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Offline Mike Gahagan

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Christian Oerter Rifle
« on: December 07, 2011, 11:49:54 PM »
Do any of you fellers know what the buttplate width and caliber of the Christian Oerter rifle with the Griffen carved on it?

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 02:23:58 AM »
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.
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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 02:33:20 AM »
Mike,
        You should contact Mark Wheland,  he copied the original and would probably have the information you seek.  www.markwhelandrifles.com
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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2011, 04:43:37 AM »
Jack Brooks also built a copy.  See jsbrookslongrifles.com
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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2011, 06:36:44 AM »
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".




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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2011, 08:12:31 AM »
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.

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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2011, 08:30:22 AM »
I'm amazed that you can almost always find the answer here.

Offline rich pierce

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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 06:29:50 PM »
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
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Re: Christian Oerter Rifle
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 07:21:44 PM »
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?
« Last Edit: December 08, 2011, 08:25:57 PM by Jim Kibler »