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For quite a few decades I have been collecting double barrel shotguns. Sometimes Fred Adolph guns come up, and more often Rudolph Kornbrath engraved guns are seen. Both of these are favorites of mine. This rifle contains work by both and Griffin and Howe. I guess if I were to have only one rifle, this is a pretty good one. I don't know who "CHM" was. He got his rifle around 1924, as I recall. It would be neat if one of you had "CHM" in your files.

That's a great rifle Daryl, a one gun "Gun Collection".

The pieces of this rifle that we see are really beautiful, but there is something good to be said for seeing the whole of the rifle, that the greatness of the rifle builder is seen both from a distance and close-up as well. I would really love to see a pictures of both sides of complete rifle so that I could admire its lines.

I might be willing to change my name

Daryl, can Bob Beach be any help to you? Is this a G&H numbered gun? What is the number? MP has implied that "all" early G&H rifles with engraved trigger guards and floorplates were done by Kornbrath. Do we still think that is the case?

It's No.412 and Griffin and Howe doesn't have it in the records. I think that Fugger came to Griffin and Howe a bit later on. I have quite a few Kornbrath engraved guns and this sure matches the style and motifs of them. Eightbore, I think MP is the expert source on the Kornbrath/G&H and , for that matter, Adolph relationships. The time frame of all three, ca.1924, matches.

As an aside, probably in the 1970s, MP, engraver Sam Welch, and I had tables near each other at a small Anchorage gun show. I had a couple of Baker guns, Kornbrath engraved, on my table along with some Kornbrath paperwork. None of us really knew each other. Sam Welch came by and started talking . It turns out Kornbrath was his "hero". MP joined in and before long we had talked about Kornbrath more than I had ever heard before. Fun day. By the way, MP, I like that term, "one gun gun collection".

PhysDoc, I knew I should have a full length picture, but I am not very good at that. I will try, though, if you forgive the quality of the picture.

Heck, you could hunt all day with that rifle ,not shoot anything, and still have a great day looking at it during the lull in the action.

No! I have seen a couple of rifles that I am unsure of and believe that G&H was working with someone else for a short time. From time to time I hear the name Swenson (sp?) or the "The Swede" talked about but I have NO information on him, not even a real name. Daryl's rifle is Kornbrath's work, no question. I just so happens that one of the rifles in question is here so we can start a new thread or?

MP, lets see the "other" early G and H Swedish [?] engraver sometime.

The G&H in question is a 7mm Mauser when G&H started the number-caliber thing they ran from 251-300 for the 7mm's, this is No. 251.
I was told yesterday that "The Swede" was much later, around WWII. I would still like to know more about him.