A friend had a Custom CPA built with a rust blued action instead of being CCased. CPA will build a Rifle to ones own liking and this appears to be a good example of one of them. Nice looking rifle and congratulations and once you know the serial number give Gail a call and she will pull the work sheet and provide it's history.

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Obtain the serial number and then call CPA.  They have a database with the history of every rifle they made ...
Gail or Paul Shuttleworth ... 570-828-1669

Are you sure it is a CPA? 
It looks like a Stevens 44-1/2 all right but not a CPA

John boy is right to Call CPA and supply the the SN. They can tell you all about the rifle if it is theirs and tell a lot even if it is a Stevens made action.

I am sure you made a good deal on a nice rifle either way.
enjoy!
CW

BTW- one quick thing you can do as soon as you receive the rifle is measure the action width. That will tell you everything.

The tenon is not a full one inch on the CPA's it is actually 15/16 of an inch and turned down to .940 thousandths before threading and the tap they use to thread their actions is actually 15/16 ths. I once owned an original Breisen action prior to him selling it to CPA and it was not a kit but one Ken manufactured. It had a 15 inch left hand twist Bresien barrel chambered in 33-47 with false muzzle and the best shooting and most consistent competive rifle I have owned to date and the most charming as well. The action had 100% full coverage engraving and had a French Gray finish. 

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JLouis

They number them on the bottom of the action up front by the barrel/forend wood.

Gunfunpow wrote on Oct 30^th, 2018 at 1:21pm:

Thanks. I'm looking forward to it too. I suppose for what I paid, I can't complain too much if it turns out not to be a bona fide CPA (as claimed by the auction house). At least the Lyman 103 tang sight has some value.

This rifle is from the collection of John Sukey of Tuscon. Apparently, a very active collector, but mostly of Enfields. I assume there were some notes from him that indicated this as being a CPA rifle.

I have no idea how long it will take to get this in hand, as I've never really dealt with a true auction house, or this one in particular, in a firearm transaction.

This rifle finally arrived at my FFL today, and it is indeed one of Paul Shuttleworth's early examples.
His name is on the top flat, and removing the fore-end, I was presented with the additional information.
Barrel - Douglas
Twist - 1 in 16
groove - .3207
date - 1.1.88

So, essentially made during his second year of official production.
Curious though that there is no serial number on the rifle itself. Just the number 1055 penciled inside the fore-end inletting.
Also curious, though probably a buyer's request, is the fact that it's D&T for modern scope mounting as the Weaver! bases are 4 1/2 inches apart on centers. Of course, this could have been done by someone else later too. Oh well, you can't have everything.

The wood is very nice and the all the metal still has a beautiful deep blue after 30 years.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it shoots. Too bad that winter has come early and shows little signs of changing anytime soon.