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HBH
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Guys trying to ID builder of the rifle in the photos below. It originally was a 458 Win.





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HBH
 
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lee440
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Bill Dowtin- Dowtin Gun Works? Not sure but it seems right.


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Posts: 2278 | Location: Texas | Registered: 18 May 2004Reply With Quote
HBH
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lee440,

You may be right. Is that Dowtin's mark?

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Biebs
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SDH may know....shoot him a PM.
 
Posts: 20176 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009Reply With Quote
waterrat
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It looks like a good solid workhorse!


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Posts: 1415 | Location: lake iliamna alaska | Registered: 10 February 2005Reply With Quote
cutiger
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That is Dowtin's mark.


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Posts: 126 | Location: South Carolina | Registered: 18 September 2009Reply With Quote
HBH
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fellas,

The rifle is a Professional Hunters daily carry. The rifle has great balance. It is now a Lott.

Thanks for the help figuring out the gunmaker.

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Brett
 
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bwanamrm
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If it was built by Bill Dowtin the PH has a great rifle! His rifles were a superb mix of form and function.


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Posts: 7572 | Location: Victoria, Texas | Registered: 30 March 2003Reply With Quote
Atkinson
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Yes that is a Dowtin rifle...Bill now is in the wood business and I buy most of my wood from him. He quit making rifles and stocked shotguns and ran a shotgun shooting school for awhile then got in business with some Russians and partnered up with them on a mill, and they cut and ship him the wood, he cures it etc..or something like that. I have owned a couple of his rifles over the years.

His contact for wood is oldworldwalnut.com


Ray Atkinson
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Filer, Idaho, 83328
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Posts: 42297 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000Reply With Quote
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Lotta miles on that rifle but I like it very much.


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Posts: 9487 | Location: Texas Hill Country | Registered: 11 January 2002Reply With Quote
shootaway
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Originally posted by fla3006:
Lotta miles on that rifle but I like it very much.
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