Help with a Charles Flaig custom gun...

[SScoulter]

Hello all,

I live in Little Rock Arkansas and recently got my hands on a beautiful gun that I have since come to find out was built by a Mr. Charles Flaig sometime in the early sixties probably. He owned a gun shop just north of Pittsburgh for years as I understand it.

Anyway, my gun is a 30.06 using a 98K Mauser action with a 24" Douglas heavy, and I do mean heavy, barrel on a custom wood stock. I believe the gun was built in the early sixties and I have read a as much as I could find on Mr. Flaig.

The gun is amazingly accurate. I wanted to post some pictures to see if anyone remembers him or his work and could possibly tell me anything more about the gun.









Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Sam

[knight0334]

I know nothing about it, but I just wanted to say that she is a beauty!

I love the stock on that piece.

[SScoulter]

Thank you sir! I really like this gun, I just want to know more if I can. Thanks.

[Jhaydeno]

I know nothing about it, but I just wanted to say that she is a beauty!

I love the stock on that piece.

x2. I've never heard of the man either, but boy, does he build a pretty gun! That stock is gorgeous!!

[SScoulter]

I didn't have any idea how this gun would shoot but after siting in the scope I shot this six shot group with one flyer at 100yrds with some crappy 150 grain soft point ammo. I was very happy.

[Don Quixote]

I didn't have any idea how this gun would shoot but after siting in the scope I shot this six shot group with one flyer at 100yrds with some crappy 150 grain soft point ammo. I was very happy.

Can you really call a 1/2" off the group a flyer? Maybe a butterfly flapped it's wing or something

+3, beauty

[unclejumbo]

Don't know if you saw these...

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthre...-s-Custom-Guns

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthr...98/type/thread

http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbt...1959330&page=1

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1960issues/G0260.pdf

[SScoulter]

Don't know if you saw these...

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthre...-s-Custom-Guns

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthr...98/type/thread

http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbt...1959330&page=1

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1960issues/G0260.pdf

I sure have thank you. I was hoping since this was a Pennsylvania group that I might find someone who remembers Mr. Flaig's shop and work. Thank you for posting those.

S

[sprrdhawk44]

That is an absolutely gorgeous rifle.

[x2501]

Flaig's Guns sat on a hill off Babcock Blvd., outside Millvale, which is a suburb of Pittsburgh. He was a fine custom gunsmith, but also had a showroom containing guns made around the world. I recall seeing a lot of drillings there in one of the cases. I bought (thru my dad) my first handgun (Ruger Super Single Six) there in 1969. I recall overhearing men in there talking about hunts in the Western US, Canada, Alaska and Africa. I don't know if the bldg. is still there, it was an old log cabin, but the shop went out of business sometime in the 1980's. Shame, I used to love going in there, had some really unique stuff.