Thanks for the kind words. The rifle is in good shape and the bore is pretty much perfect.
The name engraved on the stock oval is one of a US congressman from Minnesota. And he was also a member of the Pillsbury bakery family.
Like I said earlier, I tracked down his grandson and he said his grandfather vacationed to Europe a lot in the 1930s.
I had suspected he purchase it new at that time, but he could have bought it second hand and had his name engraved on the oval later on. Since it looks like the gun was built pre WW1.
The pad has a leather face and I have not wanted to damage it by trying to removing the pad.
The gun originally did not have the Lyman 35 on it when I bought it, but the wood was Inletted out for it, so I knew it was on there at one time. The rifle shot well with the leaf rear sight and front blade that was on it, but the rear leaf sight was so low that I could barely see it over the receiver ring.
