Another Resortaion Done!

Just the stock was found, possibly someone trying to restore a 1903 back to original GI issue. The stock was made by Fred Adolph, ask before you tear up a sporter for the parts. :)

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What a work of art that stock is! The checkering is incredible!

Absolutely beautiful!! Was that Schnabel fore end one of the identifiers for Adolph? Seems like I saw a similar stock on a rifle at a local gun show the other day. Can't remember the checkering pattern, but remember the fore end and the "square" inletting for the cutoff. It was in poor shape.

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Originally Posted by MoMallard

Absolutely beautiful!! Was that Schnabel fore end one of the identifiers for Adolph? Seems like I saw a similar stock on a rifle at a local gun show the other day. Can't remember the checkering pattern, but remember the fore end and the "square" inletting for the cutoff. It was in poor shape.

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Most Adolph rifles do have a schnabel but so did most of the other gun makers of his day. The checkering pattern and layout are more indicative of Adolph's work than anything.

Absolutely first class! Is that a Marbles sight mounted on the firing pin rod?

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Originally Posted by Dollar Bill

Absolutely first class! Is that a Marbles sight mounted on the firing pin rod?

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It's made by Lyman, they made a couple different ones, they even made one with windage adjustment.

Don’t mind me, just playing with the background.
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OK, Michael, show this old oil field trash boy your stuff. Let's see a Ullrich Vosmek rifle!:madsmile: I noticed you left him out of your book, which surprised me, since even Remington wanted that guy to work for them.:super:

Jim

Beautiful rifle.

Why so much stock drop? What advantage does having the butt stock so much lower than the bore of the rifle?

The stock drop of this rifle is to accomodate the peep sight and offhand shooting. The rifle was made for hunting by hunters of the day. There is no scope, and muzzle jump isn't a problem. Look at a Kentucky rifle and you will see even more drop at the heel.

Jim

That makes sense. I put the toe of my stocks on the top of my shoulder when shooting standing.

That rifle would be a bugger to shoot prone. :bitch:

Guess they did not do all that much prone shooting.