Gary Cooper rifle

[Bhauer]

Man, all I know is that is one BEAUTIFUL rifle. Lucky OP!!!!!!

The story is just icing on the cake. Man! I hope you keep that rifle and pass it on to your children. I love to read stories like this.

Maybe someday I can have something worth passing down to my kids. Again, beautiful rifle and great story OP! Congrats.

I do plan on just keeping the rifle and passing it down as a family heirloom. Basically, I don't have anything in it and I'm kind of proud of the detective work and the discovery of the history along with the photos I've found so far. I'm a bit obsessed with it frankly. In my free time I find myself searching the Internet for information and photos of Cooper and Hemingway. I'd really like to find a photo with Hemingway and the rifle. I took Pat Hemingway turkey hunting on my family's ranch when I was a teenager. Pat was Earnest Hemingway's middle son. That guy had some incredible stories. I made him go to my high school with me one day after we had finished hunting. He spoke to my English class and answered questions. One student asked him which book was his favorite of all the stories his father had written. Without hesitation Pat said, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. The same student asked why he liked that book the best. Pat said, "because that is the book I get the most royalties off of!"

[Bhauer]

Gary Cooper was also great friends with John Wayne, Pablo Picaso and Clark Gable. I wouldn't doubt those three may have peered through the scope on this rifle at one time also.

[vhram]

Very cool story and gun !

[kygen]

pretty damn amazing

[Bhauer]

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Trying my hand at posting photos. If this works, above is another photo of Gary Cooper in his Gun room/shop. This is a different rifle on his desk.

[Bhauer]

Yep, that's what happend the last time I tried posting photos on a forum. Lol!

[Bhauer]

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[Bhauer]

Ha!!!!! Just figured it out!!! Look out people. I'm photo capable now!

[Bhauer]

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[Bhauer]

Another photo of Gary Cooper. This is not the same rifle I have but it does appear to be another Griffin & Howe. Paul Champman at Griffin & Howe agreed that it was. [IMG][/IMG]

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[oddjob]

very nice!!

[Bhauer]

A few more photos I had of my rifle.

[dholla]

Ha!!!!! Just figured it out!!! Look out people. I'm photo capable now!

Congrats!!!!!

[Franz Liszt]

Beautiful gun and very cool story! Makes me even more jealous. <-- green with envy. Also jealous of Gary Cooper's collection. I have often wondered what stories so many old firearms could tell if they could talk.