Christian Oerter Rifle

[Mike Gahagan]

Do any of you fellers know what the buttplate width and caliber of the Christian Oerter rifle with the Griffen carved on it?

[rich pierce]

I am not sure any of the articles on it were very detailed in terms of the sorts of measurements we used to get from George Shumway.  Will check later tonight.  Guessing 2.25" wide in the buttplate and 5" tall.

[Lucky R A]

Mike,
        You should contact Mark Wheland,  he copied the original and would probably have the information you seek.  www.markwhelandrifles.com

[wogden]

Jack Brooks also built a copy.  See jsbrookslongrifles.com

[chris laubach]

Do any of you fellers know what the buttplate width and caliber of the Christian Oerter rifle with the Griffen carved on it?

Barrel is .60 cal.  Butt is 1 3/4" X 4 15/16".




Chris Laubach

[Mike Gahagan]

Thanks guys.I was told that the butt was only about 1 3/4" wide but I thought that it would be wider than that.

[B Shipman]

I'm amazed that you can almost always find the answer here.

[rich pierce]

Thanks guys.I was told that the butt was only about 1 3/4" wide but I thought that it would be wider than that.

me too

[Jim Kibler]

With the big flat box on the side, perhaps the butplate was measured to the box / butplate intersection rather than extending the imaginary curve of the butplate?