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Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase
      28/06/21 12:40 AM

Just a brief update on the Springfield...

I subscribed to the U.S. Martial Arms Collector in order to gain access to the Springfield Research Service (SRS). Unfortunately this rifle is not in their database (as noted in the thread posted earlier by Jim), which means there is no record of where it was delivered. My Seymour Griffin 'attribution' will therefore remain just that unless an old letter or magazine piece turns up or SRS eventually finds something on the serial number. I looked through issues of Arms and the Man for the period 1919-21 and found much mention of Seymour Griffin but nothing at all about any work on Springfield match rifles.

As to cleaning up the rifle, I've learned that carefully removing the old damaged finish is not going to give a good result. So - I'll probably clean with turpentine and fine grit sandpaper and try to do a proper refinish along the lines of James V Howe's Modern Gunsmithing (1934). Of course then the rifle will be 'non-professionally refinished' rather than 'cleaned' but I don't think this is important given the rifle. If anyone has strong view to the contrary, please speak up.

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* Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney 08/06/21 01:13 PM
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. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase DarylS   09/06/21 03:04 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney   12/06/21 08:54 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase DarylS   12/06/21 09:02 AM
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. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney   12/06/21 09:46 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase DarylS   12/06/21 11:40 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase jgrabow   13/06/21 12:56 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase jgrabow   15/06/21 08:11 PM
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. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney   28/06/21 12:40 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase 93x64mm   28/06/21 07:25 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney   29/06/21 11:56 AM
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. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase prairie_ghost   13/06/21 07:33 AM
. * * Re: Seymour Griffin stocks and a rough Gunbroker purchase mckinney   13/06/21 12:25 PM
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