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Which companies would have been among the top custom barrel outfits for .25 caliber barrels in the 1950's and 1960's?
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I'd be for thinking that Marquart would be one of them but that is just a SWAG.
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I don't know about particulars but I always saw Douglas or Shilens on custom rifles when I was a kid (in the 70's). They were the rage back then.
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Buhmiller, Sukalie, Douglas, Pfeiffer, Johnson and Hart were some of the early guys, and a few more I don't recall offhand. My step Dad had a custom 257 Roberts built right after he returned from WW II, in 1946. It had a Buhmiller barrel on it. I still have the barrel.
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Edit to add: I forgot about P.O. Ackley. He made barrels during that era. My first custom rifle was built in 1957 by P.O. Ackley and had one of his barrels on it. It was a 7mm Ackley Magnum. Shilen followed these guys, and did make fine barrels in the 60's; not sure if he made many barrels during the 50's though.
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Thanks for the input folks. My dad bought a nice late 1950's - Early 1960's custom Mauser in .257 Wby yesterday and I am trying to figure out who made the barrel. Since its not marked "made by" anywhere its likely gonna be a "Moose Hunt" but I gots to try to satisfy my curiosity. One peculiarity of the rifle/barrel is that the caliber is marked on the bottom of the barrel shank and the caliber, .257 Weatherby is burned into the barrel channel of the pseudo-Weatherby style stock.
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Did Flaig make their own barrels?
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The first thing that I notice with many rebarrels is that the caliber often seems to have been stamped on the barrel with very little concern given to alignment or uniform depth. Anyone else notice that? Best, John
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The first thing that I notice with many rebarrels is that the caliber often seems to have been stamped on the barrel with very little concern given to alignment or uniform depth. Anyone else notice that? Best, John Yep, the stamping of the caliber is the worst thing on this rifle. Could be the reason they put underneath
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" Did Flaig make their own barrels? "
I believe they used Douglas barrels.
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I would rate Buhmiller in the top rank of 1950 barrel makers. Eric Johnson of CT was a master of .22 LR barrels and perhaps others.
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Sam May, who owned Apex barrels, also built many great barrels.
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Did Flaig make their own barrels? No, Charley Flaig told me in the 1950's that Douglas made all of his barrels.
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Obermeyer began making barrels in '62.
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As an aside, does anyone have copies of the literature/barrel contours from the barrel makers of this era?
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fwiw
PO Ackley's equipment was inherited by Paul Marqaurt of Prescott, AZ and then passed on to Morrison who resides in Hereford,AZ.
Some Navy target/snipers favor the Morrison barrel.
I still have one of Marqaurt's barrels, a cut rifled stainless.
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[quote=bucktales]Did Flaig make their own barrels? [/quote
They were made in Germany.I should qualify that.The 3 Flaig Rifles I have the barrels were German.The 15 Dad had were German.I dont know if all were .
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fwiw
PO Ackley's equipment was inherited by Paul Marqaurt of Prescott, AZ and then passed on to Morrison who resides in Hereford,AZ.
Some Navy target/snipers favor the Morrison barrel.
I still have one of Marqaurt's barrels, a cut rifled stainless. I thought that Dennis Bellm bought Ackley's business>
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