Folk Art,

[Michael Petrov]

A little slow around here so I thought I post something a little different. Pictures now the story later.


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[Jim Tarleton]

Gorgeous.

jt

[Aragorn243]

Wow, when I saw the title "folk art" I was envisioning thumb tacks and pastel paints.

Very nice looking stock.

[Mike D]

At first glance, that cheekpiece reminded me of the Rodgers' stocks from your book. But the carving?

[Michael Petrov]

[Michael Petrov]

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[A. F Medic]

What a beautiful example of American craftsmanship! That rifle may never see the field but it would not have to prove itself to me by firing it! Thanks! You made my day!

[Michael Petrov]

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The rifle was stocked by Harvey W. Rodgers.

The rifle was carved by a Czech craftsman (name unknown at this time) who had many years of experience in carving fine furniture and church ornament.

The trapdoor buttplate is a typical German one; there is no trap under the door.


The bore is like new, shows little if any use. The rifle has been handled a lot.

Still don’t know what to make of the small hole on the top of the front sight. No evidence that anything ever touched the top part .

The Hart sleeve sight has not been fully ground down like it should be on the bottom and is in a big bind. It’s a major effort to open or close the bolt. The sight has a nice blue but the centering (zero marked with a line) line and number have been left off the sight.

Has a nice trapdoor buttplate but still solid wood under the door.

The rifle was originally fitted with a Hart trigger that was mounted with a screw with a tapered head from the top. The screw hole has years and years of collected dried grease and dirt that matches the raceway. I had to grind and modify an armory trigger to work plus remove a small bit of wood. Conclusion is that this rifle has not had a trigger for some time.

The rifle has a perfect bore but the wood shows signs of having been handled a lot.

I can easily believe that this rifle was never or hardly ever shot.

My Theory is that the rifle was made as a show piece and kept in the Hart shop.



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At first glance, that cheekpiece reminded me of the Rodgers' stocks from your book. But the carving?

Spot on, Stocked by Rodgers.

[Michael Petrov]

I has to do something with that hole in the front sight ramp so I made an ivory bead.

[Allen Humphrey]

Is that ivory on the pistol grip? Seems to have an Alaskan theme, maybe it is walrus tusk on the grip?