Great rifle, Mr. Fawcett! Thanks for the photos, too. I had about half of them. When I got home from work, I had to get down my books by Osa Johnson to look at the photos of her and her rifles.
I thought that Husqvarna you posted earlier this year was cool, but his is way cool. If anyone even mentions drilling and tapping it or replacing the pad with anything but red rubber, drive them into the wilderness! I would reblue it to protect it, though.
If you want the stock duplicated but longer, PM me.
A few years ago, a gun dealer I know well had a .470 Thomas Bland double rifle like hers, which he had bought, sold to safari-bound hunters, bought back and sold again some 11 times. He had just gotten it back, with a partial box of cartridges, so we went out to the farm and shot it. Once was enough for him, but I had to warm up both barrels. Whew!
