Today I brought home a very nice low way sporter in .22 Hornet. Looks like excellent work, to me anyway, and barrel is marked C.C.Johnson. Does C.C.Johnson ring anybodys bell?
Andy

Thank you. Waiting for the next Journal is always hard and this will just make it worse. Have started to notice a few things like a small trigger pull and the hammer having been turned thin inside the radius under your thumb. It seems also that the block doesn't do any of that little up and down jig before it really goes down. Lever snaps really tight, wonder how he did that without putting the links over center. Butt plate is engraved and pierced with the wood in the piercing checkered with a border, can hardly believe somebody can do this! We get some sun around here will see if it will shoot.
Andy

The camera didn't come back from Florida with my wife, hopefully it is now in the mail. As soon as I can I will post some pictures. Am talking of my own personal eye here, and given that, I'm going to say that this rifle stock is beautifully modeled. Somebody knew what they where doing. Spent part of day scubbing oil crud and spots of rust and giving things a good look. I think because of flaming bomb a couple inches from the muzzle and the remnants of sight pin grooves across the barrel it is one of those Springfield barrels. There are #s under the flat spring which I guess I should have written down. The rail [about 6" long] screwed to the barrel for scope mounts is a 1/2" dovetail. All I can find in Brownell's book for rings are for a 3/8" dovetail. Any suggestions or should I start carving on some aluminum. If it stops snowing this should be a good week, have a Ballard #3 with a new sear and wood , a CC Johnson .22 Hornet and a Stevens 44 with a new firing pin to try out in the back yard for the first time.
Andy

Don H,
The # is 54087. Do you know where I should send this?
Andy

Hmm, that gives me something to look for, dig out the books first. Did find a set of WEAVER 1"  that fit, no #'s on them of course. Fitted up 6x J. UNERTL "CONDOR" scope purchased new in 1957 by brother in law. Looks like a rifle hooked to a scope instead of the rifle with a scope, know what I mean. I guess I'll go looking.
Thanks Andy

The individual responsible for this stock work must be noted somewhere, someplace. Cannot believe he did this work in his basement just this once and got away with it.
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Man, what a beauty! You are one fortunate fellow.

Dale53

As I recall, the shop records of SOME of the work done by CC Johnson had notations concerning who he subbed the stock work out to on that particular job.  I don't know how complete that part of the record is or whether it would be meaningful.  You CAN find out more about CC Johnson's work in the various Grant books (Single Shot Rifles, More Single Shot Rifles, etc.)  He seems to have had a close relationship with Johnson who made up many of his custom projects over the years.

BTW Andy, I think CC's grandson is in the process of sorting all of that stuff out, and occasionally he "stops by" on this board.  Maybe he'll chime in (or Don maybe you might pose the question to him when you see him next.)

Froggie

PS to Andy...that is one of the nicest non-factory design 'wall stocks I believe I have ever laid eyes on.  It's a real trasure!