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There were three Wrights who were originally from England and worked in custom gun making in America. There was John R. Wright Sr and Jr as well as Samuel G. Wright. I will go into much more detail tomorrow, and we can discuss and debate what it all means. A few pictures to give you an idea.  
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Michael,
How old do you think that rifle is? I ask because I notice that they have abbreviated Missouri as MO. That is the state's postal abbreviation that I think the USPS adopted in the 60s or 70s. Maybe in the case of Missouri it was always MO, but it surprises me. I would not expect a pre-war rifle from Minnesota to have MN in dual capitals and no period, but rather Minn.
Nice checkering. What caliber is it?
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Remember "The Mighty Mo?" They have called Missouri "Mo" for short for many years.
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Good point. So, just a coincidence that Missouri already had a 2-letter abbreviation before USPS mandated it for all states.
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A little more about this rifle specifically, I've had it for a couple years but it's been in the rifle hospital. Someone had mounted a modern scope by drilling and tapping the receiver, badly grinding and bending the bolt, cut a big groove in the side of the stock and the action. Normal butcher job commonly found on many prewar sporters. It would've been made around 1929 and I think it's a 30-06, I'll have to check that.   
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I'm going to go into some detail on the Wrights. I've been working on them for some time but still have a long ways to go before I can say positively say "this is fact". Right now this is just my opinion and as I have more time to devote to them I'm sure more things will change. John R. Wright Jr. was born in 1896 came over on the S.S. President Polk, arriving in New York on Sept. 26, 1923 and went to work for Griffin and Howe. I believe his occupation on the paperwork I have is listed as engineer. I believe that many of the very early Griffin & Howes were stocked by him. 
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The attending physician did a wonderful job!
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The rifles that show what I believe to to be John Wright's work only show up on very early Griffin and Howes.
I believe that he may have left G&H with James V. Howe to join the Hoffman Arms Company in Cleveland Ohio.
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A little better picture of the barrel markings. 
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