Super post; a little OT, but I have a stinkin' suspicion that more than a few of us double enthusiasts are also SS nuts... I'm always bemused that this area (Eastern NY state and adjacent Vermont) were such a hotbed of rifle experimenters and theorists back at the beginning of the last century. That all seemed to have moved West by the 2nd world war, following the defense industries. But I still shoot chucks up by Shushan at least once a summer, with a .22 Hornet that would have been a familiar ctg to these guys (in a Win SS or a Ruger #1).

Michael, is your .25 Neidner/.25 Krag the short version or the full length? Not just a varmint ctg. either; good as a .257 with right bullets! Lovely rifle!