Customer Photos

The gentlemen that commissioned the stag handled semi-skinner pictured in an earlier post on this blog recently shared these wonderful photos with me. With his permission, I am sharing them with you. As you can see, he is a dyed in the wool sheep hunter!

 The first photos are from his sheep hunt in Wyoming. He was accompanied on this hunt by his brother.

The next set of photos are from a Desert Big Horn hunt in Utah. He accompanied his son, who harvested this wonderful ram.

K.Z. - Once again, thank you for sharing these wonderful photos!

Oregon Arms Collectors Show and the Farrow Rifle

Last Sunday I attended the monthly Oregon Arms Collectors show held near the Portland airport. I had been corresponding with a local collector of vintage single shots through the ASSRA forum and went to meet him and view the single shots he had displayed. At this show, he had several Remington Rolling Block and Hepburn sporting rifles. Prior to seeing his rifles I hadn't been a fan of Rolling Blocks. My exposure to them had been military rifles and I never saw anything desirable about them. After seeing this gentleman's collection of sporting rifles, I am a convert. Shortly after getting home, I began searching the internet for a #4 take-down rifle!

During a momentary break in examining all his wonderful rifles and asking a bunch of questions, I noticed that the table behind had a single shot with a lever I recognized from photos. While the owner of the Rolling Blocks took a break from me, I went around the corner and found myself looking at a Farrow Schuetzen rifle with a nickled action, false muzzle, swiss butt plate, and palm rest. Basically, all the bells and whistles. At some point the owner, who was away from his table, must have noticed me drooling all over his rifle and came over. After answering a bunch of questions he handed me the rifle and instructed me on the proper way to hold the rifle. I was pretty jazzed to be handling one of the rarest single shot rifles made and a bit nervous since I had a pretty good idea what the rifle was worth!

I had a great time seeing some very fine rifles and talking with guys who have spent years collecting single shot rifles and are willing to share what they have learned. I will definitely be attending next month's show.