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KenKauffman Ex Member	Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Jan 27^th, 2008 at 11:46am	Print Post
	I am interested in knowing of any articles and or books written on George Schoyen. Bits and pieces are available in many places, Grant's books, Google searches, etc. I know that some older ASSRA articles did cover some aspects of his work and I am digging through that source at this current time. Thank you for your time and assistance.


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FITZ Oldtimer Offline REGARDS Posts: 917 Location: MASSACHUSETTS Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #1 - Jan 27^th, 2008 at 9:35pm	Print Post
	Ken, the best information I have seen is in the 1971 Silver Anniversary edition of the Gun Digest. The article was written by John Dutcher. John T. Amber was the Editor and was also a Single Shot enthusiast. I do not know if there are more comprehensive articles thatn this but it is well written and seems quite thorough. I would spend some effort on finding a copy if I were you. HTH, Regards, FITZ.

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KenKauffman Ex Member	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #2 - Feb 1^st, 2008 at 12:44pm	Print Post
	Fritz, Thank you for the information, I ordered a copy yesterday. Roberts/Waters book, "The Breech-Loading Single Shot Rifle" also has a number of paged on Schoyen's rifles and the man himself. I own two Schoyen customized and barreled .32-40 rifles. One is a Borchardt with iron sights and an A5 scope, the other is a Sharps (Bridgeport) Model 1874, with iron sights. The 1874 weighs 13.65 lbs. Both rifles have hooked stocks and the rifleing is absolutely pristine on both of them. I have shot the Borchardt but not the 1874, yet! The Borchart is a better shooter than I am. The Borchardt trigger was obviously turned by Schoyen and works well, the 1874 has two set triggers which you can trigger by blowing on them if you desire! Once again, thank you for your information. Hope I did not bore you too much, both rifles excite me. Come on summer!!! Ken


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11552 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #3 - Feb 1^st, 2008 at 8:04pm	Print Post
	Picture's, we must have picture's! Its a forum rule that you must post picture's of both your rifle's. You cant get on here and tease us ! Thats why we have the rule. It's under cruel and unusual punishments. We wait. Joe.

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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 2008 at 8:42pm	Print Post
	The Silver Anniversary Gun Digest is great, but also take a look at John Dutcher's book on "Ballard, the Great American Single Shot Rifle". It has numerous pages devoted to Geo. C Schoyen, and his work.

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KenKauffman Ex Member	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #5 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	I will forward some pictures if and when I can learn what is required to do so on this system.


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1083 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #6 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 9:52pm	Print Post
	Hi Ken and all. Thought I'd try to post a pic and see what rig-a-ma-role I had to go through. Clicked on browse in the reply section, found the pic I wanted on my computer ( in the My Pictures folder) and double clicked it. Clicked the Post box at the bottom.


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1083 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #7 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 10:13pm	Print Post
	Hi Ken and all. Thought I'd try to post a pic and see what rig-a-ma-role I had to go through. Clicked on browse in the reply section, found the pic I wanted on my computer ( in the My Pictures folder) and double clicked it. Clicked the Post box at the bottom. Got a message to reselect the attachment again for security reasons. Reselected my pic again and hit post. Same message, but noticed that max file size is 250 KB. Checked my pic and it's 304 KB. Opened my pic in MS Office Picture Manager and went to edit picture and then compress picture. tried the different options and found that "document" compressed it to 208 KB, so did that and saved the changes. Went back to browse in the reply section and reslected my pic and hit post.


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1083 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #8 - Feb 2^nd, 2008 at 10:16pm	Print Post
	Me again. Wow! It worked! Seems the main problem might be sizing the picture down to the 250 KB size. HTH Regards, Joe


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KenKauffman Ex Member	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #9 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 4:04pm	Print Post
	(1). I have "VISTA", Microsoft's new and much hated system. Try it, you will "hate" it too! Anything I learned over the years is no longer functional. (2). Your suggested proceedure does not work with my system. (3). One would think that the ASSRA system would have a "how to" forum to assist you in this option. I cannot find a single mention of one anywhere? Can anyone assist me in locating these directions if indeed they do exist? Sincerely yours, COMPUTER ANGST


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Quarter_Bore Oldtimer Offline Posts: 817 Location: Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #10 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 4:21pm	Print Post
	We do have a section called Forum Help which could help you out. But maybe I can help you post a picture. Just hit reply, type in your message then go down and find the button that says browse, push it, find your picture file, double click it, when you come back to the reply section just press the button for Post (not preview). There you go, It's done.


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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7575 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #11 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 4:42pm	Print Post
	Test using Vista. I re-saved the picture to the smallest size and then picked it up with Browse, Lets see how it turned out Boats


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marlinguy Ex Member Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater!	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #12 - Feb 4^th, 2008 at 9:39pm	Print Post
	I just got a new puter last fall, and i's got Vista. I have found it much easier than the old Windows system. Try Photobucket to host pictures free, then post them here.

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KenKauffman Ex Member	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #13 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 11:13pm	Print Post
	Thank you for the "click on brouse" directions. It works fine. The next task is how to get my greatly oversized photos (I only want to use two of them), shrunk down so they they will be acceptable to transfer. That is proving another mystery.


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trev Full Member Offline Posts: 157 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2007	Re: Schoyen, George C. data & info.? Reply #14 - Feb 8^th, 2008 at 7:04pm	Print Post
	If you host them on photobucket, they will be automatically resized when they are uploaded to that site. They have a handy editing function that can make them even smaller if required. Costs nothing, and is pretty easy to use. Cheers Trev


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