GUNS Magazine December 1958 - Jeffersonian

WORKING TO CLOSE TOLERANCES INSPITE OF PHYSICAL HANDICAP,EDWIN HALVORSON TURNED OUT TRUEMASTERPIECES OF GUNSMITH'S ARTHalvorson was active in shop almost to day hedied. Below, three rifles are 7mm Mauser, Enfieldwith unusual stock for friend Cutler, and ownM54 Winchester with knobs to make holding easy.~,.,.. i,'Jwork by thi s skilled gun smith shows he was a careful manwith the checkering tools as well."Maple is a very hard wood," says Cutler. "In thi s stockthe grain runs in every direction. When properly season ed,the wood is nearly white until oil is burned into it to bringout th e ri ch grain and darken it. With much rubb ing andpolishin g it becomes a rich, glossy chocolate brown."There is a secret compartment in the butt of this riflefor carrying sight insert s," Carter says. " I use this prizesevera l other rifles in wildcat calibers which I use in biggam e hunting."Cutler is an ace ph otographer, but his hobb y enthusiasmis hunting. He is an avid outdoo r man and pr omoter ofgood sportsmanship and good shooting. He organized th efirst Winona Rifle Ran ge, with Ha lvorson as an early memober. It was on thi s ran ge that th e handless gunsmith notonly became known as a master gunworkman but as acrack shot. Edwin's own tar get rifle, a mu ch-remodeled