc.

SCOPE MOUNTS & BASES:  Redfield; Weaver; Burris; Tasco; Buehler; Echo; Packmayr; side; misc.- New & Old.

SCOPES:  Used & New; Weaver, Simmons, Bushnell, Tasco.

MISC. GUN PARTS & HUNTING ITEMS:  Triggers - Timney, Mark II, misc. used; Recoil Pads - New & Used, butt plates, spacers; gun stocks - gun blanks - walnut & other wood; gun barrels - approximately 40 used; slings, sling swivels & accessories; Diamond grinding set; screw packs & misc. screws; ironsighters; misc. gunsmithing tools; re-loading tools for rifle - powder, shot wads, bullets, empty rifle & shotgun shells; large selection of factory & hand loaded ammunition; gun bluing tanks & bluing salts; wooden lathe; electric jig saw; Cal Hawk, 12 speed drill press; sander, bench grinder; heavy duty band saw; heavy duty vise; 14' aluminum boat & 25 HP Evinrude motor; 8' aluminum John boat; several trolling motors; fishing poles, tackle boxes, lures - Some antique; fish finder; misc. hand tools.

MAGAZINES:  Fur, Fish & Game from 1966 thru 2007; The Wisconsin Trapper from 1982 thru 2007; The American Rifleman from 1946 thru 2007 (some years complete & others missing issues); gun catalogs & gunsmithing books.
 

BERNIE SMETANA ESTATE

NORTHERN INVESTMENT CO., CLERK & CASHIER, Independence, WI 715.985.3191, Registered Wisconsin Auction Co. License #10, Rep. by Jamie Back, Independence, WI 715.985.3398.

AUCTIONEER:  John Marg, Black River Falls, WI 715.284.4684, Registered Wisconsin Auctioneers License #231.