Author Topic: Single Shot Rifle ID Help Request (Old Photo) (Read 659 times)

Sandy Flakeman · « **on:** December 29, 2003, 08:24:53 AM »

http://community.webshots.com/photo/107452861/107453137ThsEWx

**This link should work**

Enclosed is a link to a picture of my Grandfather and his brother after a
rabbit hunt. It was taken around 1913.

I know it's tough but can anyone ID the rifle in his hands?

Any help appreciated more than you'll ever know.

Thanks,
Sandy F.

Lawdog · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2003, 09:05:45 AM »

Sorry Sandy. I couldn't get the picture to open as it keeps telling me I am not the owner of the area. Lawdog

Sandy Flakeman · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2003, 11:12:19 AM »

Quote from: Lawdog

Sorry Sandy. I couldn't get the picture to open as it keeps telling me I am not the owner of the area. Lawdog

http://community.webshots.com/photo/107452861/107453137ThsEWx

I think I fixed it. Thanks for your patience.
I'd appreciate any help you could give.

Sandy

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2003, 12:55:33 PM »

Sandy as you say it is hard to tell in the photo but looks as if it could have been an old Savage/ Stevens favorite/crackshot in .22 or 25 rimfire. Someone might be able to shed more light on this than I . Best of luck. POW

savageT · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2003, 01:21:27 PM »

Sandy,
POW has called it pretty closely....only thing I wonder about is the shape of the stock in back of the trigger. It seems to be cut away more than the Stevens or Savage-Stevens single shot rim-fires?

?

Jim

Double D · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2003, 05:26:02 PM »

That high comb looks like the Stevens favorites in my Grant's boy Single Shot Rifles.

Sandy Flakeman · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2003, 04:47:23 AM »

Can anyone provide a link where I can see pictures of these old Stevens rifles?

Thanks for all your help.

savageT · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2003, 05:29:51 AM »

Quote from: Sandy Flakeman

Can anyone provide a link where I can see pictures of these old Stevens rifles?

Thanks for all your help.

Sandy,
Do you have the rifle in the picture, or does it still exist in your family?

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976396959.htm

Sandy Flakeman · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2003, 12:50:51 PM »

Sorry to say it's not in my family anymore.
I wouldn't mind trying to find one though.

Question: Was 25 rimfire more popular than 22 rimfire at the turn of the century?

I just found the picture this Christmas while sorting some old pictures
that nobody wanted. Classic hunting photo, in my opinion. Of course I'm prejudice because it's Grandpa:)

The link ( picture) you referenced looked close but the stock is somewhat different.

Can anyone link me to a picture of the "Grant's" rifle mentioned above?

Thanks again for all your help.

marlinman93 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 30, 2003, 04:40:02 PM »

Unfortunately the young man's hand is covering the receiver area, but it appears to have more drop to the stock, like the Stevens 44 models, or the Remington #4. Possibly a Stevens Sure Shot?
There are a number of other possibilities, but it would just be guessing with what I can see.