Anyone Ever Seen A Noble Lever Action .22 Rifle?

nunn

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/844440494

This is the first one I've ever seen. It's a Noble 275H, and it's in decent shape.

I think it's the only one on Gunbroker.

Any information will be appreciated.

pulsarnc

Wish iCloud help but it is completely new to me

Sam06

Very cool.

Looks like it is from the late 50's early 60's by its style.

Check this out:
https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/2022/ 606/noble--275rifle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DTqY3aEEAo

Noble Firearms, Haydenville, Massachusetts, 1946-1971, produced a line of utility grade shotguns & 22 RF rifles.
The .22's range from the basic, manually-cocked .22 bolt-action single shot to lever action (M-275) tubular magazine models.
The shotguns were mostly pump actions with a couple of semi's included.
All were functional, but not pretty, and sold reasonable well until quality control (or the lack of) got the better of them.
Any rifle, not having a clearly visable serial number, means the rifle was manufactured before 1968.

Aztngundoc22

OK :

Have seen one ? I think @ a gun show : years ago ?

Way back a time ago : ( early 80s) : A friend brought & gave Me a Noble Pump .22 rifle , in a paper bag - all apart :

Seems his brother ( good story ) took it apart cause if would misfire and neither of them could get it back together ???

I worked and put it together : Yes it would fire bout half the time , figured the f.p. was puckered : No parts available that I could find , took it to a welder buddy who added a lil bit on each end , Then dressed it down and put back together and it worked fine : I shot it a lil bit then traded it off ???

Have only seen / owned very fewNoble anythings :

Thanks !!!

hillbille

for a time I used to buy/sell almost nothing but 22's. they were the cheapest rifle and you could sell one to about anyone. I got a noble at a gun show once for $100 bill off of older fellow, it shot good and worked fine. I think I put $250 on it and drug it around to many a show, may have been a year or so, most didn't trust it since they hadn't heard of it. I would have kept it for grandkids but it was just to heavy, and it just didn't compare to BL-22 in weight and the length of throw for the lever, did end up selling it for I think $175. good luck on yours

spasmcreek

nope... but one of the finest 22 mag lever guns was a Erma Werke 22WMR .......had one like new and traded it for a safe queen Hi Standard HD military 22lr pistol.. many years ago....

rufesnow

Don't know anything about the rifle? But Nobel Manufacturing, has a interesting back story. The honchos at Smith & Wesson, decided to diversify their product line in the early 70's. There might of bin some hankie panky involved? As no body in the gun business with half a brain, would have bought Nobel Manufacturing. But the Banger Punta guys, that were running Smith at the time. Saw fit to buy them.

They promptly canceled production, of all of Nobel's firearms expect the pump shotgun. Smith put it into production, using the S & W name and promoted it highly. All the crooked gun rags, sang it praises as being one of the greatest shotgun made. It was such a piece of poop actually, that Smith terminated production within a year.

They were blown out, below cost by Smith just to get rid of them. They should of just destroyed them. A lot of folks jumped on them because of the Smith & Wesson name and being brand new in the box. When they self destructed. There were a lot of folks really pissed at S & W.

nunn

I had a Smith & Wesson 916. It was a piece of crap.

Grasshopper

nunn wrote:

I had a Smith & Wesson 916. It was a piece of crap.

Yes the 916- had ONE , worst piece of metal next to a Clerke ever made. Metal was so brittle and broke immediately.I literally threw it into my pond in the 80s -

brier-49

They were made 1958-1971. Unlike the Marlin it isn't the short stroke lever.

Aztngundoc22

OK :

I also bought a S&W 916 : I was just shy of 18 and the dummy @ the store (Tempo?)? never realized I wasnt 18 ? It was my first New firearm I bought for myself : Hunted with it for years : with No Problems or Issues ever !
Sold it a few years back : got as much as I had paid for it !!!

Thanks !!!

RedRaider

I own one. It has been in my family since late 60's. My grandfather purchased it and sawed the stock end off for his lil girls to shoot. Turned it into a Youth rifle. I plan on teaching my kids to shoot with it. Mine is worn, used and still works. It could be refinished and the stock redone but it shows 3 generations of use.

bustedknee