The pictures above are from my Dad's photo album, and were taken in April 1942 during a visit to Linden's shop in Bryant, Wi.
Dad and my Grandfather drove up from their home in Waukesha, Wi.
They are shown with a WW1 Mauser Anti-Tank rifle that Linden had re-stocked in proportion to the action, not to fit the "average man". It was done up just for fun, not for a particular customer as far as I know. Dad is holding a cartridge for the gun in his right hand. It shows up better in the last photo which compares a standard M-98 action with the big ATR action. My Dad stood 5'-8", Grandpa, about the same without the hat. That should offer some scale to the size of the rifle which weighed about 45 lbs.
Dad also purchased Linden's then brand new books; Firearm Design and Assembly Vol. 1 & 3 while he was there. The books had just been reviewed by Gordon McQuarrie in the Milwaukee Journal Dec. 7, 1941. I still have the books in my library.
Linden's influence really shows in the stocks that my Dad made. Not just in style, but also in the tools he made, and techniques he used in layout, inletting, etc. Dad was still making stocks when he passed away in March of 2006. He was 95.
I thought you guys might enjoy seeing these.
R.W.M.
