First one appears to be a 721 or 722 Remington actioned bench rest gun built for the .219 donaldson wasp cartridge. The second, same caliber built on a mauser action. Austen new Harry Donaldson and I believe they shot benchrest together in the Mohawk valley of NY. If Austen maintained documentation of his association with Donaldson, or if one of the guns came to Austen from Harry, then they would have value to a historical bench rest shooter. If not, the value becomes somewhat limited as the new bench rest rifles are extremely high tech and probably shoot rings around these. Wish I could remember more. Ask Pam if she can find any target books that Austen may have kept.
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