Giffard .177 from about 1880

[zielvier]

Hi my friends,

just want to show you some pictures of my latest treasure. More informations you find at the www. I can not shoot the lady at the present time in lack of at suitable adapter-piece to fill the air-reservoir. I will post better pictures later.....
Best regards, Jochen


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[dcorvino]

Nice pictures.
I hope you get.a chance to shoot it.

Dave

[Motorhead]

What an AWESOME piece of Air Gunning history !!

[Yarp]

Beautiful. I enjoyed the pix and look forward to hearing how your Giffard shoots.

[TooJung2Die]

That is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Wow. 

[YEMX]

That is an amazing piece of history!!  Could you imagine making an updated version?  That would be pretty sweet!

[bbv13]

Nice

That's a beautiful piece of history. I'm looking coward to hearing about how it shoots.

Bryan

[amb5500c]

Very cool.
Richard

[shootist]

WOW!!! That certainly is a "treasure". Even the screws were not all galled up. Hope you either find the piece you need or a qualified machinist helps you recreate the piece. You do not say what caliber it is. You are a lucky man. Lee

[shootist]

Had to look again, saw it's a .177. Is the barrel rifled, I'd suspect it is with the quality of the rest of the gun. It's a shame people don't take pride in what they do anymore the way the person did who made that Giffard.  You are a very lucky man!! Lee

[zielvier]

I will add more pictures to show the lady stripped. And: yes, the barrel is rifled. The stock-plate at the end is bakelite, not damaged and itself a unique piece!

[strever]

Jochim
i notice your serial # 6088 is it the same on all parts ?
i have a written article about the 4.5 Giffard  saying it does not shoot .177 balls too well
see attachment
i also have shot one of my 6mm Giffards with C02 and they are fun to shoot and shoot nicely
but iron sights are not old eyes friendly in my case   
there was a chap in France making HP air cylinders for Giffards
don't  remember his name, but have attached an image of his cylinder with fill attachment

 

   

[zielvier]

Thanks, Dick! I know about the difficulties ref. the pellets. I am in contact with a german guy who owns two! of them! He will "teach me" in feeding the lady ;-)

Does Quackenbush still sell adaptor-units? I read in the internet about his adaptor-pieces to fill (?) the original cylinder.

So : I would like to shoot the rifle in complete original version....pure vintage ;-)     OLD MAN-OLD RIFLE

The serial-number is on all parts (even on the stock!) except on the CO2-zylinder. Is it 8809 or 6088?

Lets stay in contact for further informations!

best regards, Jochen

PS: The Giffard is the last rifle, which is mentioned by Arne Hoff in his book.

[YEMX]

Good Lord the quality is astounding!!!!!!!!  That rifle is just flat-out beautiful!!!  Could you PM me w/how much you paid?  I would love to someday make a modernized version!!

[Bicycleman]

Beautiful - really  B E A U T I F U L !

[zielvier]

hi, here the picture from the interior of the cartridge. the seal is broken, so i got to get me a replacement........

[maraudinglizard]

WOW! What a beautiful air rifle, the details are fantastic! Thank you for sharing the pictures.

[Sfttailrdr46]

  That rifle is a rare gem it looks like it came out of a museum and the detail is amazing, I'm sure that in its day was still an expensive AG

[zielvier]

As I opend the cartdridge, i smelled the perfume of vintage machine-oil, metal and I imagined, which craftsman or owner was the last, to lay a hand on the screws.This is much more impressive to me than any Bordeaux-wine from 1920.....look at the untouched brass-valve

[YEMX]

This is just flat-out impressive!!!  Thanks for this picture show of this gem of a rifle!