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Those cracks behind the tang should definitely be repaired and the wood behind the tang relieved prior to shooting. With the grain structure seen and the slender wrist the cracks are a real liability. Only if he shoots it. Will you be shooting it? I hope so. It's a darn nice rifle.
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Those cracks behind the tang should definitely be repaired and the wood behind the tang relieved prior to shooting. With the grain structure seen and the slender wrist the cracks are a real liability. Ok, Steven. Thank you for the advice. When I have the new recoil pad installed (the original one was in horrible shape and stone ugly), I'll have the cracks repaired and the area of wood behind the tang relieved.
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Those cracks behind the tang should definitely be repaired and the wood behind the tang relieved prior to shooting. With the grain structure seen and the slender wrist the cracks are a real liability. Only if he shoots it. Will you be shooting it? I hope so. It's a darn nice rifle. Oh, yes! I won't own a firearm I can't shoot.
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Trooper, Checkering and cheek piece look spot on for a Robert Milhoen 1903. There is an example of his work on Gunbroker in 1903 Springfield catagory. Maybe someone here can post the link. Nice rifle!!!! Dan.
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It ain't ignorance that does the most damage, it's knowing so derned much that ain't so! J. Billings
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Thank you, Dan and Thaine! Well, the work, particularly the checkering, does look similar. Thanks for the info and the link!
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I can't believe how quickly you fellows jump to conclusions in attributing a rifle to a maker from a few photos. The checkering and cheekpiece only look vaguely similar to each other. Yet many singular and definitive characteristics are very different between the two rifles. The shaping behind the grip, grip cap angle and quarter rib or lack of.
As for the checkering; bordered rather than borderless, very different petal shaping, straight back line of the forend vs rounded. How it follows and defines, or doesn't define the rear line of the grip.
The cheekpieces don't look anything alike to me: one with a shadow line the other with elaborate curves at both ends.
I see this all the time on this board and mainly disagree. Until you have a variety or examples of signed or period attributed work to define a particular maker's characteristics I don't think it is wise to jump at similarities. The rifle in the GI ad and the rifle in the book do look alike, but not much like this one.... That is my opinion.
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Opinions are like you know what. Everyone has one. In my own opinion Xtrooper's stock work looks a bit better than the Milhoan on GB. They both have nice checkering, but the cheekpiece on the Milhoan is ugly to me, and Xtrooper's is nice.
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Steven, don't shoot the messenger! LOL I just supplied the link since I had been following the rifle on GB. I agree with you similarities but nothing that really looks enough to be the same.
Vall's right in my humble opinion. The cheekpiece on the GB rifle would take some getting use to.
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Steven, don't shoot the messenger! LOL I just supplied the link since I had been following the rifle on GB. I agree with you similarities but nothing that really looks enough to be the same.
Vall's right in my humble opinion. The cheekpiece on the GB rifle would take some getting use to. Hahaha No worries, amigo and, for what it's worth, I totally agree with your assessment.
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