The scan is from Ellis Lenz' book Muzzle Flashes. My copy is the 1944 second printing. The paper is thin wartime stuff and the print from the reverse page shows through. Lenz wrote that the stock work was done by Harvey W. Rogers, a stockmaker employed by Hart Arms Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. Rogers worked for Hoffman before he worked for Hart.

The stock itself is the issue military Krag stock with the upper part of the comb removed and a comb of proper height and appearance added. A pistol grip has been dovetailed into the lower part of the military stock and the grip area checkered to hide the joining line. The long military barrel was cut off and the military fore-end was cut back to make a Mannlicher-type fore-end. The lightening cuts were filled in the standard manner. Lenz wrote that the labor involved was little short of making the stock from scratch.

The Hart flush magazine was apparently an aftermarket assembly. Is there any relationship between the Hart Arms Co of pre-war Cleveland and the present suppliers of stuff to the benchrest crowd?

Last edited by waterman; 02/21/11 12:53 PM.