Dave Higgenbothem marked all of his rifles - Lone Star on the barrel and the serial number on the receiver tang

Total production is guessed to be no more than 500 rifles and probably less than 500.  Accordingly, your serial number RB of 3295 is not a Lone Star riifle.  

If the rifle barrel has a proof mark, you will be able to determine who made the Italian rifle.  No proof mark or makers name - it's unknown 
Hope you didn't pay a 'Lone Star' price for the rifle and if you did - might want to have a talk with the seller

Only one picture to a post? Based on reply #14, I might find some info if I remove the butt stock. 

...and If I had seen George C.'s post I would have known that without rereading the whole thread. Thanks George.

Post #49 says that a customer could bring in his own action for refit. Clearly somebody liked this old Scandinavian.

If I ever decide to sell it I'll have to pull off the butt stock first.

The end of the story came when I took the sight and stock off. 
...No Lone Star markings. So even if it was done by Dave in Conroe, unless he recorded it somewhere in a record book as a Lone Star, it isn't.

I am just now joining this group.  Let me introduce myself.  My name is Don Abrams and I worked with Dave Higginbotham from about 1994 until about 1999.  I have been reading the thread about serial numbers etc. for the rifles made by Lone Star Rifles.  I met Dave as part of the THSS - Texas Historical Shooting Society, Cowboy Action Shooting (SASS).  Later got interested in BPCRS.  Had some experience in machine shop work, and talked to Dave about working in his shop to build my own rifle in exchange for helping him with his other work.  Built my rifle, used it with Dave as spotter to win the first Texas BPCRS championship in 1996 and in 1997 beat Steve Garbe to win the first East/West challenge match in Kansas.  So much for my credentials.  Will add more details later.  But regarding serial numbers.  The rule was - we will put just about any serial number you want.  Explains the difficulty in tracking serial numbers.  When i built my rifle cerca 1995 I wanted serial number 40 but was already taken.  It is possible at this time that Dave had built close to 40 rifles, a mixture of various original Rollers and a few built on castings slightly undersized (the mold was made from an original in a silicone mold).  My rifle was built using one of these castings.  I will continue to add my recollections about Dave, Katha, and Lone Star Rifle Company as time permits.  Dave was a great guy, and i miss him greatly!   Later.

Donald41 wrote on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 9:55pm:


Don,
Hello old friend. As you said dave would stamp anything you wanted. As long as it was one of his rollers.
He did a highwall in 45-70 and would not mark it for me.

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Dave, Congratulations ... will add it to the list.  If you know it's birth date, add that to the post also

GeorgeC wrote on Jan 27^th, 2018 at 1:25pm:


My answer is yes, but to a point. It really depends on the individual guns from what I've seen of guns sold. The guns that were 100% built by Lonestar seem to have higher values vs. guns reworked by Lonestar. And then the level of build will also have a great influence on how collectable the guns are. Those done in very high finish, with high end wood, and pistol grip stocks, checkering, half octagon barrels, etc. will get the highest collector interest.

George, 
I would think that a gun like yours with all the proper markings, plus documentation also, would be extremely desirable to anyone who is a fan of Dave's work. I'm not an expert on values of Lonestar rifles, or I'd try to help with giving you an idea of values. But I'm sure there's someone here who is and can help you.