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xausa
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Re: Mystery .404
31/12/09 07:55 AM

I contacted Dennis Ernhardt and he reports that the stock work is not his.

"I cannot tell for sure who made the gun, but it looks as though Thom Burgess may have done the metal work. The stock could possibly have been made by Maurice Ottmar. It looks like a beautiful rifle."

Maurice Ottmar is evidently deceased, so unless someone knows of the whereabouts of any records he may have kept, I seem to have arrived at a dead end. I have located a few pictures of Ottmar's work, but none in a heavy caliber which would dictate the type of stock fitted to my rifle.

I have also determined that the bolt will barely close on a new, freshly sized cartridge case, leading me to believe that whoever rebarrelled the rifle did not have a headspace gauge and used a factory cartridge to set the headspace with. As soon as I can get my hands on a headspace gauge I will know more.

It seems unlikely that the rifle has ever been fired in its present configuration. There is no evidence of copper fouling in the bore.

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Mystery .404	xausa	24/12/09 12:05 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	26/12/09 05:02 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	31/12/09 07:55 AM
Re: Mystery .404	GSP7	31/12/09 09:28 AM
Re: Mystery .404	poprivit	01/01/10 05:05 AM
Re: Mystery .404	LongIsland	01/01/10 04:17 PM
Re: Mystery .404	GSP7	01/01/10 07:58 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	02/01/10 04:25 AM
Re: Mystery .404	GSP7	02/01/10 04:50 AM
Re: Mystery .404	tinker	17/01/10 12:16 PM
Re: Mystery .404	pjaln	22/01/10 09:05 AM
Re: Mystery .404	lawndart	05/03/10 06:34 PM
Re: Mystery .404	lawndart	06/03/10 04:28 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	07/03/10 01:53 AM
Re: Mystery .404	AspenHill	09/03/10 07:35 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Grenadier	09/03/10 08:59 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	09/03/10 10:35 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Carpetsahib	30/11/11 12:26 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	01/12/11 01:45 AM
Re: Mystery .404	DarylS	01/12/11 04:12 AM
Re: Mystery .404	500Nitro	01/12/11 04:29 AM
Re: Mystery .404	vagrouser	01/12/11 05:09 AM
Re: Mystery .404	mckinney	01/12/11 06:15 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	01/12/11 09:00 AM
Re: Mystery .404	mehulkamdar	01/12/11 10:20 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	01/12/11 11:42 PM
Re: Mystery .404	500Nitro	02/12/11 01:00 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	02/12/11 02:58 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Rule303	10/12/11 02:18 PM
Re: Mystery .404	pjaln	10/12/11 03:51 PM
Re: Mystery .404	mckinney	02/12/11 05:43 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	03/12/11 12:13 AM
Re: Mystery .404	pjaln	10/12/11 11:56 AM
Re: Mystery .404	DarylS	02/12/11 03:59 AM
Re: Mystery .404	mckinney	01/12/11 06:29 AM
Re: Mystery .404	mehulkamdar	01/12/11 10:21 PM
Re: Mystery .404	mckinney	02/12/11 05:18 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Sville	30/11/11 05:39 PM
Re: Mystery .404	Rule303	06/06/10 10:01 AM
Re: Mystery .404	500Nitro	24/12/09 12:32 PM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	24/12/09 01:51 PM
Re: Mystery .404	500Nitro	25/12/09 07:03 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Bramble	25/12/09 02:39 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	25/12/09 03:29 AM
Re: Mystery .404	VonGruff	25/12/09 05:36 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	25/12/09 06:34 AM
Re: Mystery .404	Bramble	25/12/09 07:03 AM
Re: Mystery .404	xausa	25/12/09 07:11 AM
Re: Mystery .404	500Nitro	25/12/09 07:15 AM

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