I may now own the Thayer Springfield mentioned above. Bill, I got the rifle from Monte - do you know if it is the same one?

The lines of the stock are suggestive of R G Owen's work - not a bad model to follow! Like too many artisans, he failed to sign his work. That is my only objection to it; classic lines, well executed, conservative wood selection in this case.

Silvers, I've spelled his name as you do - so we may be consistently incorrect.