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November 7, 2015
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Lou-
I suspect a sixth rifle will be tough to authenticate given the resources you list. A 375 certainly makes sense for a serious hunter in Alaska. I feel confident Ms. Muerrle will recognize the genuine article but that won’t keep a talented faker from trying. I don’t think all the One of One Thousand rifles were ever found so there’s no guarantee this rifle will surface. I won’t be surprised if a fake is “discovered” in the near future.
Mike
Louis Luttrell said
Mike-Thanks for the compliments on the gun photos… They look better in the on-line digital magazine b/c the resolution is better than on the printed page.
One thing I regret is that the flat/diffuse lighting that I deliberately use in my “studio” to reduce glare didn’t capture the stock figure well, especially on the 257 ROBERTS. It looks like plain quarter sawn walnut, but it actually has a lot of tiger tail in the butt stock that doesn’t show. The plainest wood is on the 300 MAGNUM, which Winchester might (???) have done purposefully due to the greater recoil of the cartridge???
This pic, which I took when the guns were together in my gun room, shows the wood a little better.
Lou
Beautiful rifles Lou.
TXGunNut said
Lou-I suspect a sixth rifle will be tough to authenticate given the resources you list. A 375 certainly makes sense for a serious hunter in Alaska. I feel confident Ms. Muerrle will recognize the genuine article but that won’t keep a talented faker from trying. I don’t think all the One of One Thousand rifles were ever found so there’s no guarantee this rifle will surface. I won’t be surprised if a fake is “discovered” in the near future.
Mike
Mike, they have been faking the 1 of 1000’s for many years. Les Quick’s book has a section on this. I’m sure 1873man has seen a few. I got to hold one that Little John had. He had to show me the Fake areas.
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