1907? Long Rifle CTG 10" + Skeleton Stock

Skeleton Stock · Oct 6, 2013

I recently acquired a S&W 2nd Model .22 Target Pistol

Long Rifle CTG

10" barrel.

SN #3387 - assumed c1907?

I'd like to find a catalogue picture or buy a copy of a catalogue that features it.

I'm a bicycle historian, and am interested in guns made specifically for mounting on bicycles, such as 'Stevens Bicycle Rifle' which had a skeleton stock similar to this S&W.

The 'bicycle rifle' idea seems to have been just a gimmick / marketing ploy c1897. But it interests me that S&W made something similar some years later.

I assume this was marketed with the skeleton stock as a rifle, as a separate model from the pistol without the stock.
But would these grips with mounts for the skeleton stock also have been sold as optional extras?

I'm in jolly olde englande, so this is a deactivated gun. Obviously much rarer here than in the good ol' US of A.

Thanks (in advance) for your help

Skeleton Stock · Oct 6, 2013

Here is earlier Frank Wesson version, with skeleton stock fixed at bottom of handle.

1901 Smith & Wesson catalogue shows solid stock, looks like it mounts with two screws

red9 · Oct 6, 2013

That is a very nice second model. The grips and stock, however, were not made by Smith & Wesson. The only factory stocked Smiths were in the large frame revolver series. The grips appear to be cast metal, made from a mold of a genuine (probably original to that gun) set of S&W stocks. I do not recognize the maker of the stock.
Bicycle rifles were fairly common in the states, with Stevens by far the most common. Frank Wesson also made quite a few. Hopkins & Allen examples are scarce, as are your Webleys. The usual calibers were .22 and .32 rimfires.

Skeleton Stock · Oct 6, 2013

The stock seems similar (though not exactly the same as) the later (New Model) Stevens. Just so I am clear on this, are you saying that this 2nd Model would not originally have had a stock?

opoefc · Oct 6, 2013

You won't find a S&W catalog picture of the skeleton stock, as it is not a S&W product, but an after market item made in the 1910-1940 era. I have an identical S&W single shot pistol with the same shoulder stock. it is made from cast aluminum, with no maker's mark. I also recall similar stocks, with the grips of cast aluminum, for Colts, H&Rs, and other revolvers, probably made by the same makers. These shoulder stocks, or skeleton stocks, actually work quite well with the S&W single shot pistols and my accuracy scores went up very nicely shooting the pistol. They are not common these days and are interesting novelity items if you have S&W single shots in your collection. Ed.

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