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This Hartley creation is more of a walking rifle, but it's not a varminter. It's in 7X57R and I expect great things of it in the deer harvesting department.

There are a lot of good elements in the discussion thread above.

I don't think that Sterling Davenport was mentioned.

I also think that Doug Turnbull makes a heck of a leveraction rifle.

Youse guys have forgotten one, my old Kansas quail hunting buddy N.B."Nubbs" Fashingbauer from LacLaframboise Wis.( given name Norbert). He was a contemporary of Mews,Kennedy, Goens and more. I learned to checker from him and still have the 20 gauge Britte I got from Frank Pachmayr that he stocked for me the summer of 1960. He also made a machined floor plate and trigger guard assembly for Model 52 Winchesters. 10 years ago he still had some nephews at Lac who had some of his work. He was featured in Gun Digest custom gun sections in the 50's and 60's. He never made vast numbers of stocks and his mark is an NB in a triangle usually under the butt plate. Lee.

If any of you are interested in reading about guns and gunsmithing of this period, I have three books I purchased in the 1950/60's when I was getting involved. They are #1. Advanced Gunsmithing by W.F. Vikery, Samworth 1940. #2. Gunsmithing by Roy Dunlap, Stackpole 1963, and#3. Custom Built Rifles by Dick Simmons, Stackpole 1955. None have dust jackets but are all excellent and clean cover to cover. The prices in the Simmons book will make you cry! I would ship them all to someone interested for $80.00 (book rate) in the lower 48. Lee.