bnice wrote on Aug 13^th, 2017 at 7:02pm:


Since he mentioned an "offset bore" I'd assume it's either .22 Short or .22LR. 

The article I thought was in the Journal was not the article I was thinking of. All though it resembles Carl B Wazac's stock work he is more renowned for his Naked Lady stocks and not the Ivory lever inserts that points to the one I am still looking for.
The Naked Lady carving is mentioned in the May / June 2013 Vol. 66, No.3 of the ASSRA Journal for those who might be interested starting on page 7 as well as being the cover photo. If you happen to have that issue what you also might interesting is the barrel tuning abilties and the same basic concept that Freeland used so it could also tend to make one wonder about the timeline on that specific feature as well. 

JLouis

Amen 40-82 that has been my thoughts as well right out of the gate. I was talking with a friend earlier about this rifle and I asked him how he would feel if he were to take the wood off throw it in the trash to only get the action. And then to find out at a later date it was very unique and done by someone very note worthy and thus having substantial collector value.

JLouis

Schutzenbob wrote on Aug 14^th, 2017 at 9:54pm:


I like that one too! Just unusual enough to make it interesting. And I like the fact they both have slender forearms, and not some big beavertail style forearm.

Isn't that the "chin rest" Pope Ballard from the Pope book by Smith?

High quality florid oak leaf carving is very traditional on Germanic originals more than half of mine have oak leaves--some more some less. I'd suspect a Germanic origin stock-maker if not the gunsmith/builder and the initial customer having "old-country" tastes if not values.   I'd think it well worth that price--and more to a Ballard collector.

I lost track of this thread last year. I wish I had kept up with it, if so I would have contacted the dealer about buying this gun. It'd be a good addition to my collection of interesting rifles.