Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors New toy: Marble's cartridge adapter 22 HP to 22LR

This just arrived in the mail yesterday. It's an old Marble Arms cartridge adapter. Allows you to shoot standard 22 long rifle ammo in a 22 Hi Power. Pretty neat little gadget, blued steel, nicely made. Haven't tested it thoroughly yet, but have plinked in the backyard with some 22 CB longs, and it's accurate enough to hit a pop can at 25 paces. Just the thing for potting a raccoon in a box trap, or a grouse from the deer blind. Marble's made a lot of cool stuff back in the old days.

Rod

Now that has a very high Cool Factor.


BP...

Been looking for one of those, myself, have not seen one in awhile, do ya know where theres another one? same cal!
John

John

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rod

Niiice!

Have you noticed the number of Marbles knives and an axe in the photos that are in Gary's book?
Remembering the 99 is one very neat collection.
Thanks Gary

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There is a company in Alaska that makes a newer version that will work for you. He advertises in the Backwoodsman magazine.
I can get the info for you tomorrow.

Have one of those myself. pretty neat gadget. also have one to shoot 32 acp round in my 30-06, but not Marbles brand.

John
I got one.
Steve

Where can I get one?

I have often wondered about the acurracy of these due to the bullet diameter being smaller in a 22 rimfire - what's the actual bore size for the 22 HP?

There was one of these 22 adapters listed on AuctionArms for well over a year at $50.00, I see it's gone now - it was listed before one was listed and sold on GunBroker for more - it was sold by a friend of mine who found it in a box of odd's & end's at Tulsa.

I have one made by winchester for the 303 savage,nickel plated and it shoots 32 colt ammo. its patented around 1906 if i remember correctly. Don

Here is a list of all the Marble's adapters that I have put together from various sources.
BillR


Marble�s Auxilary Cartridges

Source Stoeger Catalogues #41 & 48

# 150 30 Rem/32 Short Colt
# 151 30-30/32 Short Colt
# 152 25-35/25 Colt Automatic
# 153 303 Savage/ 32 S&W Smokeless
# 154 303 Savage/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 155 30-40/32 S&W Smokeless
# 157 30-40/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 158 32 W.S./32 Colt Automatic
# 159A 30 Govt. Rimless �03/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 159 30 Govt. Rimless �03 and �06/32 Colt Automatic
# 161 22 Savage High Power/ 22 L.R. Smokeless
# 162 30 Govt. Rimless �03 and �06/32 S&W
# 163 25 Remington/ 25 Colt Automatic
# 164 32 Remington/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 165 303 British/ 32 S&W
# 166 303 British/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 167 35 Remington/ 380 Colt Automatic
# 168 35 Winchester Model 95/ 380 Colt Automatic
# 169A 8MM/ 32 S&W Automatic
# 169 8 MM/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 170 250-3000 Savage/25 Colt Automatic
# 171 250-3000 Savage/25 Short Stevens Rimfire
# 172 300 Savage/ 32 Colt Automatic
# 173 6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer Model 03/ 25 Colt
Automatic
# 174 220 Swift/ 22 Long Rifle

Don, I found a couple axillary cartridge patents from 1905 -
Brayton cartridge 1
Brayton cartridge 2

I have wondered if these are the patent most are based off of; I found them while looking for info on the Brayton Tubless Scope that was in the 1905 Savage catalogs - Brayton Tubless Scope

The hole in the side of this adapter has been added for some reason, maybe to remove stuck case?
BillR

Nope, the hole wasn't added. It came from the factory that way. I've seen the early print ads for the 22HP adapter, and it shows the hole.

Rod

As Phil99 stated,hole is factory . Same as mine

Operation of 22 HP adapter must be quite different. The 4 adapters that I have (none are 22 HP to 22) all hold the smaller cartridge by side pressure, none have a hole drilled into the side of the adapter. I assume then the 22 bullet slides into this adapter and then firing pin must slide in after pushing the 22 RF to the end.
Sorry for my error, does this adapter have a number as I don't have it on my list.
Does anyone have a #174 220 swift to 22 RF? Wonder if it operates on the same principle and also has the hole drilled in the side.
BillR

Bill--

Here's an old Marbles ad from around 1914, showing the design of the adapter.


Bill--

The number on mine is 161. Thanks for the chart you provided. I run across these things once in while and I'm never sure what caliber they go to.

Rod