SierraExplorer
01-10-2004, 11:13 PM
Hello-
Long story short- 40 years back when my dad was hunting he came into an old abandoned cabin long deserted. In there he brought home an OLD .22 air rifle and a home made broom.
The air rifle was longer than Pa's shotgun in the show "the beverly hillbillys". It had a flat metal piece protruding from infront of the stock towards the front of the barrel and was held by a U shaped flanged clamp for a cocking mechanical pistion I believe. It was to skiny for a compressed chamber
The pellet was inserted by a ball cam with a lever on the outside- the lever to open the cam for pellet entry was 1 1/2" and the top part was groved/checkerd for your thumb.
It was inoperable by the cocking of the pistion mechanism and over all it was in 65% condition. weight was probably 9 lbs. as far as I can rember as a kid.
There was no name at all- just some serial numbers that were clearly marked.
I had always dreamed of having this relic to display over my hearth. Anyhow- my dad had a garage sale and some guy showed up and asked my dad if he had any guns for sale. My dad said he had this old thing laying around and had no idea what it was worth and said he wanted $40. Well the guy that bought it never countered and whipped the $40 out and was on his way with my dreams.
Can anyone tell me anything about this gun and the approximate worth of it?
Thanks for your time and knowlage,
Dan
««SierraExplorer»»
Long story short- 40 years back when my dad was hunting he came into an old abandoned cabin long deserted. In there he brought home an OLD .22 air rifle and a home made broom.
The air rifle was longer than Pa's shotgun in the show "the beverly hillbillys". It had a flat metal piece protruding from infront of the stock towards the front of the barrel and was held by a U shaped flanged clamp for a cocking mechanical pistion I believe. It was to skiny for a compressed chamber
The pellet was inserted by a ball cam with a lever on the outside- the lever to open the cam for pellet entry was 1 1/2" and the top part was groved/checkerd for your thumb.
It was inoperable by the cocking of the pistion mechanism and over all it was in 65% condition. weight was probably 9 lbs. as far as I can rember as a kid.
There was no name at all- just some serial numbers that were clearly marked.
I had always dreamed of having this relic to display over my hearth. Anyhow- my dad had a garage sale and some guy showed up and asked my dad if he had any guns for sale. My dad said he had this old thing laying around and had no idea what it was worth and said he wanted $40. Well the guy that bought it never countered and whipped the $40 out and was on his way with my dreams.
Can anyone tell me anything about this gun and the approximate worth of it?
Thanks for your time and knowlage,
Dan
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