Very nice acquisition!  I would recommend doing a chamber cast so you can determine if it’s a short or a long wasp.  CC Johnson did top notch work and his rifles command a premium.  If you take off the forearm, you will see where he stamped in numbers- the first two numbers will be the year he did the project and the remaining numbers are his job number.  Under that he sometimes stamped what kind of barrel it is - eg Doug xx.  He relined original barrels and favored using Douglass xx barrels.  His earlier builds are stamped on the barrel near the receiver with the caliber, CC Johnson, Thackery O, and his later builds just have the caliber and CC Johnson.  I’m curious to know which version of the wasp he chambered your rifle in.  Welcome to the club!  I’ll post a pic of the barrel markings for you under forearm. 

Which auction did you see these on?

My Donaldson Wasp is in Donaldson's last version where he increased the length of the neck to lower the pressure. From the shoulder down stayed the same so the same reloading dies can be used. Read all about it in Landis.

Somewhere I have a blueprint of the 219 by Walker
sent to MS Risley by Donaldson ...
if there are any questions what the dimensions should be I can search for it

Here is the Borchardt sporting rifle from the same auction. It is not marked but my guess is that the custom work was done by John Oberlies.

The panels behind the action have two different woods inlaid and the breech block has the damascening (?) type finish.

Joe Do... wrote on Feb 8^th, 2025 at 7:21pm:


I thought about bidding on the Borchard too, but thought that if I won both it would be a fairly substantial financial outlay.  I expected both to sell for quite a bit more than they did.  

I stumbled across it while digging around looking for a beater Winchester 1890.  I’ve got a notion to build an Indian decorated rifle, paint, brass tacks, wire etc.  When I wasn’t looking for one they were everywhere I looked.  I still haven’t found what I’m after, but in the process have about great dealed myself broke with a pretty nice second model 1890 22 Short, a dandy Winchester Model 61, a third Model 1890 WRF w/beautiful Lyman 1a and near mint barrel (circle P), a darn nice Marlin 39a w/Redfield receiver sight, a decent BRNO ZKM Model 2 and an early CZ 527. 

Did you win the auction on the Borchard?  If so, I congratulate you on your taste in rifles and look forward to hearing more about it in the future.  

If I had my way I’d spend my time immersed in rebuilding, restoring, building single shots, but good ones are not easy to come by.  Model 1890s and its offspring have caught my fancy and clunkers that have potential are a dime a dozen and I’ve been keeping myself entertained with them lately.  

Very nice Borchardt Joe!
... but sadly it started out as one of the few (348?) SRC's made - as noted by the two plugged holes on the receiver side.
JP