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Buckstix
" .... whether you saw (and or bought) the Leonard Mews .416 Brevex that was sold by Reata Pass Auctions some months ago. It was an interesting piece with birds eye maple stock. I made a bid equal to the selling price but it went to another bidder due to some fine point in the auction rules. Was hoping it might have gone to you.

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Hello mckinney,
Thanks for the reply.

This is a little off the subject, but I will answer.

Yes, I saw it and I did NOT bid on it. ... I have a dozen Leonard Mews rifles. Leonard was a friend and fellow shooter and member here at our gun club in Appleton, Wisconsin. I'm going to say "in my opinion" to protect myself from any legal action. In my opinion, that rifle was never touched by Leonard, stock or otherwise. Also, if it had been done while he worked at Weatherby, the caliber marking would have been on the left side of the barrel ahead of the receiver, and Roy would never have put Leonard's name and date on the gun. And, if Leonard had done the work on his own as "Custom", it would have had his signature diamond in the grip cap. Although the action was a Weatherby Brevex, it was poorly "refinished". The checkering style on the stock was only "vaguely similar" to Mews, but not really his style at all, and it lacks his "perfection". You are lucky you didn't get it. With the auction house "juice", and shipping and tax, it would have cost you nearly $7,000 for a rifle that's worth only about $4,000 at he most. Nice, but no cigar. I'd bet a bag of donuts that Leonard's stamp is not on the stock. He stamped all his work.

Here's an example of Leonard's "perfection" checkering. And a picture of Leonard. And a picture of his signature stamp.







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