Seems that this subject is difficult to get many people talking about. I have several of the cast receivers and partially finished receivers. Very little information has come forward when I asked about them or him for that matter. It has been said that he is still alive but will not discuss these rifles... It is a shame as the partially finished receivers are very nice. I look forward to learning more about the man and his rifles.

I knew Bo but briefly, there are many more on this forum that knew him well.

My first target rifle was one of his HW's. It had a Douglas 15 twist, 32/40 barrel on it and I won many matches with it.

The receiver ring is about twice as long as a Winchester HW and they are made of stronger steel.

The breech block is the same, as well as the trigger parts.

I also have one of his LH twist barrels and a bullet mold, all quality products.

The finish isn't as good as a Win HW but, they are stronger. Some say that they don't like the looks of them, compared to a Win HW but, I think they look good.

I still have my original rifle and I picked up a DST action with a excellent butt stock on it, last summer.

Frank

I ask because I found this last week.

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Working another rifle or two so I have no interest, but I do have interest!
This is the #3 or 4 I have seen for sale. Thought Id get a grip on what they are and who the man was.

Thank you for all the insight!
Sounds  like Mr. Clerke was a redeeming part of California, there are few (I know better than most the evil of CA).

Mike

Here is part of an article from Guns Magazine of 6/1/2005 about switch barrel .22RF rifles:


Does the name Bo Clerke conjure up any images? It should because Bo Clerke is one of those gunmaking geniuses who has developed everything from the original 30mm chain gun for the Apache helicopter and the 25mm chain gun for the Bradley fighting vehicle to spirit level target sights and picked-up a room full of national high-power shooting awards along the way. Now located in Raton, NM, his firm. Clerke International Arms, is a major OEM manufacturer of 17- and 22-caliber barrels. 

The nice thing about Clerke is that he sells his interchangeable target quality barrels directly to our rimfire shooting clan and, priced from $123.50, they're very affordable. 

The platform that Clerke has designed his switch-barrel concept around is Ruger's 77/22 magnum. I've hunted a lot with the .22 Win Mag, even using it for small African antelope. If there ever were a more ideal .22 Win Mag than Ruger's 77/22 Varmint model in low glare stainless steel with its brown laminated stock, I have yet to see it. Right-out-of-the-box, my Ruger has always shot like a house afire. The only improvement I ever made was to rework the trigger a bit.

Regards, Joe