J Dewey gunsmith
Has anyone ever heard of this fellow or know anything about him? I recently saw a rifle with his name and wondered if he was connected with the "Dewey cleaning rod" enterprise in Pennsylvania.
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I cannot answer your question about the Pa. connection but here is a good article about John Dewey.
http://www.fieldandstream.com/pages/precision-shooting-great-magazine-shooting-hobbyists0 -
I believe he was in the Millbrook, NY area in the '60s 0 -
thank you both for your response and I am sure now that my rifle came from the same John Dewey. Im sorry to hear that he passed on but his workmanship for a 60s gunsmith is superb. the article mentions he worked with a stock maker named Russ Carpenter. I wonder if anyone knows if hes around still. 0 -
I tried looking him up in a few old Gun Digests without success.
I know he operated out of either Millbrook, Cold Spring or near by in NY and was in a partnership
& Dewey but I forget the partner's name.0 -
Contact the Dewey rod people and ask them....? 0 -
The name of the company that makes Dewey rods is J. Dewey Mfg.
The same guy.0
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