A few more ideas after rereading: I like to think about "small shop " guys, so Pachmayr, Jaeger or Weatherby wouldn't fit. Neither were they making my notion of "custom rifles" regardless of style.
Ackley and Sukkalle were primarily barrelmakers, and should be considered as such.
Breaking it down by stockers and metalsmiths, or guys who did both, or guys who designed the whole rifle but worked with other craftsman??!!??
(BTW, Did any of you know Jerry during his "prickly years" between marriages? In Dubois, WY?)
Not much accomplished in This shop today!
Best, Steve
Fisher single shot .220 Swift on solid bottom FN Mauser.
Ed Webber's "gopher gun", caliber .25-20 SS, Remington action.
