Hi Lynn,

Yes, I was totally happy when I saw what was under the buttplate.
I never dreamed that I would own anything with "Niedner" on it, or stocked by Shelhamer. This was a very wonderful surprise.

Alright, I took some more pictures for Michael and Bill.

Here is the number and initials on the bottom of the barrel.


Here is a view of the muzzle, the barrel is 32 inches long and
is 1 inch diameter at the muzzle.



Bill (xausa), you are right, it is a single-shot, here is a picture of the magazine block



and another looking down into the open action


and finally a picture of the bottom of the rifle, I think there may have been a barrel band on the rifle, but that at some later point they decided to free float it.