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Originally Posted by Rick99
Jeff, that's quite the rare and interesting rifle. How does the butt plate compare to the one pictured?


IIRC, it looks identical. The 250+/- pre-WW2 rifles are stored in a bank vault in NH and I only visit them to do a physical inventory and inspection every couple of years.

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A photo record might be of value. That's something I keep telling myself I should do.

The one in the picture above has a 1907 date on the plaque. Jeff, what time frame is your rifle?

On the above rifle, is the check piece part of the butt or is it an attached piece of wood?


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I would really like to see a picture of the hanger and the butt plate. Surprised no one recalls the rifle I am thinking of maybe it is a figment of my mind?


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The cheek piece is part of the stock, not an attachment. David


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CTW, not sure what you mean by the hanger. The first photo was of the buttplate. Here is a photo showing the buttstock and buttplate. David
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260's rifle has a palm rest attached to the forend that is what I am calling a hanger.


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I like that gun from a novelty viewpoint, but I gotta wonder what they were thinking when they built a schutzen 99, if indeed it's a "schutzen" rifle and not someone's idea of a target rifle.


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Looks like the original owner used it as a hunting rifle.


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If so, I bet the old guy wouldn't have minded lugging a 99R with scope around the deer woods either! grin


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Originally Posted by ctw
260's rifle has a palm rest attached to the forend that is what I am calling a hanger.


IIRC, the palm rest is engraved "Schoyen" in script and I believe that Schoyen was a gunsmith in Denver, CO, who specialized in building Schuetzen rifles and accesories. I don't recall that the hanger is marked, as I've never taken it off the rifle, but it appears to be of the same age and quality as the palm rest. I have known that it was a special rifle all of my life, as it was one of only a half-dozen or so non-Winchester firearms that my Father kept in glass front cabinets in the library at the house I grew up in. While he was a primarily a pre-'64 Model 70 Winchester man, he was known to purchase all sorts of high grade and unusual firearms if the price was right.

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I wonder if these special 99's were owned/built by guys who had a passion for Schuetzen target shooting and simply wanted hunting rifles that mimicked their target guns. Anything by Schoyen, Peterson, Pope, et al is something to be treasured.


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It doesn't have a palm rest or hanger but I'm thinking the brass diamond around the forearm retaining screw was to protect the wood and give a more stable mount when a hanger was mounted. The mount on the hanger wouldn't sink into the brass like it would into the walnut. I am thinking the hanger would be mounted with a screw that replaced the forearm screw. I wonder if it could have been an award for competitive shooting and Scott only used it for hunting, not competitive shooting therefor the hunting sights. David


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Whatever Mr. Scott used it for he certainly took good care of it. Unless he just posed with the 99 and the real meat gun was the and beat up old surplus 30-40 Krag that was kept in the trunk. I know I certainly would not be dragging a trophy piece like that into the woods.


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Maybe he just hung it on the wall. That is very possible if it was a trophy from a shooting match. David


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Originally Posted by Grogel_Deluxe
I promise! I'd like to get him a good print of the photo.



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David
Any chance you could post the pictures again? I did not save them and then the photo bucket thing happened.

Thanks Chris


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Thanks David


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