I inheirited my grandfather's A.O. Niedner rifle. It has a Thomas Shelhamer- style stock that he made himself. On the barrel, 180 degrees from the Niedner stamp is the mark of another wildcatter in the '20s that bored barrels from Arizona (if I remember correctly),it's too late at night to be tearing the rifle apart. It has open sights, although I recall as a child it had what they called a spring mounted scope that must have disappeared over the years. I don't even know what it's Mauser action (1894 or 1903 or whatever?) is chambered for, a local gunsmith did a casting and opined it might be a .256 Gibbs Magnum. Anyway, is anyone interested in this rifle? I've got stories galore about it's history with not too many documents. I am not a shooter, but I am a mechanic and this is one beautiful piece of machinery. I would rather see it in the hands of someone who would enjoy it than to see it kept forever gathering dust in it's case under my bed. Not really interested in any e-bay sell-a-thon, just would like to know what it's worth and if anyone would be interested in it.

We are shopping for a bow for our son. He has about one hour of archery experiance with someone that was rather new to the sport. The shooping would have been over last week at the first store we went to except that our son is left handed!!! Oh my gosh, you would think that left handed people are banned from archery. Do any of you have recommendations for a bow? We would want it to last him as long as possible but at the same time, all the other Christmas shopping for the family has been done and the money has dwindled down to very almost nothing.