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Trying to Identify Gun? Help.
JakeCourtney
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Trying to Identify Gun? Help.
It's the one on the top of the picture. It looks very similar, but the one I have is lighter wood and darker blued barrel.
It's a .22 and I'm trying to find out what it is and who made it.
Any one have any idea who would have made something like that at one point in time?
Sorry for the small picture it's the best I could find to match.
It's the one on the top of the picture. It looks very similar, but the one I have is lighter wood and darker blued barrel.
It's a .22 and I'm trying to find out what it is and who made it.
Any one have any idea who would have made something like that at one point in time?
Sorry for the small picture it's the best I could find to match.
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Firearms" that might be a good investment for you. It is the guide most often used by antique firearms dealers that I have seen over the years. Dealers just call it "Flaydermanns". I probably killed the spelling but that is the book you need to check out. What you have looks like what Europeans ( mostly German or French ) referred to as a "Parlor Pistol" used for target competition. There were a lot of alterations to these guns paid for by the owners, who were usually well-to-do gentlemen of the period. You might also consider taking a picture of the gun and mailing it to the NRA Museum in Virginia. Those old boys have seen it all. Good Luck.........
They seem to turn up most often in Canada and the New England states.
Best be careful with it. I have seen a number of similar pistols over the years. If it isn't a European made Parlor Pistol as the previous poster suggested? It might be a U.S. made .22 rifle that has been cut down and reworked into a pistol. If it is, it has the potential of causing you a lot of grief from the feds. There are quite specific federal laws regarding the reworking of rifles into pistols. Even something as innocuous as a single shot .22 that was reworked 80 years ago, could cause you severe problems from these a-holes.
That is the reason I'm trying to track down what gun this is cause I've got some friends that are facing Felony charges over this weapon being discharged.
quote:Originally posted by JakeCourtney
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Assuming it is a cut down rifle instead, I'd be asking if they found your finger prints on it....
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
I'm with rufe-snow on this. My very first impression was that it's a cut-down Savage or Stevens .22 rifle made into a pistol. If that's the case, you might want to make some new friends as yours are going to be gone for awhile. I'm sorry to sound blunt as I am sympathetic but ATF has little sympathy for possession of a cut-down rifle. Maybe only the owner will be prosecuted if it can be established which one it is. Otherwise, all of them can be prosecuted as accessories but maybe they can cut a deal as witnesses for the prosecution.