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PhysDoc:
Before this rifle appeared on GunBroker, I would have told you that this marking was unique to my rifle, a statement that is now obviously incorrect. I would have based this on the fixed rear sight on my rifle, and the absolute need for the owner to know what the regulated load was. Number 437 really doesn't need this caliber designation, since it has a Lyman 48 rear sight. As I speculated, I wonder what 436 has.
I will go to the G&H website and see if they list any other closely numbered rifles in their database, this might be a question to ask Bob Beach.
Is Bob still there, or did he retire?
Anyway, my attempt to answer your question would be, I don't think there are very many out there with the caliber marked this way. Michael told me he had a database with about 1000-1100 (I base this number off my recollections, which for this post have already been proven inaccurate once) pre war G&H rifles in it, it is quite possible he would have known. Does anybody know what happened to his papers, where is Joe when we need him?
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Well, Griffin and Howe lists 18 rifles in the 400 serial number range:
403, 417, 420, 429, 433, 444, 448, 450, 451, 453, 457, 459, 470, 478, 479, 481, 495, and 496. These were all used rifles that A&F sold at various times.
It might be worthwhile to ask 'em if any rifles were so marked.
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Any idea how common the fixed sight rifles may be? I owned one maybe forty years ago and don't believe I ever saw another. I'm curious to know why they'd make them.
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I have G&H #486, it is marked 30/06 Gov. It has a 2 leaf express sight mounted on barrel base, also had 48 Lyman for photos see http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...true#Post374587 At one time I also had an engraved one with express sight on a quarter rib, 48 Lyman, single lever G&H base which I foolishly traded off for something.
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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Bill:
Mine is the only one I have ever seen with fixed sights, I just can't believe they would be very common.
My fixed rear sight is actually a ghost ring with about a 1/8" aperture. That, along with the 20" barrel makes for one fast handling little rifle. It weighs a hair over 7 pounds, the sights come up quickly to the eye, and it fits me like a glove. My guess is the original owner was looking for something fairly short range, quick handling, maybe in tall grass or timber?
Unfortunately, we will probably never know, and the stock has a tiny crack behind the receiver, so I will never shoot it with full powered M1 loads. I may shoot it with my reduced loads; I have a timbered creek area on one of my farms, with wild hogs, it might be time to put it to the test...............
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