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Thanks Michael,
I'm not sure when Grand Daddy made this one. In the 50's I think. It looks more like a Stevens 44 1/2. He made a couple of extra barrels...a K Hornet and a 32-20. This rifle is one of the ones I grew up with. My father killed a lot of crows with it. I must have reloaded 1000 round for this thing and it still shoots .5 MOA. It had a Weaver J-4 on it, but it sprung a leak about 20 years ago. It's got a $100 Tasco on it now. Damn, I love this thing.
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If you can some time I would like to see a better picture of the buttplate, looks like a Niedner to me.
Is that a High-Wall with a custom lever and is there a serial number on the lower tang?
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No serial numbers...it's all homemade. Give me a couple of days and I'll send you a pic of the buttplate
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I'd be nice to have some measurements of that "homemade" action. I too assumed it was on a High-Wall reciever. And I'm gonna steal the proportions of that schnabel forend for a project.
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I'll give you about any measurements you want. Just as long as I don't have to take it apart. (lol) Also, I assure you the reciever is as homemade as the rest of the rifle....Georgia Grown : )
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How about height and width of the receiver behind the barrel threads and height and width of the breechblock? Doesn't need to be to the micron; I'm just trying to get a feel for the dimensions relative to other more common falling blocks. A very interesting rifle, to say the least.
You mention extra barrels in different calibers. Does this mean it is an easy-takedown switch-barrel rifle?
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Hey Mike,
Thanks for the interest. Grand Dad passed away in the early 70's.
He had the 32-20 on it then. It was a fine shooting round, but the hornet was more practical. Daddy swapped it around 1974. I know it was a major under taking for him to rebarrel. It's been a hornet ever since. Let me research the reciever for you and the buttplate for Michael. The barrels were Model T Ford axils in a previous life.
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Sounds like an "unscrew and screw in again" type of takedown. Nothing for a gunsmith who could make a barrel from a Model T axle, but kinda demanding for the rest of us....
I was assuming this was a "miniature" action given the choice of ctgs. but then I remembered what my 2nd grade teacher said "Assume" does to "U and Me"!
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