A friend of a friend is cleaning out his late father’s house and came across this, um, er, custom rifle. The armory is hidden under the back end of the rib so I can’t tell if there are heat treatment problems. It’s actually a pretty nice piece of wood.
Posts: 276 | Location: Upstate NY | Registered: 16 December 2003
like most of us.. i sorta scratch my head....but, then i think about the time period when this rifle was probably made...the maker obviously didn't have access to a lot of info that we have available today, such as the photos, etc of work by duane wiebe, james anderson and others.... maybe, not such a bad piece of work, given the above!!..plus,it's probably better than anything i could do...lol..jw
Originally posted by bradhe: That is so horrible it is almost art
probably from Hunter Biden no doubt.
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Posts: 28849 | Location: western Nebraska | Registered: 27 May 2003
Yes, and might be perfectly safe for anything. The Marines used theirs without reservation, and when they rebuilt them they drilled a big gas hole in the left side. The Army withdrew all theirs and sold them to Bannermans. I have a RIA low number that is cracked in two places, lengthwise. As in, cracked almost in two.
Posts: 17438 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
Just happened to crack open Petrov's "Custom Gunmakers of the 20th Century," and it was R.F. Sedgely of Philadelphia who bought the low-numbered Springfield actions. From page 73: "These actions were inspected, annealed, had the markings ground off and were then re-heat treated and proof tested to 80,000 psi. This re-heat treating service was also offered to members of the NRA, who could have their low number gun inspected for free."
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Posts: 16698 | Location: Las Cruces, NM | Registered: 03 June 2000
I grew up in Philadelphia and it amazes me that Sedgely was located in North Philadelphia. My father told me that at one time that was a decent neighborhood. Today it's a ghetto with daily shootings. Hard to imagine a gunsmith doing business there.
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Posts: 2347 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: 07 January 2005
I was listening to Kevin Robertson on The Big Game Hunting podcast earlier this week discussing lion follow up. He opined that he thought a dedicated follow up rifle might do well with a rib and a large front sight and no rear for fast, instinctive shooting at short range.
Posts: 1454 | Location: New England | Registered: 22 February 2010