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Hope that you hunt with that fine rifle and that when afield with it may it bring back memories of campfires and hunts shared with your special friend.
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Very gorgeous rifle sir, you should be very proud to carry it in the field.
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Consider yourself blessed. Those friendships are few and far between. The fact that you have a piece like that to add to your memories of your friend is a nice bonus.
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Consider yourself blessed. Those friendships are few and far between. The fact that you have a piece like that to add to your memories of your friend is a nice bonus. +1 Beautiful heirloom rifle.
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Too few people understand the significance of what happened with that rifle, John, Ben and you; though, that's okay--you clearly get it.
Enjoy.
Murphy was a grunt.
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IDdave, nice story and good photos....by the way, I guess you know, along with the rifle is a vintage 1907 sling. Very 'old school' and looks perfect with that beautiful stock. Good Hunting.
Have Gun Will Travel,, The more dust on the trail- the thicker the soup.
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Hope you take a fine bull with that rifle.
Your friend will be smiling--
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Wow, that's a good story! Hunt that thing.
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280's are easy to appreciate.
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Robert E. Lee
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You made my day with that story. Hunt that rifle it has a lot of character and function. Jack O'Connor had one Alaska Gunsmith make a stock for him. It looks the type. google Jay Frazier.
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Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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That rifle looks very much like a Keith Stegall build, especially the stock.
Great memories and a fitting tribute to a great friend.
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She's a beaut!
Thanks for sharing.
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Update...a fellow campfire member and good friend of John's from Alaska contacted me and informed me the rifle was built by a gentleman named Jay Frazier.
Apparently Mr. Frazier is a resident of Idaho. Small world on both ends of this thing.
Many thanks for the discussion Ed. Hope to see you this fall.
Dave
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