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Emil Flues used to make gun on Seneca St. here in Buffalo, NY. One of the finest SxS's I have ever seen was one of his. It was a 12 gauge sidelock and was world class in every way.
If I recall, it had 30" bbls and was tightly choked. It came from the estate of a local newspaper publisher.
It was an incredilbly well made piece.
The long tang was inletted in such a way to allow wood to show in between the metal along its length. The gun had fabulous engraving and, no, I dont' own it.
It sold for $1,200 in about 1975 at a local gun shop.
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Yeah, today with the mass communication we all know if someone is doing anything great in whatever endeavor,but pre-war 1 and 2 the guys were doing wonderful things and often went relatively unnoticed for one reason or another.When we see something really good its all over the media.
Michael Petrov is the man to talk to about Kornbrath I believe. He wrote a very informative book on early 20th century gunmakers.Very interesting stuff for anyone interested in the development of the custom rifle in America.Mr. Petrov posts on this site once in awhile.
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Newton was way ahead of his time with his cartridges and other ideas but not a very astute business man,nothing new in that. Most small businesses are still grossly under financed and most go under very quickly no matter how good a product/service they have.There is a good book out on Newton also and well worth the $45 if you are looking for info.Newton died at a relatively young age also,perhaps if he had lived a longer life......who knows? My buddy had a .30 Newton and it had several neat features but need a more modern stock design to be really shootable for any length of time.Pretty little rifle tho.
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The book "Steel Canvas" by R.L. Wilson has some interesting information on Kornbrath too.Copies are selling quite reasonably at some of the chain bookstores. I bought two.
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Was the .30 Newton the cartridge that was based on the .338/.375 case?
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That wouldn't surprise me too much. Bolt actions were becoming more popular and Newtons best is certainly a very nice rifle by any standard.Take down,drilled for scope blocks,light weight, they had a lot going for them.Probably would not have taken too much to "queer" it for Mr. Newton when he did not have much money to work with.I wonder what happened to his gun collection, I believe there was a picture of Mr. Newton standing by a rather large gun cabinet printed somewhere a long time ago.John Amber, I believe , had some Newton memorabilia in his vast collection.
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