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Terry, I salute you! I've long been an enthusiastic user of early S&Ws, the 1891 in particular, and yours is undoubtedly the most desirable setup I've ever seen or heard of!
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Terry are both grips by MM? Lovely set I enjoyed playing with it at Reno.
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I should ask Monte. I remember both James Tucker and Monte Mandarino being involved with the grips - perhaps one carved them, the other did the checkering. Both are master craftsmen; either could have done the whole project.
Did you notice the Niedner, Malden marked pistol on the other thread? I assume the liner and trigger modifications are his work. You probably owned it longer than I have; any thoughts?
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Well for what's worth I was never able to find it in his shop books. The story with it, which I could never prove one way or the other was that it was Niedner's. A picture to follow.
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Anyone care to guess what the little rifle is just to the right of the center divider? The one with the short barrel. I think I have the others figured out but that one has been somewhat of a mystery.
The S&W Revolver is .44 Russian he carried out West.
The Colt is the one he found on the skeleton in a cave in Colorado.
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A weird Hepburn? I have no real clue except that it appears to have a side lever. I don't think it is a hammer and there are not many side lever rifles to pick from.
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That was one of my guesses, and a good as one as any.
Starting from the right a rifle with a false-muzzle and bullet starter but I have no idea which one.
Borchardt-Pope 38-72
Maynard Creedmoor 44-100
No. 6 Ballard .22 LR
No. 6 Ballard .32-40
Ballard Union Hill .38-55
Hepburn????
Auto shotgun
A Krag carbine?
Unknown
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1924 Niedner rifle Shelhamer stock
Unknown with Shelhamer stock.
Rest unknown.
I won't ever start on what's in the drawers.
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The S&W .44 looks like a double-action.
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Steve, I don't know if it is or not I pulled the file and I don't have that info. The owner died several years ago and no one knows what happen to the pistol or the papers he had, some historical stuff gone missing.
Likewise the owner of the Colt died and his stuff went to auction and the Colt's whereabouts are unknown to me today.
This stuff vanishes then appears for a short time then gone again. It's amazing how many times the provenance does not accompany the rifle or pistol.
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