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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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