F.M. Elwood
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About a year ago, my father passed away. Among his firearm collection, was a rifle I had never seen despite I'm confident it has been in his possession for several decades. He had a recent inventory as of 2019, with notes next to several guns. Next to this rifle, was this note: "Custom Engraved Low Wall Single Shot, built by P.O. Ackley's engraver for himself, fully engraved action, Unertl scope". I cannot find ANY marking within the engraving, or under the forend. It's a beautiful rifle that has been stashed away for years. With that said, my father was a well known gunsmith in western Kansas from the late 50's through the early 70's. He and Ackley had at the least a working relationship, and in fact both, had there hands in his custom Winchester 70 that was chambered in 7mm Remington mag, which was his personal hunting rifle back in the day. So, maybe it's true, maybe it's "handshake story" from a gun show in Oklahoma in the 60's. Don't know. I would say he has had this rifle probably since that era, late 50's to late 60's, but he had no other explanation or proof of the one line story. I'm hoping to use a few forums to find any leads on the engraver, or the engraving style, etc. The gun will be passed on to my son at some point and remain in our family, and it would be nice to obtain some of it's history. However, I doubt this gun has seen daylight in 50 years, so I may be out of luck. 218 Bee heavy barrel for those curious.
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