MP.....Did RG Owen buy or import guns from Heym in Germany and then put his name on them to sell with out gunsmithing them ?(restocking, checkering, etc). (You mention the pictures of the rifle stocked in Germany with the Owen name on the barrel.) He bought parts like the bottom metal and butt plates for the '03s IIRC. Do you know if he bought stock blanks from them too.?
I'm just not sure, the rifle I saw with his name on it was not a rifle I could take apart. I have no idea where the rifle was made OR who put the name on the barrel. I have never seen Bob Owen advertise a finished rifle only taking orders for custom made rifles. The pictures I have that were sent to me is another rifle I would love to take apart and I have ask the owner to and report back. The forend attachment looks German to me and it has what appears to be a single-set trigger. This rifle also has a Owen marking I have not seen before. So there are at least two rifle that I have doubts about. If and when I know for sure I will write more on the subject. As I said before I have also seen rifles that I am convinced that Bob Owen stocked but have a different makers name on them. There is a lot of this I don't fully understand. Bob Owen used a lot of outworkers, he did not like checkering, may have done some early ones before he was established plus he did no metal work.
I see lots of, for a better word, odd stuff, I know of a nice sporter with Townsend Whelen's name on the barrel in Gold, spelled Whelan. I also have seen a nice 1922 sporter marked Shellhammer.
PS: Welcome texraid good to see you over here.
