I asked the same question when I began in Schuetzen. The old timers at that time told me that as far as Schuetzen, Neidner did not make the most accurate barrels like Pope, Zischang, Schoyen, Peterson or Walker. 

I don't remember much written about his barrels. Was he more into hi power rifles? Not so much target rifles?

The old timers said the same thing about Winchester barrels. I have a few Winchester barrels that are hard to beat.

I've only seen 1 Malden single shot a 25/21 on a Stevens 44 action. In Malden it looks like he was doing alot of 1903's, experimenting for himself and Dr. Mann. As for Dowagiac rifles being better we can only guess. I think like Hudson he changed with the times and that is where his work followed. In the 19 yrs he was active in Dowagiac (1920 - 1940) about 1640 rifles were done.

.22Hepburn Your Ballard according to M. Petrovs notes was made in 1938. what initals are stamped by the serial # ? I'm courious as to who in the shop did the work. "It was a practice in Dowagiac that the man doing the rifling would also put his name or initial next to the barrel number such as 1348 CB. CB was Carlyn W. Behrman, a very skilled worker who made barrels from 1933 To 1939. Other identification marks seen are OB for Orville Behrman and E. R. Stahl for Elmer Stahl."

A sure sign of getting OLD. I just won an auction for a High Wall with a Niedner barrel in .22 Hornet for less than I've seen bare actions sell for.

  Does anyone have any idea how many guns A O Niedner stamped with the Malden, Mass. stamp?

I have six Niedner rifles and one revolver - only one is from his Malden days. It's a Stevens 44 in 25-21.

Who is offering what, and in which wrong category?