Barrel by gunsmith C. C. Seitz. Anyone know his work?

Denwhit · Jun 18, 2015

I just acquired a nice rifle with Sako L461 short action and barrel signed by "C.C. Seitz Pendelton, Oregon" . Caliber is 17-221 Remington which I understand would be the .221 Remington Fireball necked down to .17 caliber. Feels like a one ounce trigger. All in a beautiful custom stock.
I know Seitz became pretty famous for his single shot trap shotguns and I learned that by web searches but could find no word about his rifle barrels. Can anyone shed some light?

Sgt Nambu · Jun 18, 2015

OK, not worthless, but we'd all like to see your rifle!

Denwhit · Jun 18, 2015

You need a picture to tell me if you've ever heard of Seitz?

beavernation · Jun 18, 2015

CC "Tom" Seitz was a close friend of our family. He tragically died in a hunting accident (asphyxiation in an RV) in about 1985. Before he started building what may have been the finest trap gun ever, he was an accomplished benchrest shooter and gunsmith. He set some records in Pennsylvania with the .222 before moving out to Pendleton in the 70's. His rifles are highly respected and he was quite the innovator and a brilliant machinist/inventor/designer! After he stopped building the trap guns he made a good living rechoking trap guns and removing forcing cones in the days before screw chokes. Tom was a good man who never said a bad thing about anyone. My father did the finish work and the checkering on the first 20 ish guns Tom built. He is missed. You have a shooter there and a bit of history!

Denwhit · Jun 18, 2015

beavernation said:
CC "Tom" Seitz was a close friend of our family. He tragically died in a hunting accident (asphyxiation in an RV) in about 1985. Before he started building what may have been the finest trap gun ever, he was an accomplished benchrest shooter and gunsmith. He set some records in Pennsylvania with the .222 before moving out to Pendleton in the 70's. His rifles are highly respected and he was quite the innovator and a brilliant machinist/inventor/designer! After he stopped building the trap guns he made a good living rechoking trap guns and removing forcing cones in the days before screw chokes. Tom was a good man who never said a bad thing about anyone. My father did the finish work and the checkering on the first 20 ish guns Tom built. He is missed. You have a shooter there and a bit of history!

Thanks so much for that. I really appreciate it. Hopefully, I will be able to acquire the dies and start shooting this baby.

Certaindeaf · Jun 18, 2015

Sounds like a really neat cartridge and a fine rifle!

Denwhit · Jun 19, 2015

Here are the pictures.

Sgt Nambu · Jun 19, 2015

Denwhit said:
You need a picture to tell me if you've ever heard of Seitz?

There now, was that so hard? Smart azz!

Denwhit · Jun 19, 2015

Sgt Nambu said:
There now, was that so hard? Smart azz!

Yes, very hard.

Terre · Feb 4, 2016

beavernation said:
CC "Tom" Seitz was a close friend of our family. He tragically died in a hunting accident (asphyxiation in an RV) in about 1985. Before he started building what may have been the finest trap gun ever, he was an accomplished benchrest shooter and gunsmith. He set some records in Pennsylvania with the .222 before moving out to Pendleton in the 70's. His rifles are highly respected and he was quite the innovator and a brilliant machinist/inventor/designer! After he stopped building the trap guns he made a good living rechoking trap guns and removing forcing cones in the days before screw chokes. Tom was a good man who never said a bad thing about anyone. My father did the finish work and the checkering on the first 20 ish guns Tom built. He is missed. You have a shooter there and a bit of history!

Good evening. I saw this post while searching the internet for information on my dad's work. I am Tom Seitz daughter and would love to visit with you about him sometime. My email is [email protected].

Larrytpdx · Feb 4, 2016

Terre said:
Good evening. I saw this post while searching the internet for information on my dad's work. I am Tom Seitz daughter and would love to visit with you about him sometime. My email is . . . .

Wow. How cool! Another COUP for NWFA!

Cameron72 · Feb 5, 2016

Now that is a good reason for this forum to exist.

thirtycal · Feb 5, 2016

Now that's a bingo.

Thirtycal

bkgunemporium · Dec 31, 2020

beavernation said:
CC "Tom" Seitz was a close friend of our family. He tragically died in a hunting accident (asphyxiation in an RV) in about 1985. Before he started building what may have been the finest trap gun ever, he was an accomplished benchrest shooter and gunsmith. He set some records in Pennsylvania with the .222 before moving out to Pendleton in the 70's. His rifles are highly respected and he was quite the innovator and a brilliant machinist/inventor/designer! After he stopped building the trap guns he made a good living rechoking trap guns and removing forcing cones in the days before screw chokes. Tom was a good man who never said a bad thing about anyone. My father did the finish work and the checkering on the first 20 ish guns Tom built. He is missed. You have a shooter there and a bit of history!

Hello, just found this forum when I searched CC Seitz. I just got a rifle in an auction. It's a Remington 600 with a CC Seitz .222 bull barrel. Any idea how many rifles he made? Thanks.