Gary Reeder
That post below about the WW1 era rifle
Monday, December 04, 2023, 14:17

reminded me of this. This rifle we got from an old lady in an estate when we were in Florida. I thought it was unique enough to hang on to it. It has been hanging on the wall in my office for the last almost 40 years. The old gentleman had the gun made up for him for a big game hunt. Whether or not he ever went on that hunt we don't know but he was ready. The marking U.S. 1906 is unusual as is the caliber stamping. It appears that he used a new U.S. military surplus barrel, but the action looks to have been put together and customized in Germany by the proof marks and the marking on the floorplate. Whatever he was hunting he was ready with the side mounted Lyman sight to the 2¾X Hensoldt big game scope. He may have had to beat it to death by the chip in the toe of the stock and the repair work. The steel Remington buttplate may have been added to help hold the repair work on. But this is what a custom gun from Griffon & Howe in N.Y. looked like a hundred years ago. Back in the 1920s thru the 1950s a lot of hunters had guns made similar to this one. If this old rifle could only speak.
Ignore the dust on it.