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On June 1, 1923 Griffin & Howe opened its doors and built rifles out of a New York City loft. [2] The partnership was short-lived, for Howe left the firm in September of that year to work for Hoffman Arms Company of Cleveland, Ohio; but Howe's name remained on the hundreds of M1903 Springfield and Gewehr 98 rifle actions converted through the ...
Griffin & Howe, the great New York custom gun-making firm, soon followed suit, making custom rifles chambered in their own slightly-modified version of the wildcat cartridge. The .25 Griffin & Howe differed from the .25 Roberts only with respect to the New York company, skipping one step and opting for a slightly longer cartridge by leaving the ...
The price had risen to $3,000 before eBay closed the auction. [8] [9] In May 2006, the remains of U.S. Fort Montgomery, a stone fortification in upstate New York built in 1844, were put up for auction on eBay. The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310.
Griffin & Howe chambered custom-built rifles for this cartridge; and using neck resizing with cases carefully fire formed to the chamber in which the loaded cartridges were to be used, these rifles were reportedly very effective for killing elk, moose, and bear at ranges up to 400 yards (370 m).
The 35 Whelen was designed by James Howe, of Griffin and Howe, partially in response to letters from Leslie Simpson and Stewart Edward White, suggesting that a good all-round rifle for African use would be one of 333 to 350 caliber, with a bullet of 250- to 300 grains (ideally 275 at 2500 fps.
GunBroker.com was founded by Steven F. Urvan after eBay started restricting gun sales. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Urvan ran the company until it was acquired by Ammo, Inc in 2021. [ 5 ] At the closing of merger, it had $60 million in revenue and 6 million registered users.
The net proceeds from the Gordie Howe auction will benefit the Howe Foundation, the charity of Howe and his wife Colleen. Gordie Howe Foundation charity auction includes over 500 items from Mr ...
He also praised the Springfield 1903 and Mauser 98 actions, and had rifles customized by other renowned gunsmith of the time such as Alvin Linden, who restocked his first model 70 rifle, W.A. Sukalle, and Griffin & Howe. His last rifle was a Ruger M77 customized by Al Biesen, chambered in the .280 Remington cartridge to the following ...