When I lived in Troy, New York (fairly near the Vermont line) you could get a Wilbur Hauck story out of any gun nut over the age of 60. Some of them may have even been true. Only saw one of his rifles in the flesh, tho.

Whatever you think of his rifles, he deserves a spot in the American Single Shot Rifle Hall of Fame (maybe for just being the guy who swam upstream the fastest against the greatest current....a guy who was ALWAYS 'way ahead of, or 'way behind, the wave of gun fashion!).