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Some better pictures, Not sure you can tell but Wundhammer’s checkering follows the contour of the pistol grip and is not straight. How common is this from today’s makers?  
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What pre-war custom American maker do you have an interest in? Name a maker you want to learn about and we can see what is out there. Sorry I don’t know much about after the war makers but I’ll bet many of the readers do. Do you have a favorite or someone you have read about? I want to do something different than just posting pictures for folks who I’m not sure have an interest.
Guess I misunderstood the topic? I thought you asked what pre-war American custom gun maker we wanted to learn about. Sorry.
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we all want to learn,we just do not want to be taught.the air-ganst of most of this gives me the creeps---the gun righters could have kept jcs feet from getin wet. some times i wish he had asked one of them.
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What pre-war custom American maker do you have an interest in? Name a maker you want to learn about and we can see what is out there. Sorry I don’t know much about after the war makers but I’ll bet many of the readers do. Do you have a favorite or someone you have read about? I want to do something different than just posting pictures for folks who I’m not sure have an interest.
Guess I misunderstood the topic? I thought you asked what pre-war American custom gun maker we wanted to learn about. Sorry. Sorry you lost me there, I ask for a topic and Jerry ask about Wundhammer so I’m posting on the subject of Wundhammer. He also asks to see rifles by Linden, Owen, Minar, Niedner and the Pachmayer. I can contribute material and pictures on these. I have next to nothing on Emil Flues. It’s possible that other members know about Flues and could share what they know with you on him. As before I suggest that you start a thread on Flues and see what happens. Does this answer your concerns or am I completely misunderstanding the situation?
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Vall Flues is a name I've heard but otherwise have no idea of what he did but I'd like to know what you know and what anyone else may have. Please do start a new thread and see what appears.
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Michael,
The lines of checkering follow the curve of the pattern? You know I just looked at my rifles and all the lines are straight. Now that you mention it I don't think I have seen curved lines of checkering before or, if I did, I didn't have the wit to notice. Checking my books I see they all show setting out perfectly straight guide lines to begin checkering.
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Michael, somewhere down the line I'd like to learn more about Wilbur Hauck. A hunting buddy of mine in upstate NY has an interesting single shot varmint rifle designed and manufactured by him (a .219 Zipper Improved). I think he did most of his work after WWII, tho.
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Believe me, we try very hard to keep the checkering lines straight!
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Wundhammer and his Protege Ross King both checkered their pistol grips with checkering that followed the couture of the grip. This would be worth knowing when trying to ID a Wundhammer or King. I don't believe I've seen this on other makers, Like SDH said most try to keep them straight. ;-). A view of another Wundhammer with a story and pictures by Paul Nickles. http://www.acgg.org/PDF%20files/SampleGunmaker.pdf
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I'm also confused Michael. I didn't know the question was specific to certain custom gunmakers. I didn't mean that you had to teach me or anyone about Emil Flues, and I'm certainly not an authority on him. I was merely tossing his name out in reply to your question, "What pre-war custom American maker do you have an interest in? Name a maker you want to learn about and we can see what is out there."
I named a maker in hopes that someone here might have info on Flues. I didn't name one in an attempt to be clever and answer my own question.
Again, I apologise for stepping out of line if the topic was only about certain American gunmakers, as I didn't read it that way in your question.-Vall
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