Here's mine. Unfortunately a S&W 15-22 isn't among them...yet. And let's open it up to subcaliber conversion units, too. I don't know how I got so many of these things; they just acumulated: I don't collect them, except for the US military ones.
I'm looking for a Hoffer-Thompson now, but they're rare and the cartridge adapters are almost as rare. The story I heard on these is that some got to France by mistake in WWI, and were issued, complete with a bandolier of 30-06 ammo to soldiers going into the trenches. I wouldn't want to go over the top with that combination. They were recalled, taken out of service and destroyed, which is why they are so scarce.
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#1: Top: US M2 Springfield. I fired one of these for three years on an ROTC rifle team in the early 50s. This one, however, came out of a Navy surplus sale in Norfolk, VA, about 1963.....for $25; eat your heart out.
Bottom: Remington 513T. They gave us these in my senior year in ROTC. I don't think it helped my score.
#2: Top: Krag with Stevens-Pope 22 caliber barrel in 22 short. The barrel is bored off center to use the centerfire firing pin and extractor.
Bottom: Winder Musket in 22 short. Some were in 22 LR, and I think some were made on hi-wall actions.
3. Top: French MAS 45. When France occupied Oberndorf after WW II, they found parts and machining to build these rifles and made them as training rifles. Later the machinery was moved to St Etienne and production continued.
Bottom: French Berther M 1916. Originally in 8mm Lebel. The throat was reamed to take the Balle N in the 1930s, after that it was sleeved to 22 as a single shot.
#4: Top: French scholar rifle, used by scholar battalions in the 1880s and '90s, roughly similiar to our junior ROTC. They were made by many diferent firms, each with its own design. This one was made by Manufrance and is the Carabine "Populaire" Scolaire. They were later made in 22 LR. This one is in 6mm Bosquette rimfire, a short cartridge designed for training rifles and garden control. I shoot 22 shorts in it; it's not very accurate with them.
Bottom: Canadian Ross straight pull training rifle in 22 LR.
#5: Marking on the butt of the Ross; evidentally it served with several units of the Canadian Army. I can't decypher the markings.
I'm looking for a Hoffer-Thompson now, but they're rare and the cartridge adapters are almost as rare. The story I heard on these is that some got to France by mistake in WWI, and were issued, complete with a bandolier of 30-06 ammo to soldiers going into the trenches. I wouldn't want to go over the top with that combination. They were recalled, taken out of service and destroyed, which is why they are so scarce.
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#1: Top: US M2 Springfield. I fired one of these for three years on an ROTC rifle team in the early 50s. This one, however, came out of a Navy surplus sale in Norfolk, VA, about 1963.....for $25; eat your heart out.
Bottom: Remington 513T. They gave us these in my senior year in ROTC. I don't think it helped my score.
#2: Top: Krag with Stevens-Pope 22 caliber barrel in 22 short. The barrel is bored off center to use the centerfire firing pin and extractor.
Bottom: Winder Musket in 22 short. Some were in 22 LR, and I think some were made on hi-wall actions.
3. Top: French MAS 45. When France occupied Oberndorf after WW II, they found parts and machining to build these rifles and made them as training rifles. Later the machinery was moved to St Etienne and production continued.
Bottom: French Berther M 1916. Originally in 8mm Lebel. The throat was reamed to take the Balle N in the 1930s, after that it was sleeved to 22 as a single shot.
#4: Top: French scholar rifle, used by scholar battalions in the 1880s and '90s, roughly similiar to our junior ROTC. They were made by many diferent firms, each with its own design. This one was made by Manufrance and is the Carabine "Populaire" Scolaire. They were later made in 22 LR. This one is in 6mm Bosquette rimfire, a short cartridge designed for training rifles and garden control. I shoot 22 shorts in it; it's not very accurate with them.
Bottom: Canadian Ross straight pull training rifle in 22 LR.
#5: Marking on the butt of the Ross; evidentally it served with several units of the Canadian Army. I can't decypher the markings.
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