doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com Alvin Linden

I’d like to expand on this a bit. I am contacted by mail, phone and email by folks who are trying to identify the maker of a classic custom rifle. There is nothing more rewarding than to be able to connect the maker with a rifle. I charge nothing for this service but do benefit in learning about new and wonderful things. I do not withhold any information and if the rifle belonged to a well-known person I pass that along as well. I do this for whoever ask, even dealers. I do not offer to buy the rifle with the exception of rifles that are for sale when the buyer cannot make up his mind if he should buy it or not. In cases like this I tell them if you buy the rifle on my advice and don’t like it I will buy it from you, normally for more than they paid for it. Sometimes that all it takes for the buyer to realize that it might be a good deal.

A Linden-Newton I found at a gunshow, the dealer was selling a collection of Newton rifles. I picked this one up and ask “Why So Cheap” he said it was plain to see that someone has screwed up a perfectly good Newton. This rifle is a 30-06 with parabolic rifling. I tried for several years to get it to shoot with little luck. The floorplate is hinged to the forward action screw. One day I dropped down the floorplate and forced one more turn, and I mean forced, shoots sub-moa now.

Just the opposite of the other Linden rifle this owner liked sights. It has a King reflective front sight (the one with the little mirror) an open barrel sight, a receiver sight with a Merit adjustable disk and a Niedner side-mount with a Hensoldt scope, the scope has fine cross wire and dot. I was surprised to see the Newton bolt peep had been removed and the slot filled.