Michael
First off, I thank you for your words of kindness; they are greatly appreciated.
Mr. Eales;
Again I appreciate your honesty in calling a spade a spade while others call it a F**king shovel :}. Having no knowledge of the various subtleties of the single shot rifle; it's physical characteristics are lost on me other than the fact I did recognize the Weatherby touch of the 1950's in the stock; the Germanic? nature of the engraving and the uniqueness of the lever. Are these the 3 different centuries you were referring to? As far as value of the rifle; it can only be measured in the friendship built over 25 years when I owned & ran a small gun-shop where I offered assistance to my customers, in some cases, simply due to my wanting to gain experience with the toys at hand. In this case, the gentleman from whom I received the Hauck enjoyed big game hunting in Alaska & Africa but had neither the time desire to take the pounding of setting up his various .375 H&H mag's and preparing them to ship. His trips were successful on all scores; to whit he attributed my skills in the prep. His business' have prospered while mine died, due in great part to suffering serious health problems in the interim; but he has always kept me in his heart, helping me when possible to the point he called me one day to tell me of this old rifle he had setting in the corner of his garage which he felt I might be able to put to good use. It was a gift from a wonderful friend. I tried to show the Hauck on many different sites to gain some idea of value then guessed a figure & Voila' . I evidently guessed far off what she is worth.
I told the story of the 4 rifles in hopes that one of the other owners might recognize the gun & possibly have an interest. Other than that, I realize that without "proof" it is nothing more than a neat story! Again, thank you all for being so kind as to put up with this old dummy who discovered fool's gold
rather than the real thing.
