Sedgley started in the firearms business back in 1897 when he was the manager for the Henry M. How I wish I could have purchased even one rifle from his estate. This article would belong to his estate but I don't think that they(Michael's family) would begrudge this because it explains the Sedgleys and maybe it will save one or two. Michael had an amazing wealth of knowledge on all guns and was nice and professional man as they come. Petrov and I have three of the books that I purchased from his estate-one of which is Ed Chappell's book on gun collecting. He posted it on Double Gun Forum Single Barrel American Sporting Rifles Section of the Forum. I am going to repost Michael Petrov's article. They are safe to shoot modern ammunition in. It also has a compass in the buttstock and I have heard of two or three others that have this. Paul Jaeger supposedly did stock work for Sedgley so it makes sense. I has a Lyman 48 peep site on it and the stock design is very similiar to that found on Paul Jaeger rifles with a pit of a chinstrap. They were often low number Springfield Armory 1903A Springfield actions as my rifle is that Sedgely would retreat(heat treating in a furnace) and then barrel with early barrels purchased from Winchester. But the barrel has the Circled S Sedgely mark on the barrel is is stamped Philadelphia, and it had matching serial numbers that I sent to Michael Petrov who had a running database. It has a nonstandard whiteline recoil pad on it. It is an accurate rifle that used to belong to an old Alaskan hunting guide. Treatise on Early Custom Gun Makers of the 20th Century. They are explained in Michael Petrov's excellent volume 1.

I own one that I traded a number of trapline guns for.(rifles that I pick up for 200-400 per rifle-in this case 1 Remington 600 mohawk in 243, a remington 721 in 300HH and a Rock River AR lower).

They are called the poor man's Griffin and Howe.

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