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LRF,
The taper on the Sedgley is one straight line from the small dia in the photo to the muzzle. This Sedgley is an early gun and I'm sure that it was made before the M70 came out. We are trying to figure out if there are more Sedgley rifles out there with this barrel profile as Micahel looked at all the photos of Sedgleys that he has and mine was the only one he could find with this profile. Turning the military barrel down to this profile would still have the spline showing in the larger dia portion unless it was filled.
Dan

The Ziel Dialyt is a model of Hensoldt scope?

If never been able to prove one way or the other who made the Stoeger and Jaeger mounts of that period. I suspect that Franz J�ger (Jaeger) made them but I just don't know.

I didn't know Ziel and Hensoldt were from the same house - I assumed they were different companies. I always see them listed separately in catalogs.

I think Sedgley was pretty much out of the picture by the late 30's. My rifle came with a scope case that was signed by the owner and dated 1936. Didn't he pass away in 1939? All definitely pre-Featherweight. It could easily have been that whoever barreled up his actions turned down pre-rifled blanks to this profile. It would probably have been very easy to get pre-rifled blanks from Winchester or Springfield.

I expect analysis of the rifling specs (groove and land width and depth, twist) and perhaps even chamber specs would point you toward a probable origin, if compared with sporting barrels of the day.

If an original bbl was used, see then if was given a 180 & refitted to place the spline cut under the wood if not machined off, filled, etc.
A second extractor cut at the 9 oclock position will tell.

It does make a nice looking profile whoever made the bbl & the blueing color is spectacular.
Question..is the proof mark an etching instead of a stamped mark?

Maybe they're all that way. I don't recall now what the mark looks like on my one and only Sedgley.

Mine is stamped, but well and neatly stamped. "S" in a circle. It was a clean barrel - didn't appear to be any kind of alteration to a military barrel. I don't know what sort of odd-ball, small lot work Springfield or Winchester or even Savage would be willing to turn out - I expect it was pretty free and easy. I expect if you needed a hundred or so barrels in 30-06 (or other standard chamberings) you could get them on relatively short notice, especially in the 30's when people were selling their dental work to keep food on the table.

Kutter,
The barrel does not have a second extractor cut.
The S in the circle is stamped, not sure why the blue is gone in the center. I do think they are all stamped.

Ryan,
Did you get to check out the Sedgley serial number? I wonder if it is also an early rifle.
Dan

Hey Dan -
Sorry - mine is #28. Stamped on barrel, receiver, and stock.








I could find no other numbers on it. The 28 is also on the bottom metal. Nothing on the bolt.

Ryan,

I think those are just assembly numbers and don't match the serial numbers. If the receiver markings are still on the gun, there may not be a Sedgley serial on it. When they removed the receiver markings they usually added their serial in the groove behind the sear on the tang (visable when the bolt is removed)plus on the back of the bolt handle. On those with the SA or RI numbers remaining, they usually added that number to the back of the bolt handle.
Dan