doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Classic & Custom Single Barreled Sporting Rifles @ doublegunshop.com My wife"Thank Goodness I haven't caught this bug"

I am seriously ill with a life long infection,for beautiful bolt action classic rifles with fine walnut and rust blue, fine checkering and engraving. The more classic in style the better. An Infection that can only be cured by the work of Dr's. ...Linden...Niedner...Owen...Shelhamer...Griffin and Howe, among many others. You SCHUETZEN guys are however terminally ill when it comes to the accuracy bug! I applaud your quest for the "magic bullet" [my sincerest apologies to Dr. Paul Ehrlich and his 1908 syphilis cure] but I for one have reached a place, that for "me" is where I find I enjoy these beautiful works of art the most. I acquire them, work on them and in doing so hope I, either restore or repair them to their former glory as accurately but with as little actual change, as humanly possible from the original style or condition. I then shoot them or hunt with them, after a reasonable attempt to squeeze out the accuracy that is available using premium factory loads. ON THE SUBJECT OF...Offhand shooting!...the last time I did much of that was in the heat of combat in Vietnam. I think I can speak for some if not all of us lowly mortals, when I say " WE WHO ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A STEADY REST...SALUTE YOU!!!" Keep up the quest guys and maybe just maybe, you'll be too busy seeking perfect accuracy and bullet design and let a nice classic bolt action slip by, that I can pounce on. WARMEST REGARDS Jerry

I think most of us in the firearm game have more than one interest. I took up the Schuetzen rifle around 1971-2 and started full time when I got my own range in 1973. Back then I was collecting Sharps cartridges and researching them in the winter. I like the Schuetzen game because the shooter is responsible for finding the right mould for the rifle, finding the right temper of bullet material, casting and then inspecting and weighing every bullet, mix up a batch of lube then lubing the bullets. Then there is the management of the rifle, I spent one summer learning the best way to rest the front of the rifle. I collected custom American double barrel shotguns, me and about six others in the states, there are still many bargains IMO in this field. As the price of custom rifles rises I've had to sell off most of my double gun collection, damm them guys who write about classic custom rifles.

When summer comes I'm shooting one of my Schuetzen rifles. Few thing give me as much pleasure as putting ten-shots into under an inch at 200-yards.

Michael: Whether I ever catch the Schuetzen bug which is doubtful, I am very glad a certain fellow started writing about custom riflemakers and hope a new book is on the way soon! Enjoy your Schuetzen. Warmest Regards Jerry

The Scheutzens are too grotesque looking for me.

MK, remember, beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...;-)

Greg

you are in luck, this rifle is available

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=152189062

And why does it have no bids?

Maybe it's just me, but for a "display gun" it looks a bit too worn. Maybe it was just displayed hard .

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That's a super pre-war G&H and I love the sculptured 48 and nice bolt knob. If I did not have at least two rifles I'm trying to figure out how to pay for I might have made a run at this myself. Plus Vegas is just a couple weeks away.