Agree 100% with you Barry- and you just echoed what Paul Curtis said in 1934 "Guns and Gunning"- later Jack O'Connor in 1949 "The Rifle Book"- although I think it is fair to say that had not Peter Paul Mauser "paved the way" for the bolt action rifles back prior to 1900 era-perhaps that might be different. Jerry Fischer is to the Art of Gunmaking what Itzak Pearlman or Van Cliburn are to classical music, Van Gogh and Monet to art-etc- "Top of the Top Shelf" and the fact that he is a unselfish outgoing gentleman and an avid hunter/sportsman is just the bonus. I would love to own one of his "Steinways"-but as this is a doublegun forum, I would also love to own the Robert Owen mfg. British sidelock 12 bore pictured in the Curtis book on page 147.
Fine gun work is fine work, no matter where or when it was created. In an era of "mass produced weaponry" artisans like Mr. Fischer help to keep the dream alive- when I use one of my older M70's or my Sako(pre-Garcia FN action Forrester, custom stocked by Mews, in .243 Win.) I appreciate even more what quality I hold in my hands. Old gentleman, also a M70 man, once told me- you get a Sako BA rifle, you'll never let it get away-of all my accurate rifles, that Sako is a MOA weapon with Hornady ammo-and as all my rifles do, it wears a Leupold. I have sent them 2 Vari-Power scopes and 1 fixed power scope over past 4 years- repaired or in one case, replaced with a new "upgraded" AO varmint scope-now on the Sako- Do they make the best scopes in the free world? I can't say- never used a Zeiss, Schmidt und Bender, Dockter, so I am not qualified- have used Redfield and Leatherwood ART on military BA rifles (.308) but I'll stay with Leupold-RWTF!!
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 07/21/08 04:36 PM.
