Gun Show Find

[shrapnel]

At the Kalispell gun show this weekend, i found a couple real nice rifles. This one is a custom Model 70 action in 270 with exceptioonal wood and workmanship. This is a custom rifle built by a guy named Bob Johnson, who I know nothing about. He does good work and built a beautiful rifle...

 

[elkhuntinfool78]

Damn that's nice. Never heard of the guy who built it but looks very high quality. I would have jumped on that in a heartbeat. Nice find!

 

[Ben Lamb]

*whom

Another awesome find Shrap!

 

[longbow51]

Wow, gorgeous.

 

[mdhunter]

I bet there is no synthetic in your safe!

Another nice one!

 

[Dan O]

Very nice find! You must of found it after I headed home Saturday. Never heard of the builder but he does nice work hope it shoots as good as it looks.

 

[shrapnel]

Very nice find! You must of found it after I headed home Saturday. Never heard of the builder but he does nice work hope it shoots as good as it looks.

No, I had seen it earlier during the show, but the guy was around $6000 and I was hesitant to spend that much on it. I worked on him as hard as I could to get it more affordable and he finally got into my price range.

 

[WNC2500]

@shrapnel Beautiful gun for sure. Love the wood on that gun!! What will be the first MT species to feel the wrath of it?

 

[noharleyyet]

22 lpi checkering?

 

[Dan O]

No, I had seen it earlier during the show, but the guy was around $6000 and I was hesitant to spend that much on it. I worked on him as hard as I could to get it more affordable and he finally got into my price range.

It will look good on a 6x6 Bull this fall. But in the meantime work some prairie dogs over.

 

[Nick87]

Beautiful rifle.

 

[pabearhunter]

Now that's a beauty.

 

[shrapnel]

It frees up this rifle, so I can sell it and not have 2 270’s…

 

[morley.tyler]

Bob was a custom builder from Spokane in the 60's and 70's. He built a couple of Rifles for Jack O'Connor. A contemporary of Al Biesen.
That rifle is a thing of beauty.

 

[shrapnel]

Bob was a custom builder from Spokane in the 60's and 70's. He built a couple of Rifles for Jack O'Connor. A contemporary of Al Biesen.
That rifle is a thing of beauty.

The guy I bought it from said the same thing, but I don't know how you would check that out with the time that has passed...

 

[morley.tyler]

You won't be able to check it out, he probably died before the internet. You might check a couple of Jack O'C's rifle books.

 

[Wvhntr81]

Beautiful rifle

 

[shrapnel]

You won't be able to check it out, he probably died before the internet. You might check a couple of Jack O'C's rifle books.

I found a book by Jack O’Connor that mentions Bob Johnson in it to add to the credibility of the maker. Bob is mentioned on page 132…

 

[Bowmannate2000]

Gorgeous rifle.

 

[morley.tyler]

That's awesome, glad you found the book.

Here are the CliffsNotes on that book:

Model 70: Good
Model 70 in .270: Better
Model 70, in 270, stocked by some old dude in Spokane: Best.

Also- The model 21 Winchester is the best double gun, ever

Remember- these are the CliffsNotes, don't shoot the messenger.