Alaskan Ironworker
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My aging uncle tells me the other day he picked up a minty commercial mauser at a pawn shop for $300, just because it was a good deal, he doesn’t hunt anymore. I really dont need another rifle, but I told him if he could hold onto it long enough for me to appropriate funds (launder the money from my wife’s knowledge), Id buy it. Yesterday he tells me he’ll trade it for 2 cords of split birch delivered. He heats with wood only and his stores are low. I usually cut And split two or three cords of birch a year just to burn bonfires on the weekends, so I have a good supply on hand. Now we’re both happy. This is my first .300 Win mag, already have an Fn mauser in 300 H&H, so Im excited about on the shelf ammo. What Im curious about is who built this rifle? The stamp on the barrel reads “Self spenard alaska”. My uncle seems to think “self” is bob self, a gunsmith from long ago, but internet search comes up dry. Anyone familiar with that gunsmith?