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The serial number of the rifle pictured is "0", the highest serial number on a No. 1 I have personally looked at is 17. Years ago I heard there was one with a number in the 20's but never learned more about it. A subject I have not kept up on so it sounds like a lot more have surfaced.

Grant talks about serial numbers. Apparently he had seen 3 different Tip-Up guns all with same serial number. He simply states that Wesson did not pay attention to such things.

Mr. Ken, you do great work.

Pete

Glenn,

On your own Earle-Wesson, did you also use a Green Mountain barrel? What caliber and chamber? What twist? What bullet weight and profile are you using to win those long range matches?

Terry

Thanks Mr. MP for the ser. # --- just wondering if 33 was still the highest # known for the long range.

And, thank you Mr. PeteM for those kind words. I do try and make each piece better than the last. I've just passed into my 49th. year of gun scratching & starting to get the hang of it --- now , if I can only improve on what I;m doing.

Glenn is at the Northbrook shoot today but, I can tell you he is using one of those lesser expensive GM bbl's. He came in 5th at Raton last year in the 1000 yd shoot and 1st. at Effingham 1000 yd. this mo. He also tied for first place at Raton at the sil. shoot using a GM bbl. on a Win. highwall. In the shoot off , he dropped a shot and came in second. He said it wasn't the bbl's fault Ken

Thanks Mr. MP for the ser. # --- just wondering if 33 was still the highest # known for the long range.

Is this info on 33 from a article or?

MP, this gun is one that a former client had. He had me engrave a Borchardt for him & I told him about this new action when he said he had #33 so wouldn't be interested in a new one. Ken

Terry:

Yes, my Wesson does have a GM barrel. It is a .45 caliber barrel with a 1-18" twist, 34" long. It is chambered for the .45-90 Win. (or the .45- 2-4/10" if you are a Sharps kinda guy.) It started out as a Winchester #6 taper octagon barrel which I turned half round and then recut the octagon to a size that matched the top flat of the action. I guess it would be about a 5-1/2 taper. The rifles weighs just under the 15 pound limit legal for an NRA rules Creedmoor rifle. The load used in this rifle for the 1000 yard matches is a 530 grain bullet from mold that B&D Molds made for me on top of 88 grains of Swiss 1-1/2f powder lit by a Federal large pistol primer. Velocity is about 1350 fps. Bullet profile is a "Creedmoor" like shape, roughly a fat spitzer sort of ogive with a round nose.

My silhouette rifle is a Winchester action with a GM .45 caliber barrel, 1-18" twist chambered for the .45-70. I shoot three different loads in that during a silhouette match, the main one being a 495 grain bullet on 72 grains of Swiss 3f, velocity about 1340 fps.

Mr. Mann's rifle has a barrel that started life as a Winchester #3 taper and is also 34" long. This long light barrel allows for installing some gravity in the buttstock to balance the gun for offhand shooting whilst still making the 12 pound 2 ounce Silhouette limit. While we have yet to do a work with it the rifle is chambered identically to my Winchester so we should have a good starting point.

Best regards,

Glenn