I came across this picture of my uncle that I've had for a few years, and was curious about the guns he and his partner were using.
My uncle (the lad behind the animals) hunted in Montana with the other man in the picture the fall of 1942. He returned to Wisconsin the following Spring and enlisted in the Navy. He died in a logging accident in the 80's, and I don't have the opportunity to ask him about the hunt or the gun he used.
Not sure how unusual it would have been for these guys to be using bolt-action sporters out West, and I was also curious what they might be.
Not looking for exact identification.......the pictures likely won't allow that.......but maybe some conjecture of what might have been available at the time. These would have been farm/ranching people.........not people of any extraordinary means to be sure. My uncle would have borrowed the gun.......he didn't have one at the time.
