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I wish I could figure out how to post pictures here. I tried the instructions in the FAQ and all it would do is post the link to Photobucket but no pic. I'm doing something wrong I imagine.
Reason is I just acquired a nice little P.O. Ackley rifle, FN action dated 1948, in .257 Roberts. Lyman 48 sight and no scope mount holes. The very "crisp" recoil pad says "P.O. Ackley, Inc." and "Trinidad, Colo. " it has a 4 groove barrel and last night did a 1.5 inch 5 shot group with winchester 100 gr factory Silver tips. Perhaps not the best example of fine gunmaking, but a little bit of history nonetheless, and a nice little rifle from the period. I thought folks here might enjoy a few photos if I can figure out how to do it.
Would anyone here have any experience with similar rifles? This is the only one like it I've seen in 40 years. I'm sure they're reasonably common, but this is the first one I've run across.
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My Martini Cadet is marked like this  I got it used at Great Falls Sporting Goods, Great Falls, Montana in 1972. Mike
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Thank you!!!! How did you do that?
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OK,
you go to one picture at a time in Photobucket, to the right of the picture you will see IMG , click on IMG and the link to the right will say "Copied" for 1 second.
Bring you cursor back to this screen and post, then right click, select paste and it will post the link, then Submit
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USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Okaaaay... I think maybe my biggest mistake may have been trying to do it from my phone. I don't think it has a right click. Yes I am a true dumba$$. Thanks.
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Welcome to the dumba$$ club!
I consider Ackley products a class to themselves. The man was a real force in American firearms history. His products are inelegant for the most part, but just plain "workers."
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…with good barrels, he was known as a barrel maker. That is the first of his recoil pads I've seen.
My best connection with Ackley was drinking at the watering hole across the street from his shop building on the fringe of Trinidad. The bar (unfortunately I can't' remember the name) was on my way home to the little village of Cokedale, CO.
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4 groove barrel:  FN Receiver mfg date [image]  {/image} Top of action. No holes! [image]  {/image]
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