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Atkinson custom rifle
17 October 2013, 08:40
Savage_99Atkinson custom rifle
Ray Atkinson,
Is this a rifle that you made?
Atkinson rifle for sale.
Get the 'power' or optic that your eye likes instead of what someone else says.
When we go to the doctor they ask us what lens we like!
Do that with your optics.
17 October 2013, 17:23
Jim KobeDon't know if he built it or not but it says it is a claw extractr, NOT. Maybe a little one,like a Sako extractor. Nice gun though.
Jim Kobe
10841 Oxborough Ave So
Bloomington MN 55437
952.884.6031
Former Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild
17 October 2013, 17:47
bluefishthat's a sako action.
17 October 2013, 18:45
jorgeLooks like a Sako action to me as well...
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17 October 2013, 22:24
ColoradoMattI wonder if this rifle was built by the late-great Bill Atkinson, rather than great, and still above ground, Ray Atkinson.
Matt
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17 October 2013, 23:22
JudgeGMy bet is the former.
JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous.
04 November 2013, 21:04
AtkinsonNo sir, I did not make that rifle.
I've had several emails that tell me a 404 that I built is on Guns International or Guns America, can't remember which..Never checked it out, but they knew the gun. It was on a big Obendorf Mauser action. Dennis Olson did most of the metal work and I did some of the metal and did the stock on that rifle.
Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120
rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com
04 November 2013, 23:15
igorrockThis rifle is a customized SAKO L61R. Caliber is probably original but barrels profile not so it has been changed. According to the serial number this rifle has been made in mid-1970`s.
06 November 2013, 01:39
huffmaniteWonder if it was the Atkinson of Atkinson & Marquette(?) in Prescott, Arizona.
Back in the 70s, till they had a falling out, there was an Atkinson and Marquette?, (A&M) gunsmith company in Prescott, Arizona. They had quite a reputation for custom work. As I recall from an old article about them, Atkinson will then go to work for Ruger and then H&R, running their barrel production.