Author Topic: Hugh Toenjes long rife WOW  (Read 2187 times)

Offline snapper

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Hugh Toenjes long rife WOW
« on: April 20, 2018, 04:15:19 AM »
I got my new color catalog for the upcoming Cowans Auction and a couple of pages in I see a rifle built by Hugh for Douglas Lawrence Joy that will be fore sale in their Oct auction. 

I dont think that they have any pictures on their website yet for this auction.

Perhaps Hugh can post some pictures of this really beautiful cased rifle so we can get a better look at it.

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Re: Hugh Toenjes long rife WOW
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2018, 02:10:37 PM »
Hi Snapper,
That rifle has quite a story in that it was stolen from Doug Joy but he recovered it several years after the theft.  He then stored the cased rifle under his bed for over 2 decades and it was only recently discovered by his daughter after he died.  It is in mint condition. 

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