Since I have started the threads, figured we needed a place for these lowly rifles. Here is my only one at the moment. Bubba (H&H Zehner) was a German gunsmith shop who worked out of Frankfurt in the 1950s. I know a fella here in VA who knows of this shops line of work from work on Mausers and shotguns. He will see it this weekend and let me know what he can. Never heard of him doing a 99. Anyways, lets see yours.







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Now thats what I,m talkin bout

I remember this rifle!


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Nor me, rifle wasn't anything special...no collector value, no names of importance attached to the custom work done. If you have seen one of these you have seen many. Assembly line customization.
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hahahaha... figured it would turn back up...

Turn back up? That Zehner thing was a hoax. I just finished it tonight. My first shot at custom work. Everything was cool after I figured out what a file was. And the Randall pictured did a lot to help.

I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good.

I sure wish people weren't so hell bent on ruining fine original 99's. What's wrong with a plain old EG?

ppppffffffffffffffttttt!!!

I got one that is way more better , engraved it with my pocket knife , pics soon...


Mike

I SEEN WORSE!

Yup, here's my home whittled wondergun 250EG. I'm gonna send it to Steve (or Jeff) to engrave for me.

Lotta work there...

That there is one nice looking rifle RAS!

What kind of knife is that in your 7th photo? She's a beauty too.

I believe the knife is a randall, only a short 4 year waiting list to get one of those. You can buy them from other people than the manufacturer but you're going to be paying some premium $. I've been making some knives and I've been modeling my blades after one of their big game skinners. Mine isn't near that pretty though.

MM

Recruit,

That is a stag horn Randall. Another hobby. Where in MI are you located? I grew up in the St Clair Shores / Clinton Township area. I hear you guys aren't getting the white stuff that much this year.

Jeff

Here is a real H H Zehner that I own:

RAS

I'll give you $100 american for that knife,,,,,I'll be waiting for your reply of acceptance ,,,,,,maybe quite a while.

MM

Sure, no sweat. Shipping will be $475 for a total of $575.

Jeff; Not far at all from where you grew up. I live in Lake Orion but grew up in Shelby Township. I remember when Lakeside Mall and the entire metropolis now surrounding it was all farm fields.

I'll have to keep my eye out for a Randall. Perhaps I'll get lucky and see one at a flea market or garage sale one day for $20

I remember when we used to kill a pile of pheasants on a farm near Lakeside in the 80s. I was just a kid but I felt like I was in Montana or something. Once we kicked up a big buck and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. I think it is all fast food joints now...

One I am presently working on. Notice the detail of the inlet work,hi lighted checkeing, finely fit recoil pad, etc. Would maybe consider trading for RAS's.

Might be a good deal if it comes with a barrel !!!

I am keeping the barrel,was the reason I bought this dog. Its a 410 Savage.

Are the 410's single feeders or repeaters? Thought I read they were single shots.

Singles

I've thought a bit about the 375 doing double duty as a close range grouse gun with shot capsules. Never took the idea anywhere. Why wouldn't it work to some degree, if components were available?

The main issue is the shot bouncing down a rifled barrel with no choke. However, I suppose, "to some degree" it would work. I used to have a T/C Contender and had a .410/.45 Colt barrel for it. I was able to bust clay pigeons with it but I think the screw in choke made all the difference. Way back in the day, shot cartridges were available for a lot of lever repeaters - actually just about all of them. I have seen factory shot cartridges in .32/20, .38/40, .44/40, .38/56, .45/70, .50/95 and so on. Of course, rifles could be ordered with smooth bore barrels as well. I used to have a Winchester M1886 .45/70 deluxe lightweight takedown in .45/70 smoothbore. What a great lightweight grouse gun! However I never used it for that. It was very high condition and had to live life as a safe queen. Here is a .50/95 shot cartridge I have (I sure wish I had the smoothbore Winchester M1876 that went with it -

This is an explanation of how to make shotguns out of your rifle cartridges. To view this, copy it and do a search with it. Should pull right up. Interesting article.

home.earthlink.net/~mhclary/ShotLoadsForFirearms.pdf

That stock maybe one of the rare factory "arrow head" jobs I've heard of but never seen lol!