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Dan sent me pictures of Sedgley rifles with various styles of cheekpieces



Here is a link to Jaeger rifles from the late 40's

late 40's Jaeger's

Did most deluxe models come engraved? Seems like I�ve seen some with engraved floor plates but not all.

Any confirmation that booklet existed or could it be a sales gimmick for the ad that was never actually produced?

It was produced I have seen 2 old listings of it online

One sold in a book lot at RIA
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/1009/1004/lot-of-books-and-scopes

The other sold on eBay
https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/9uUAAOSw0-5eCTuY/s-l225.jpg

The cataloged Deluxe is fully engraved but there was an early DeLuxe without engraving and it had a 3" long horn forend cap vs the regular 2" cap and had all the other Deluxe features. Then there was the WW2 produced Deluxe with the Deluxe marking on the barrel that had no engraving nor the other prewar Deluxe features. If a Sedgley only has the floor plate engraved I doubt that it was done by Sedgley.

I know Sedgley made a left hand conversion of the Springfield, but have never seen one "in the flesh". How does it work?

Don't know. One sold locally a decade ago. I know the previous owner and I will try to remember to ask him who he sold it to. I had no idea at the time how scarce they were. I probably could have bought it for $300.

The second one up from the bottom of the cheekpiece photos is an engraved LH Sedgley that was made from an NRA Sporter. I will take some photos of the action. Sedgley basically cut down the safety lug so that the bolt can turn the other direction and moved the handle to the left side. There is more work than that to make it work.

Is the diamond in the stock something sedgley did?

I'm sure the diamonds in the stock were not done by Sedgley, they are the only thing wrong with the rifle and they are not very well done.