Bob, starting in the early '70s, I would go to the old Mashburn Arms, sad to say, I was too young, uninformed & enamored with handguns to know what a shrine of loonyism it was. I'm sure Art was gone by then and I don't recall any talk about custom rifles, but they had lots of neat stuff for a broke college student to dream about.
I had a similar experience when Hallowell & Co. were still located in Greenwich, CT. Also in college lusting after a full custom Ottmar in .30-06. Price was $3500...may as well have been 10k.
That first trip was the catalyst for my love of custom walnut rifles.
