Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Anybody recognize this work?

I have owned quite a few Jerry Fisher rifles. That isn’t one.

However it is a very nice rifle that should be appreciated for what it is.

I suspect that the semi inletted blank that was used came from the shop of Al Biesen who used to supply them to hobbyists.

Possibly H.W. "Harry" Creighton on Nashville, TN.

Thanks, seems plausible, but looks like Mr Creighton passed in the late 80’s and I believe this rifle was built in 91.

Rifle is currently listed in the classifieds.

Very nice little Mauser.

It looks like a really well done Hobbyist stock that MIGHT have been checkered as piecework by an outfit like Ahlmans in MN, The checkering pattern looks like their work.

Another thing that makes me think this was a low budget piecework job is that practically NOBODY who is invests in a complete rifle build by a name smith would ever use such a fencepost plain piece of wood. It was likely a semi inlet piece of English Walnut from Richards etc that was well fitted and finished by it's owner (and/or local smith) and then sent off to some outfit for checkering,

As it stands, that is a relatively rare gun in our present day, A rifle that is better made and more graceful than 99 % of the factory hunting rifles currently made but yet not so rare and valuable you cannot "use it like you stole it".

It should be a heck of a little hunting rifle.

Yes, the plain wood kind of threw me off as well as the plain sling swivels. That said, some of the plain stocks I’ve had over the years have tend to be lighter and pretty stable.

The engraving is top notch. Not sure it was farmed out or done by the checkerer.