Fiddler, I had a friend who passed away a few years ago , he had an old half stock SMR very similar to this one. It had a long 45 or 46 inch barrel, iron mounts , walnut stock, and what appeared to be a Hickory rib. The cheekpiece on his was more square and, the stock was Walnut but overall similar rifle. He had 5 old southern style half stocks and 6 full stocks one of which was a very cool poorboy that I may have pics of. I believe there had to be many of these rifles built by both pro builders and sometimes builders alike during the long period of their use.
