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A W Peterson's Win HW
Aug 2nd, 2025 at 10:00pm
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On the cover of the latest SSRJ is a photo of AW Peterson holding a Winchester HW with a straight grip shotgun buttstock. Does anyone know the actual details of this rifle (chambering etc.)? It appears to have a round barrel (No.2?), a standard trigger and a Lyman No. 15 tang sight. I can't make out the front sight.
I really like the look of this rifle & plan to make up a copy of  it so any details would be a great help. Thanks.
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Re: A W Peterson's Win HW
Reply #1 - Aug 3rd, 2025 at 1:59pm
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Reply #2 - Aug 3rd, 2025 at 3:10pm
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It reminds Me of a rifle Goergen had a few years ago. That rifle was a 38/72.
  
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Re: A W Peterson's Win HW
Reply #3 - Aug 3rd, 2025 at 6:49pm
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- It has a full round barrel. 
- shotgun buttstock
- looks like a plain trigger
- nice case-colored action!
- It's hard to make out the front sight ... is it a tall blade or a narrow globe sight? The rear sight is a Lyman No. 15 wind-gauge tang sight. This model tang sight first appeared int he Lyman 1889 catalog.
  
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Re: A W Peterson's Win HW
Reply #4 - Aug 3rd, 2025 at 6:51pm
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Joe Do... wrote on Aug 3rd, 2025 at 6:49pm:
- It has a full round barrel. 
- shotgun buttstock
- looks like a plain trigger
- nice case-colored action!
- It's hard to make out the front sight ... is it a tall blade or a narrow globe sight? The rear sight is a Lyman No. 15 windgauge tang sight. This model tang sight first appeared int he Lyman 1889 catalog.


Weren't those the Lyman sights that didn't fold down Joe?
  
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Reply #5 - Aug 3rd, 2025 at 6:57pm
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yes, the stems were fixed and did not fold down.
  
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Reply #6 - Aug 21st, 2025 at 9:14pm
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There is an A.W. Peterson Gun Shop in Tavares Florida it may be under Mount Dora Fl. They have a small museum section about Mr. Peterson.
  
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Re: A W Peterson's Win HW
Reply #7 - Aug 22nd, 2025 at 10:30am
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Travlin wrote on Aug 21st, 2025 at 9:14pm:
There is an A.W. Peterson Gun Shop in Tavares Florida it may be under Mount Dora Fl. They have a small museum section about Mr. Peterson.


AW Peterson was one of the really great Denver gunsmiths! He and Schoyen both worked at Carlos Gove's Denver Armory until Gove retired and sold the shop to Schoyen. Then Peterson went to work with Schoyen as a partner. Both were Swedish immigrants that were already very capable gunsmiths when Gove hired them, and seems they got along well, although quite different personalities.
I have a lot of affection for the work both Schoyen and Peterson accomplished during their lives as custom gun makers. A lot of talent between the two.
  
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Reply #8 - Aug 22nd, 2025 at 10:37am
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Amen, Brother Vall!

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Reply #9 - Aug 23rd, 2025 at 3:07pm
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If memory serves me, Peterson came to the US (Chicago) as a watchmaker.
  
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Reply #10 - Aug 23rd, 2025 at 5:25pm
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You can learn more about Peterson in the last two journals to help with your memory, but hopefully not necessary.
  
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Reply #11 - Aug 23rd, 2025 at 11:44pm
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Not sure how far apart Schoyen and Peterson times were when they immigrated to the US, but both first landed in Chicago, and then migrated out West to Denver. I don't have dates, but I believe John Dutcher said Schoyen arrived in Chicago around 1852 if I recall right? Gove opened his shop in  Denver in 1860, so when Schoyen arrived in Denver both were fairly new to Denver. Not sure when AW Peterson arrived in either place?
  
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Reply #12 - Sep 7th, 2025 at 7:53pm
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I have an AW Petersen 22 barrel threaded for Ballard. Hope to find donor this year. Had one one 10 years ago Shot very well. Wish I had never let it go. moodyholler
  
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Reply #13 - Sep 8th, 2025 at 2:53pm
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Just curious since I've seen a couple of these Petersen rifles and wonder is the pecker headed forearm a distinct design of his ? There are many others similar but not quite the same 

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Re: A W Peterson's Win HW
Reply #14 - Sep 8th, 2025 at 4:21pm
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I wouldn't call it "pecker headed" myself, but the stock maker for Schoyen & Peterson was Henry Simmons, and most (not all) rifles he stocked had that shape on the forearm. My Peterson .22LR doesn't, but it might also have been restocked in recent years as the stocks look like new.

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