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An unusual little rifle. #7218762 12/23/12
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,509 Tip of the Mitten bruinruin OP Campfire Ranger
OP bruinruin Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 19,509 Tip of the Mitten	An acquaintance has been asking me if I could ID a family heirloom rifle for him. It has no markings anywhere that I can find, even after disassembly. It has an octagonal barrel with a small full length underlug and a peculiar lock up via an under lever/trigger guard that is held in the closed position with a thumb screw threaded into the bottom action tang. It's also a rimfire and appears to be a .32 caliber. It does not appear to have ever been blued and wears very small brass front and rear sights dovetailed into the barrel. The butt stock is made of 2 pieces of what appear to be walnut sandwiched together, I presume to make inletting easier. It's a pretty neat little unit that someone put a good deal of pretty fair work into, with the exception of the brass buttplate which seems to have been borrowed from another gun and made to fit this little rimfire. Please excuse the quality of the pics. I didn't have time to use my digital camera and upload the pics, so I ended up using my smartphone. [img]http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss238/bruinruin/2012-12-23_10-52-44_641.jpg[/img] The barrel measures 20 1/2". [img]http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss238/bruinruin/2012-12-23_10-52-44_641.jpg[/img] Overall length is right about 33 1/2". [img]http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss238/bruinruin/2012-12-23_10-55-05_956.jpg[/img] It's obviously a rim fire. [img]http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss238/bruinruin/2012-12-23_10-56-15_331.jpg[/img] Well, there you have it. Looks like a hand made firearm to me and probably not worth what a box of ammo for it would set you back, but I get a kick out of the uniqueness of it. It's a very slim and trim little gun and would have been perfect for a young boy to carry while prowling around the farm and fields for pests and pot meat. Anybody have any ideas on whether this is actually a one off? Maybe it resembles the style/type made by an actual gun maker versus a clever guy with a good shop at his disposal? What say the 'fire? 4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan.

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An unusual little rifle.	bruinruin	12/23/12
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