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I found a clean looking Winchester low wall in .22 lr. marked George C Schoyen Denver Co.on the half rnd half oct barrel. I'm looking for a history lesson. Can anyone help? Thank you, Paul
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Mike will probably chime in on this. Good article in one of the old Gun Digest. Good stuff!
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Geo Schoyen was a very talented gunsmith (and competitive shooter) who worked in the Denver area until the time of his retirement about the turn of the last century. He ran a gun shop and marked much of what he sold, so the rifle in question can be anything from a factory model he simply marked and sold through his shop to a full house target rifle for which he built the barrel and in which he lavished masterful tuning and adjusting to make a first rate target gun. More info is needed to make any kind of determination as to this specific rifle.
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I have read Geo Schoyen and Harry Pope mentioned together many times, your rifle could be very interesting!!
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I'll have to take a few pics to post.
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Is there a liner in the barrel? Is the barrel marked with anything else, top or bottom, besides the Schoyen name?
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No liner in the barrel. I'll have to look at it again for markings. I'll report back on Monday. Paul
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Hammerback,
The tang sight is interesting, appearing similar to but not exactly like the Lyman 103. Without more detail in the pix, it could be a 102(?) or a modified 103. Does it have click adjustable windage or just elevation?
As for the rifle and its Schoyen connection, I don't see old George "building" a sporter rifle with factory stock and standard trigger... IMHO, if he actually did much in the way of modification for target use, it would have had a heavier stock and a set trigger. OTOH, what he would have simply marketed through his shop to the casual shooter could quite well have fit that description. Regardless, it looks like a nice piece.
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