I bought this one.
Compare the checkering pattern on the pistol grip and the cheekpiece with those in photographs of the same in: Bob Hills, "O'Connor's Other Rifle," American Rifleman, April 1980, pp. 44-45, 80.
Dimmer, harder to make out photos of the same O'Connor .30-06 are on p.86 of Michael Petrov's first volume.
There can't be any doubt. This stock is by Adolph Minar and the barrel is by Bill Sukalle. I don't know who did the engraving.
This rifle came from an estate collection which had a bunch of very nice high-end guns. That little piece of paper doesn't prove it was Jack O'Connor's, but there were only 36 rifles stocked by Minar and O'Connor did own one with a Sukalle barrel chambered in 7x57. (See "The Rifle Book" p. 217.)
Last edited by David Zincavage; 03/03/16 08:32 PM.
