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F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield #306590 12/28/12 07:05 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	The gun has a birds eye maple stock and is made on a 1936 Springfield 1903 action. The stamp on top center of the barrel is F. E. Hoffman I was just wondering if anyone has heard of this maker?

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306783 12/30/12 12:38 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	[img:left] DSCN0224 by vytautus, on Flickr[/img]

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306784 12/30/12 12:40 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	[img:left] DSCN0227 by vytautus, on Flickr[/img]

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306786 12/30/12 12:46 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	The FE Hoffman gun 1903 is the bottom rifle. The top is a strange Winchester model 54 30-06 with a model 70 barrel that has been renumbered to 54. It has the transitional safety of an early model 70. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about either rifle. I buy what I like but I am not an expert on bolt actions by any means.

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306792 12/30/12 01:09 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 641 Likes: 2 Puryear, TN xausa Sidelock
xausa Sidelock Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 641 Likes: 2 Puryear, TN	It's hard to tell from the photos, but since the scope on the Model 54 is mounted quite low, I assume that the bolt handle has been altered to permit this. Or has someone managed somehow to fit a Model 70 bolt to a Model 54 receiver?

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306799 12/30/12 01:42 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	The gun has the standard Redfield scope mount. The cocking piece is the same as an early model seventy with the transitional safety. The bolt number and the receiver number match. It is a strange gun, it has almost all the features of a model 70 except the floor plate.

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306803 12/30/12 02:31 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 621 Alvin Linden Sidelock
Alvin Linden Sidelock Joined: May 2011 Posts: 621	The situation may be bass ackwards, it may be an early M70 with an M54 floorplate fitted to it!

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306817 12/30/12 04:38 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47 Lochlan OP Sidelock
OP Lochlan Sidelock Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 47	I just checked the serial numbers on the Winchester. If it is an actual 54 it was made in 1928, not possible with this type of barrel. If it is a model 70 it is made in 1938. Since the barrel is over stamped 54 over the original 70. Do you think Winchester was using up floor plates for the old 54 run? Maybe this was special ordered this way?

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306824 12/30/12 05:03 PM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 621 Alvin Linden Sidelock
Alvin Linden Sidelock Joined: May 2011 Posts: 621	Maybe take off parts from a much later factory rebarreled M54 and put on the M70 ?

Re: F E Hoffman 35 whelen imp. 1936 1903 Springfield Lochlan #306841 12/30/12 06:42 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,274 Likes: 1 California james-l Sidelock
james-l Sidelock Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,274 Likes: 1 California	Many years ago at a gun show I bought what I thought was a prewar model 70. When I had a friend look at it, he commented that it was all model 70 except the action, which was for a model 54, so it must be possible to do this. As I remember it even had a model 70 bolt release. ( note below, ;<) ) I learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what I learned the day before was wrong

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