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Offline matthew_h

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help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« on: July 23, 2011, 08:26:43 AM »
 i traded a Bushnell 3-9x32 scope for a old 22 singe shot . neither me or the gentleman i got it from could find a manufacturers name any were . i took a couple cell phone pics ,I will need to borrow a camera for good pics or try in some better lighting .
 
 He was glad it went to some one who would use it and im glad to have it so valve is not important to me . I am just curious as to what it is . It seems like a decent enough single shot and i will be chasing some squirrels around the woods with it . the only marking i can find are a crown above a B a crown over a U and a crown over  a G . also stamped on the bolt body is 2 23 .

i have asked on RFC and a few guys say is prewar German .




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Re: help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 08:31:12 AM »
my guess would be a british rook rifle.  they're pretty well made if that's it.
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Re: help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 08:40:58 AM »
it dose seem to very well made . good bore too .
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Re: help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 09:11:40 AM »
I have seen old Springfields that look very similar but they all had markings.
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Re: help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 11:08:27 AM »
the crowns and the 223 led my thinking to british.
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Re: help me ID an old take down singel shot .22
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2011, 03:46:18 PM »
from some research on German proof marks its pre 1939 German  . the other marks id it as a Gecko .22lr  , likely the 1925 model .  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZ7SX_qQW4 a viedo on youtbe of a very similar rifle , but minus the turned down bolt handle .
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