This has already turned out to be an informative forum. I look forward to its continued development.
After over half a century of shooting, collecting and occasional hunting, I have slimmed my interests down starting with custom Krags. These were a good choice as there are relatively few good ones, I live in a Manhattan apartment, and when a new gun comes in an old one has to go out. I am lucky enough to posess Townsend Whelen's Fred Adolph Krag built up on the action of the issue rifle he used on the Infantry Team and with which he was high shooter in the Army in 1903. It is held in trust for the Rifled Arms Historical Association together with several other Whelen rifles. I do have subordinate interests in custom Savage 99s and the occasional custom single shot plus a few British and European muzzle loading rifles, the oldest a fully functional wheelock dated 1589.
PS to Eightbore, I would guess John Oberlies must have made a Krag or Savage 99 along the way but I have never seen one. I recently sold off a HiWall of his under the impression it was a .38-55, it turned out to be a .405 WCF and I am trying to get it back.
