This RB was made by a Gunsmith by the name of C.L.Witte 
After his name is says Gunsmith of the King.......GEWEERNAKER VAN Z.M. DEN Koning

On the bottom of the barrel is 10.6 leading me to believe is was once a 10.66 or 10.75 x 57 or a 42 Russian chambering.

I am trying to restore this rifle to firing condition after is was decommisioned by the Swedish Government. It will be quite an undertaking to restore this old rifle but for some reason I feel it is a special gun since it is reported to have been owned by a famous Swedish writer. It was purchased in Sweden by a importer friend of mine and it still has the tape on the butt plate with the previous owners name on it.....Evert Taube

Can anyone tell me anything about this Dutch Gunmaker in the Netherlands??

I'd enjoy seeing pictures of it! 
Is this a octagon barreled sporting rifle, or what configuration is it?

I think certain guns that speak to us should be saved, and gently brought back to as good as we can get them, without a full restoration. (if possible)
I've got a few with provenance to people who might not be famous all over, but have significant history that made me decide to not part them out, and instead bring them back as well as I could without destroying their history and looks.

I have a Rolling Block I bought at the Reno gun show to use the action and parts. It's an octagon top #1 sporting rifle, but in rare .22 rimfire. I figured it was so Bubba'd I'd keep it as a .22 rimfire, but toss the barrel, and wood, and put new barrel and wood on it.
It had the front dovetail cut by hand with a dull file and they made it 3/4" wide! Not sure why, but then they cut another correct 3/8" dovetail in the bottom of the first 3/4" dovetail! And since one buggered wasn't enough, they messed up the rear dovetail also, and just left it blank.
Then I guess they wanted a tang sight, but didn't know what spacing to do. So they drilled and tapped 5 holes in the top tang, and made a mess of that.
And the topper was the stocks. They used a file to cut large checkering in the buttplate, but somehow actually got it even spaced. Problem was the spacing is about 1/4", and not in a diamond pattern like checkering is. Instead in a tic tac toe pattern straight across vertically and horizontally! The stocks also got amateur checkering, and then had big chips missing from the forearm and buttstock.
It looked pretty bad, but surprisingly had a very nice bore! I began taking it apart and found a name stamped under the forearm on the bottom barrel flat. It read, "E.C. Hackett" and I thought the name was familiar? The person I bought it from happened to be from Oregon also, but had mostly military guns, and wanted this one gone badly. I tried a Google search of the name and found EC Hackett was an Oregon Pioneer born about 10 miles away in 1852 to early settlers. He went on to become one of the first deputies in Oregon City, which was the state capitol back then. Later he became mayor of Oregon City, and finally County Recorder until he died in his 80's.
So I went from salvage mode, to saving mode. I repaired all the barrel dovetails with tight fitting plugs, and then milled in new proper dovetails. I matched the rust blue, and faded it in to blend. I filled all except two of the tang sight holes, and blended them in also. Then installed a tang sight to cover the repaired holes. I fixed all the broken wood, and touched up the checkering. I left the crude checkering on the buttplate as I saw no good way to correct it. 
It's a very good shooter, and it looks 100% better than it did. But it doesn't look restored, it looks like a survivor. I also got hundreds of pages of documentation on EC Hackett from the Oregon City Historical Society that I keep with his gun.

Rebel wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2020 at 8:05am:


Remember it's only an addiction if you are trying to quit!  for this- I'm not a quitter!
And the stupid bowl... I've been doing my part since the kneeling incidents to help that organization go bankrupt but it's not working.
looks like the crosshatch in the gravel driveway needs re-done today anyway -too busy to watch
Greg

marlinguy wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2020 at 10:19am:


Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

Regards,
Joe

When I was running BP matches at TR&R, one of my one day 200 yard matches was on Super Bowl Sunday.  My ride called it the "Stupid Sunday Match"   

I guess you all missed the show yesterday. It was far more patriotic than you imagine. The players were sometimes seen singing along with the anthem. Coaches too. Plus, I got to see JLo stut her georgeous legs and shake her delightful fanny at halftime. 
And, it was one helluva good football game too. Sorry your tunnel vision cause you to miss so much. Carry on.

KC came from behind (again) in an exiting finish.