Anyone heard of a gunsmith of this name? Just picked up a 1922 converted to 22 Hornet. Magazine conversion unlike any other I have seen. E. F. Spicer stamped on the bottom of magazine and on stock with small one piece stamp.
I know, just what I need, another Hornet.

John

Fred Spicer? He was/is in Missoula. At least he was in the early '70s.

Could be. The stamp says E.F. but he may have went by his middle name. Thanks, I'll keep digging.

John

I tried on google books and found this snippet


American Machinist
- Volume 97 - Page 195

https://books.google.com/books?id=_qkiAQAAMAAJ






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