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I believe the .22 Pump [REM. MOD. 12 ?] belonging to R.G. Owen THAT SOMEONE MENTIONED MIGHT BE GOING TO PETROV'S SISTER,I believe is on the auction. At least I think it was it, I'm not sure, not being a follower of this auction. HTH

Lot 465 ? Maybe thats the one your looking for,its a Rem mod 12 from that collection.

The Remington Model 12 / Remington>>>R.G.Owen>>>Charles Sheldon>>>Michael Petrov that we have all seen on this forum is the one listed. Michael had another, Remington 12C NRA Target that he had when he was a kid. That rifle he told me would go to his sister or daughter. The R.G.Owen rifle is so unique because he had so much correspondence between Mr. Owen and Mr. Sheldon where the specific rifle was mentioned. Truly thorough and rich provenance.

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At my request, Michael brought the Owen M-12 to Reno for the ACGG show when we had the retro custom display. It added another element of variety to the display.
In this vein we had a discussion about a Winchester M-61 as a possible project something I gave a lot of thought to.
Owen's letter about selling this rifle to buy fine walnut could have been written by any custom gunmaker from any era.

I didn't know that Amoskeag is also on proxibid, here is the link
so that we can watch the prices,

amoskeag

At one time Michael had a Newton rifle in 30-06 that Alvin Linden had stocked. It is not on the auction list. Does anyone know what happened to it?

Also, Does anyone happen to have a picture of it? I thought I did but evidentely I don't as I can't find it.

Idared, I'm pretty sure Michael traded or sold that one a little over a year ago, but I don't no who has it. I had handled it but decided I didn't want it. There's a pic in his first book page 57.
Or try this.. http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=116938&page=1
Dan.

Dan

Thanks so much for passing on that information, I appreciate it.

Michael at one time hinted that he might do a "Coffee Table Book" in full color of the rifles he had photos of. I had rat-holed a fair amount of money and was eagerly awaiting the day that it would come. Unfortunately, I didn't keep enough copies of the photos he did post on here and other places. The link you provided still had the photos of Art Vinje's Linden Rifle which is a great thing.

I am most thankful for the books of his which were published.

Many thanks again, Larry

Unless I'm mistaken, the Lot 258 Wundhammer is a project gun created by Michael for a Wundhammer stock that he had and is chronicled at:
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9411043/m/971104608/p/1

This has been brought to Amoskeag's attention as they seem to think this is an authentic Wundhammer.
Dennis

Last night I went to Amoskeag and visited with Michael's rifles for about an hour, the only time I have this week to get down to Manchester.. Not nearly enough time and very overwhelming to see so many fine rifles in one place. I wish I had had the opportunity to visit with him in person and view his collection as some of you have! I have his books and have followed his posts on this forum eagerly awaiting each new photo. I knew he had an exceptional collection, but seeing them in person is impressive and is a reminder of how research is yet to be done!

I had several conversations with Michael over the last three or four years comparing features of several unknown sporters and he helped out with several purchases. He was generous with his time and his knowledge, for which I am very grateful-I learned a great deal from him.

Good luck to those bidding, I hope that the rifles stay with the folks on this forum. I won't be bidding, a new roof and and two young kids at home has wiped out this years fun money! The best I can hope for is to discover a new treasure on my own or that some of these turn up at auction again when I have money!

For what its worth, and this surprised me, I think the Ross King sporter was my favorite. Of course, if I went thru them all again, I might change my mind. Did Michael have a favorite?

-Tom