Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
A quick Google search found this article by van Zwoll, mentioning a Dr. Russell C Smith who seemed to be a gun nut. Could be the same one. He would fit the profile. What do you know about him?

I'd be curious what he had to shell out in 1950 bucks to make this project happen. Couldn't have been cheap, even back then.

http://bugle.rmef.org/publication/?...10&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5

DF

Hello Dirtfarmer,
Thanks for the reply.

Yes, that is the same Dr. Russell C. Smith. He was originally from Wisconsin and later moved to Alaska. He had dozens and dozens of custom rifles made by most all of the classic builders of the 40s & 50s. He had at least 10 made by Leonard Mews. I also have a Model 70 in 264 WM made for Dr. Smith by Leonard Mews.

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If you read the newspaper article at the beginning of my post, it talks about costs of Leonard's Stocks. In many cases the customer supplied the rifle, or action for the project.

You never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early.