19 November 2022, 18:56
EnidC.P. Donnelly
Can anyone provide any information on custom barrel maker and gunmaker C.P. Donnelly of Grants Pass, Oregon? My understanding is that he is now deceased. Thanks
19 November 2022, 22:07
Logger2PASSED SOME TIME AGO
WORKED WITH ACKLEY AT ONE TIME
I HAVE ONE OF HIS BARRELS
NICE
20 November 2022, 04:06
customboltSure did some nice work. His name is on some fine customs. Been on my hot list for years.
Chick20 November 2022, 07:59
rcraigHe made great barrels and was always a pleasure to talk to. Still have a #1 with one of his barrels, it shoots. Rumor had it that one of his sons was going to keep the business going, but that never came to pass.
20 November 2022, 17:10
Bill/OregonI treasure the memory of spending a few hours in Chick's shop near Applegate, Oregon. He built me a .450-400 on a Ruger No. 1 Tropical 10 years or more before Ruger shocked the shooting world by chambering it in a factory offering. I think it was prostate cancer that killed him.
I paid my respects at his grave in the Missouri Flat Cemetery after he passed.
It was Chick, Parker Ackley and Francis Sell who came up with the interesting .25 Tomcat on the .25-35 case.
Chick had some great stories to tell. One that still makes me smile was one he had heard from Ackley, who oversaw production at the Ogden Arsenal during the war. Elmer Keith worked at the arsenal at the same time, and apparently some of his coworkers got a kick out of teasing him about his height. Keith would get so angry that he would challenge them to gunfights after work ...
https://www.findagrave.com/mem...les-patrick-donnelly21 November 2022, 08:32
customboltMy avatar image is a C.P. Donnally rifle in .35 Whelen. The same rifle was offered here. I missed bidding by minutes. Still bummed about that.
CLICK HERE21 November 2022, 19:14
richjis he the one that wrote the book on cartridge forming
21 November 2022, 20:13
rcraigquote:
Originally posted by richj:
is he the one that wrote the book on cartridge forming
No, John J. Donnelly wrote the cartridge conversion book.
22 November 2022, 23:22
Phil McFallWasn't CP Donnelly the smith for our Olympic team at one time?
Phil