Unusual Browning 22 LR Mags

[Retired W4]

I recently came across an estate of several very nice guns and accessories. The previous owner obviously had good taste in firearms and owned some unusual/hard to find items. It took my friend and I two days to go through it all. These two magazine were in some boxes and I thought the smaller of the two was for a Baby Browning (25 ACP). When I got home to examine the haul I saw they were marked "Browning 22 LR". My search for a 5 shot Browning 22 came up empty. I thought the long mag might be for one of the many BAC 22 pistols but it is a 15 rounder with a stop notch on the back for a small frame 5 shot gun.

Does anyone know what these are for?

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I'm thinking a Browning T-bolt rifle. I have the long mag I picked up but never had the rifle.

Ivan

 

[BB57]

Ivan hit the nail on the head. Pistols with shot magazines have never been popular, and most small pocket .22 LR pistols carried 7-8 rounds.

Where 5 shot magazines are very common, and indeed almost standard, are on bolt action .22 LR rifles. If it's a .22 LR bolt gun and has a detachable box magazine it's almost always a 5 shot magazine, sometimes with a 10 shot version also available.

 

[Retired W4]

Excellent. Thank you both. I guess I got hung up on them being for a non-existent pistol and did not consider a rifle.

 

[Retired W4]

I did a little internet search and discovered that the T-bolt 22lr uses a curved body (old style) or the double helix, so it seems they are for something other than the T-bolt. I'm a little out of my knowledge base here.

 

[s&wchad]

T-Bolt was close!
Those are for the A-Bolt .22.

 

[Bullet Bob]

The Belgian T-bolt I used to own used a 5 shot magazine like the one you have pictured. I didn't own a larger capacity magazine for that gun.

The helix magazine is for the newer Japanese T-bolts.

 

[Retired W4]

That's it Chad. Just referred to my Isometric Drawing book. A-bolt has the 5 shot and 15 shot mags just like these.

Edit: imagine my shock when I saw what people are asking for them.

 

[Golddollar]

That's it Chad. Just referred to my Isometric Drawing book. A-bolt has the 5 shot and 15 shot mags just like these.

Edit: imagine my shock when I saw what people are asking for them.

Now you have an excuse to buy the gun!

 

[Retired W4]

Now you have an excuse to buy the gun!

Yea, that's just what I need!!

 

[rkwood]

Sorry, I'm still stuck on "It took my friend and I two days to go through it all."....!