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#310668 01/24/13 07:47 PM
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About a year ago I started a thread about this custom Remington 37 target rifle
The thread can be found HERE. The general consensus was that it looked like it could be Monte Kennedy work. The other night I was reading my NRA Gunsmithing Guide and came across an article titled "Gunstock Fundamentals" and at the top of the page was a custom remington model 37 done by the author.......Lenard Brownell! I've probably read that article a hundred times over the years, but I guess I never really noticed the rifle at the top of the page.


The gun sure looks for all the world like the same gun to me. Photobucket shrinks the image so you loose a lot of detail, but in the original scan you can see some of the wood grain and the checkering and it appears to me to the the same. Lenard Brownell is on my list of makers whom I wanted an example of work from, so this is good news to me.

The NRA Gunsmithing Guide is a collection of articles from the American Rifleman magazine. I have access to a complete collection of the magazine and would like to find the original to see if the photo is any better. My question is, does anyone know of an index of articles, or do I have to look through 15 years of magazines to find it?

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John,
Gee, only 15 years?
I don't keep those magazines like I used to but the Dec. or Jan. issue always has an index of the previous year. That way, maybe you'd only have to look through a 12th of the stacks.
I will keep my eyes peeled because sometimes I amaze myself at the stuff I have saved or hung on to that comes in handy down the road.
Good luck,
Lou


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Pretty cool story.
I really like 37s!!!!!!!


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Nice discovery,

December 1961 page 20


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Originally Posted By: Michael Petrov
Nice discovery,

December 1961 page 20


Ya know, somehow I knew you would come through for me, I hope it was not to much trouble. Thank you very much. grin

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John, No trouble at all, just grabbed my American Rifleman Index 1940-1975 and there is was.


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Lenard was a hell-ofa-guy; consummate craftsman with an eye for line, design and a desire to craft intimate detail. He was quite an accomplished sculpture as well as firearms designer. I had the good fortune to spend a day in his shop in Wyarno, WY (outside of Sheridan) in 1977. He may have been the subject of an American Gunsmiths piece in Am. Rifleman?
If any of you remember a 52 Win sporter of his shown in Rifle Mag about that time, he was working on it when I visited.
You are fortunate to own and identify that rifle.

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Some people on another forum have asked for the entire article, so I thought I'd post it here as well.



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John,
Have you looked under the buttplate assy. to see if there are any markings? An LB stocked HW I've seen only had "LB 61" written in pencil under the buttpad.
Regardless of the maker, it certainly is a nice rifle and looks like it shoots well!

Good shooting.

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Is there some question about the maker of the Remington?

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