RM #908 shipped to Harkley & Haywood in Vancouver, BC 16 March 1936.
This gun was well used, it didn't lay in a drawer for its life. As Teddy Roosevelt said, it was "In the Arena....marred by dust and sweat and blood....its place shall never be with those cold and timid souls...."
The factory letter would have been the end of it, but S&WHF had documents showing it was ordered by Ole Rollag and picked up when he was in town. Still doing research on him. He managed to break a mainspring and ordered 2 replacements while in Prince Rupert, BC. In his 1938 letter returning the broken MS, he references it as having been Registered by O. Rollag of Fort St. James, BC and otherwise had given him outstanding service. During the cold winters, he must have read McGivern's book and tried blacksmithing his own improvements. He made his own sight adjustment lever which moved zero from 50 to 150yds. A homemade "cockeyed" hammer, trigger stop, and firing pin. He drilled and tapped rib for mounting of scope. Drilled and tapped hole in frame butt which I think served as a mounting point for some kind of folding shoulder stock. On forward side of trigger guard, something made lots of contact, and a groove is cut on inside of guard, like a catch.
It took Jim Stroh cutting 2 threads off to correct forcing cone erosion and he fixed mechanical issues. It shoots good and I've taken a deer and turkey with it. (still in the arena
)
This gun was well used, it didn't lay in a drawer for its life. As Teddy Roosevelt said, it was "In the Arena....marred by dust and sweat and blood....its place shall never be with those cold and timid souls...."
The factory letter would have been the end of it, but S&WHF had documents showing it was ordered by Ole Rollag and picked up when he was in town. Still doing research on him. He managed to break a mainspring and ordered 2 replacements while in Prince Rupert, BC. In his 1938 letter returning the broken MS, he references it as having been Registered by O. Rollag of Fort St. James, BC and otherwise had given him outstanding service. During the cold winters, he must have read McGivern's book and tried blacksmithing his own improvements. He made his own sight adjustment lever which moved zero from 50 to 150yds. A homemade "cockeyed" hammer, trigger stop, and firing pin. He drilled and tapped rib for mounting of scope. Drilled and tapped hole in frame butt which I think served as a mounting point for some kind of folding shoulder stock. On forward side of trigger guard, something made lots of contact, and a groove is cut on inside of guard, like a catch.
It took Jim Stroh cutting 2 threads off to correct forcing cone erosion and he fixed mechanical issues. It shoots good and I've taken a deer and turkey with it. (still in the arena
)Attachments
Last edited:
