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Just back from the big gun show in Tulsa. Found and interesting rifle. I'll get the camera out later this week and get some better pictures posted, but for now, here is a little teaser.


See Michael's post from a few months ago here

More to come.

John

Michael, I don't remember the thread, but I thought we had determined that Mr. Hutton possibly was the gunsmith who relocated to the Berryville, VA area after leaving Parker Whelen. That person had a shop up the mountain from Ben Toxvard's Shenendoah Guns. He was the owner of my Parker Try Gun that came from PW and ended up with the gunsmith on the mountain and then to his gunsmithing student, Ben Toxvard. I will try to find the thread. Bill Murphy

As promised, here are some additional pictures. I believe the rifle started out as an NRA sporter and still has the original barrel. If anyone here can check the number with the SRS it is 1407349 and it would be much appreciated. The barrel has the remains of the star on the muzzle and the star gage number on the bottom under the forend. The closer I look at this rifle the more little details I find. The super grade swivels are engraved. The feed ramps are polished, and the trigger workings are polished and engine turned. The bead on the cheekpiece terminates in a neat little curl on the front of the comb nose. The tang has been reshaped to a more streamlined shape. The trigger guard has been streamlined. I just can't figure out why they copied this ugly Linden checkering pattern.

Enjoy,
John

Super rifle John, congratulations! Very nice photographs.

1407349 is a NRA Sporter. Is the Niedner mount marked A.O. Niedner or Niedner Rifle Corp?

"I just can't figure out why they copied this ugly Linden checkering pattern."

Because Whelen's rifle was in the same shop and a customer saw it ;-).

Thanks Michael, Mount is marked

Niedner Rifle Corp
Dowagiac, Mich

John

Wow! Great pictures too.

"Ugly Linden Checkering Pattern?" Hey I've got a great idea,why don't you have the checkering recut into one of those nifty German acorn patterns,or better yet a super modern Weatherby Basketweave...Sharp!

�and I agree, the checkering doesn't begin to follow the stock lines.

the engraving might be??? Kornbrath?? Fugger?? depending on era??

Nice rifle, we all want to know if the Tulsa show is a place to find bargains??
Sorry for all the question marks...

I believe this only makes my second engraved gun, so I am not the one to ask about engraving. However, the experts that we did consult, believe it is a Kornbrath moose, possibly with Fugger doing the surrounding scroll work.

No bargains from the bigger dealers who know what they have. My goal at any gun show it to find the sleeper. The gun that the dealer does not really know what it is. The Tom Burgess/R.G. Owen that Nick brought to your shop earlier this year I found sitting on a table with a bunch of hardware store guns at Tulsa a few years ago. It was dirty and unkept at the time and I paid about what you would pay for a used Rem 700. In addition to the Hutton rifle, at this show I also found a very nicely stocked .270 that had D Erhardt engraved on the barrel. I suspect you know who that is. I paid probably about a third of what you would spend just on the stock today. And the checkering on it is a beautifully executed point pattern with border so that kind of makes up for the checkering on the above rifle.

John

Whilst the checkering may not blend smoothly with the lines of the stock, I still wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers! Nice find- congrats.