Old school rifles

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proofed in October of 1935...

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Nice!!!! What is that—- a drilling? What caliber and gauge?
I once worked on one for an old veteran. He had brought it back from WW2. He didn’t know what caliber it was. I chamber cast it for him and it turned out to be a 9.3 x 72 as best I can remember. I found him a box of factory ammo and he was happy as a kid in a candy store!
 
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Charles Newton's rifles deserve an honored place in the "OLD SCHOOL" of innovative American rifle and cartridge development. This BUFFALO NEWTON in .30 Newton caliber was made in 1923 and is one of about 1000 rifles made in the New Haven, Ct factory. Advertised ballistics for the .30 was 3000fps with 172 brain bullet. Newton was definitely ahead of his time, with some of our newest cartridges just barely catching up. Cartridge pic shows .30/06 compared to larger .30 Newton.View attachment 1053565 View attachment 1053566 View attachment 1053567 View attachment 1053568
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I bid (and lost) on a Ruger No1 in 30 Newton recently. Would have been interesting to play with.
 
Creative innovation and improvisation has long been a hallmark of American gunmaking, especially with Old School gunmakers like R.F Sedgley who in 1929 listed a high quality big game rifle for the impossibly low price of $65. Sedgley was able to pull this off and still make a depression era profit by buying hundreds of low number '03 Springfields that had been declared non-serviceable because of their case hardening processes. Sedgley, who presumably bought the rifles for pennies, if that, re-heat treated the actions and proof tested them at 80,000 psi. Followed by fitting barrels made by Winchester and stocks made from imported walnut. The stylish, schnabel tipped, grip capped stocks were checked, the metal nicely blued and standard features included Lyman 48 receiver sight with banded, hooded front sight, Winchester steel buttplate and front swivel barrel band. Despite their bargain basement price, the quality and worksmanship of those Sedgley Springfields, which were made and sold by the hundreds, along with other Sedgley products, are now equated with the quality of the top custom gunmakers of that era. Which is why they became known as the "working man's Griffin & Howe" (Note the razor sharp fitting in closeup pic of difficult Springfield action contour.) DSC_1349 (3).JPG DSC_1352 (2).JPG 21A_4774 (2).JPG 21A_4779 (2).JPG 21A_4783 (2).JPG ​
 
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[QUOTE="Offfhand, post: 12175757, member: 95255"]Does anyone remember those sweet little SAKO Vixens from the 1950's? This .222 Rem with Mannlicher style stock has a 10X Lyman Wolverine scope from that era..View attachment 1051818 View attachment 1051819 View attachment 1051821[/QUOTE]

I have one in .222 Remington. It has a Hensoldt scope mounted.
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The 1522 is slightly more accurate even. It has a Geco scope mounted.
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Old School rifle with Old School gunsmithing: This M-94 Winchester was made in 1928 and elaborately customized and engraved by the New York City gunsmithing firm of Griffin & Howe in 1930's. Founded in 1923 By Seymour Griffin and James V. Howe the company became, and remains the Gold Standard of fine American custom gunmaking and repair. Next year they will celebrate a centaury of operation. 21A_2459 (4).JPG 21A_2455 (2).JPG 21A_2448 (2).JPG 21A_2511.JPG 21A_2439 (2).JPG 21A_2532 (2).JPG 21A_2543.JPG 21A_2498 (2).JPG
 
A pair Old School Springfields I call Big Bro' and Little Bro'. I bought the 'O3 match rifle from a military rifle team armorer when I was 15 and used it in my first NMC High Power competitions. The gentleman who gave me the M22 said it had never been fired and I've never shot it either. IMG-0486 (2).jpg IMG-0487 (3).jpg
 
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A pair Old School Springfields I call Big Bro' and Little Bro'. I bought the 'O3 match rifle from a military rifle team armorer when I was 15 and used it in my first NMC High Power competitions. The gentleman who gave me the M22 said it had never been fired and I've never shot it either.View attachment 1057713 View attachment 1057714
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Im really conflicted about this one.....that M1922 deserves to be shot....I can almost FEEL the yearning seeping from the pores of the wood....:D
In any event, its a beautiful rifle and certainly the nicest example Ive ever seen.

My (well used) Big Bro/Lil Bro and Distant Cousin-
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In those days you could outfit anything from a tropical safari to a polar expedition at A&F.

Older guns
I still have my 1903 Mk I Springfield, $36 at Newberry's dime store in Birmingham, ca 1960.
I sold my 1922 MII to a friend.
I traded off my faux Springfield Sporter - really a 1903 Remington action, 1903A3 barrel, Lyman sights, in 1922 stock - for something I have completely forgotten.
 
rem-win 22 rifles, small framed tc muzzleloaders, large framed tc muzzleloaderd, rem 721, and 722,s, cz 22 hornet.
 

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Most of my guns are old school, if not old. Here are two from both categories. A Browning Safari Grade 222 form the late 1950s and a Cimarron 1885 Sporting Highwall in 30-40 Krag (less than 5 years old?)
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