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If built by gartman arms they where bedded and almost always with very nice wood. good luck with it if I can be of any help feel free.bob
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This rifle was stocked by someone who didn't really know what he was doing, but he had the good sense to stop before he did too much. I think it's now bedded well enough to try at the range. I've saved the pieces and shavings I cut off the stock. With allowance for the weight of a medium size paper bad they weigh about 14 pounds.
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bill: your last sentence confused me. how much does the gun weigh? they generally go between 5-6.5 pds. I would love to see a picture of that gun. was there a hallmark stamped on the underside of the barrel?
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Bob, I only meant to say there was a lot of extra wood, actually about half a pound. I don't think there are any other markings on the bottom side than the numbers 270 on the edge of the shank. I'll check again when I have the metal out of the wood. The rifle wasn't anything special to look at-- a WWII Mauser action with a poorly forged bolt handle and an oversize Fajen stock of plain black walnut. What made it appealing to me was that it included a mint Lyman Alaskan scope. Now I'm hoping it will shoot, too.
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If bedded properly it should be an excellent shooter. It obviously wasn't one we built. the ones built by benko where stamped with his hallmark.it was hacked by a bubba.
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Elmer Keith talks a bit about Johnson barrels in his book "Rifles for Large Game".
C Man
Life is short
Quit your job.
Turn off the TV.
Go outside and play.
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rocky mtn bill/ pod,
If the "wide section about 2" long at the muzzle" is the same as on "Dans" rifle above, it looks like a muzzle brake. I looks like those brakes sold by Herter's in the 50s and 60s with typical claims of reduced recoil and increased accuracy.
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Mike. Mine is a straight cylinder about the diameter of the small section on Dan's rifle. There are no holes in it. It has to be a weight of some kind.
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Bill,
You have seen yours, I haven't; I yield to your superior information.
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