JLouis wrote on Feb 15
th, 2019 at 5:48pm:
Did you miss the below discreption? or are you now talking about another rifle not related to the link.
This was once part of the collection of Ben Park, a Kansas City target shooter who knew Hubalek personally, and, as attested to in an attached affidavit, purchased this example directly from Hubalek at a small bore match in Chicago during the late 1930s.
I didn't miss the description John. But maybe you missed the connection to Ben Park, and the 1930 date where he purchased that gun?
If old Ben was alive today, he'd be 109 years old if he was only 20 when he bought the Hubalek. So giving the benefit of doubt, I'd guess maybe Ben hasn't owned that gun for quite some time, and who knows what's been altered since 1930, either by Ben Park, or after he died.
I'd bet that case color, refinish, and engraving are more than likely not what was on it when Ben owned it. And there's a chance the original receiver from Hubalek was changed too, and only the barrel and striker block are original.
What I'm getting to is after 80 years since it's purchase, there's no telling what's the same today.