BIESEN, ROGER: 270 WINCHESTER LIGHT WEIGHT - BIESEN COMPLETE CUSTOM with a 1947 PRE-64 MODEL 70 ACTION - A MODEL 70 FEATHERWEIGHT BARREL - TRUE BIESEN CLASSIC STOCK - BIESEN CLASSIC WRAP AROUND FLEUR-DE-LIS CHECKERING - Excellent English Walnut - 22" Barrel - Leupold 2 Piece Scope Base & Rings - 13 9/16" LOP - Overall 98% Plus - Classic Americana
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Bolt Rifle |
270 Win. |
$4,950.00 |
#72084, Roger Biesen, Gunmaker, Spokane, Wn: A Classic Light Weight Custom by Roger Biesen in 270 Winchester on a Pre-War Model 70 Action, 22" Winchester Model 70 Featherweight barrel installed to this Pre-War action, The action was built in 1947, No open sights, Custom profiled Leupold type 2-piece scope bases with 1" rings, Pre-64 Model 70 hinged floorplate and trigger guard from a Featherweight Model 70 rifle with a frontal bow release, A bolt sleeve 3-position Model 70 wing safety, Model 70 trigger, Action rails inside and out are polished, A pure Roger Biesen Custom Classic style stock, An excellent piece of English Walnut, Roger and Al Biesen style classic full wrap around Fleur-De-Lis checkering with a deep recess, Shadowline cheekpiece, Ebony forend tip, Biesen 2-screw checkered steel grip cap, Double screw tiedown sling eyes on the stock front and back, Lightning cuts inside the forearm, 13 9/16" LOP over a 5/8" pad, It will go 14 1/16" LOP with a 1" pad installed, 6 lbs. 15 oz. as is, The bore is new, Overall the gun is near 99% on both metal and wood. The internal and external inletting is excellent. I can assure you this gun never went hunting if it did it stayed in camp. Roger Biesen is the son of Al, and his Father was the Norman Rockwell of custom bolt rifles in America and his merits are covered extensively in the pages of Jack O'Connor and the Gun Digest.
Roger Biesen grew up working on guns alongside his Father on Sinto Street in Spokane. Mr. Al Biesen was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1918 and 30 years later moved to Spokane, Washington and set up shop in his basement on Sinto Street. He built a lot of rifles for Jack O'Connor and several rifles for Prince Abdorezza Pahlavi of Iran. Roger Biesen joined on with his dad and continued the tradition of workmanship and the Biesen style with their noted Fleur-De-Lis checkering style. Al taught his son Roger the art of gun building, and his granddaughter Paula worked in the shop as well becoming an engraver. Biesen preferred the pre-64 Model 70 action and the Mauser 98 action, he always worked with fine walnut. He never made a synthetic stocked rifle in his life. Al Biesen passed away in Spokane in 2016 and the age of 98.
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