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Need help identifying old .30 cal air rifle.

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Gippeto:
What I know so far;

Believe it's co2, barrel is roughly .30cal. Appears to have been mag fed. Probe retracts from the projectile when you cam the bolt closed. Barrel is approx 28" from transfer ports to muzzle.

The "story" that has accompanied the rifle is "Prototype for the military circa WW2"...as with most such stories...seems rather too fantastic.









Have more pics if needed.

Thanks,
Al

Edit: Photobucket has seen fit to give everyone issues. As a result, I have uploaded the pictures to Flickr;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/78948437@N04/albums/72157683799586320

ax57:
All I can say is "Wow."  That is an impressive looking piece of hardware.

TF89:
I hope someone has an answer as that is very cool looking.  Have you tried to slugging the bore to determine size?  Regardless I'll be watching this thread.

Thank you for sharing the pictures.  More would be cool, not for me to help with any answers you understand, more of a fascination.

Dave

Gippeto:
I pushed a .300 round ball through. Measures were varied, so figuring the bore is a little over that, but rifling marks were deep enough that it's somewhat close...likely no more than .310" Will dig out some .310" ball tomorrow and see how it goes. The .300 was sitting on the shelf "right there".

More pics can be found here;

http://s245.photobucket.com/user/gippeto_album/library/Old%2030%20cal%20airgun?sort=3&page=1

Al

CraigH:
That's a great find, Al!    The retracting probe is REALLY interesting.

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