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So I made a half liquored up bet in a thread that nyrifleman started about a gun that Hallowell has for sale. My boast was that not only did I have a gun based on the same rare action, that mine was even superior to that gorgeous custom. No small claim indeed.

Time for me to prove up.

Now I don't have the equipment to do perfectly lit "gun porn in a studio" photos like Hallowell; mine are more like "cell phone photo of a cute gun on a hike." The best I can do is provide some teaser photos to generate some antici


pation.

Utah. Someone stole your rifle!

At least they left me the bolt

I was on Paul (RIP) and Sharon Dressel's website this morning and they have one of Grisel's actions stocked mannlicher style in 358 Winchester.

So I think you have teased long enough, its been an hour. Show the goods!

It's not hard on the eyes, that's for sure

Meh.

That walnut is barely distinguishable from the fence behind it.

Who did the stock?

What's the caliber?

Oh and I'm officially declaring dibs!

A number of groups auction or raffle rifles off at their annual meetings. The super ornate guns that SCI and DSC auction go for tens of thousands, some have gone for over $100k. The American Custom Gunmakers Guild started its series of fundraising rifles the year after the group formed in 1983, and it continues to this day. Many well known members of the organization have donated labor, components, and accessories to those projects over the years. I rather assume that the builders put on their A game given the visibility of the project among their peers.

This happens to be the first rifle in that series--the 1984 rifle, chambered in .270 Win. Duane Wiebe built the gun, Pete Grisel built the action, and the late Terry Wallace did the engraving. Don Allen donated the stock blank and Marvin Huey built one of his super ornate cases, with all of the accessories. Duane Wiebe mentions this gun on his website as a highlight of his career.

I bought the gun off gunbroker from a dealer who did not understand what the gun really was, either in terms of its innate quality or historical provenance. I feel I am merely a caretaker, until it goes to the next one. As many of you know, I have feebly tried to commission metal work and stock them myself. This is a standard of gunbuilding that my projects will never ever reach.



My photo makes it hard to read, but the inscription on the quarter rib is "Wiebe Grisel Wallace." Elsewhere on the gun is engraved "ACGG #1."







My guess is that the checkering is 26 lpi, but it might be finer.

just wow.....you shoot it?

Thats unbelievable

I have not. It is right handed, and I am not, so I do not have nearly the same urge to shoot it that others might have. In addition, it appears to have been shot very very little (if at all) and I do not mind it staying that way.

That's a beautiful rifle..........

Lovely rifle Utah!

I wish you could all handle this rifle--it really comes into its own then.

Oh my goodness.
Exceptional piece you have there - congrats!

Great rifle. Love it. Too bad you're left handed.
As far as I know, the first Grisel built was a LEFT handed 280 Rem.
food for thought....
time to start hunting for a southpaw Grisel.

That is a helluva rifle.

Beautiful, just gorgeous. What craftsmanship!

Not to pick sides, but I have to agree with you. Yours is more beautiful.

Congratulations on your caretaker status for this work of art.

Ed