It is the same rifle pictured in Whelen's book, "Mr. Rifleman."

I haven't ever taken it apart to find Shelhamer's signature. The rifle hasn't been dis-assembled in the past 25 years. I bought it from (deceased) St. Louis benchrest gunsmith Arthur J. Freund many years ago. Whelen had gifted it to Freund; I think in the 1970's.

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