Paul Dodge was a pretty prolific gunbuilder around here, and justly famous. Although sporting rifles paid the bills, he is most famous for some of the 1000 yd bolt guns he built. The tiny town of Yreka for some reason produced a large number of regionally and nationally ranked competitive shooters back in the day, and many chose to equip themselves with Dodge and Lee Paul rifles.
Your relative wants it gone, so be it, but there is a better than even chance that the rifle will be lights out accurate. Dodge sourced his barrels where the customer preferred, but some of them that Dodge himself preferred were "one offs" from a gunsmith/ machinist reputedly retired from Benicia arsenal before WW2. I personally have had my dick put in the dirt by one of those rifles with the barrel made from a truck axle, me shooting a shiny new 40X with all the bells and whistles. Humbling.
