Please help me identify this receiver -Winchester?

a429cougar

March 09, 2016 12:48

I can not figure out the model/manufacturer of this receiver. The bolt is still inside. It has no serial numbers. Since there are no threads for the barrel it must pin in. It has what looks like a Winchester proof. If it is a Winchester I have no idea which model. Thanks in advance

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  hoosier

  March 09, 2016 14:00

  Winchester Model 55
  Semi-Auto, Auto-ejection, single shot (??)
  No serial number as it was made from 1957-1961 (not required until 1968).

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  Spider7115

  March 09, 2016 14:21

  quote:Originally posted by hoosier
  Winchester Model 55
  Semi-Auto, Auto-ejection, single shot (??)
  No serial number as it was made from 1957-1961 (not required until 1968).
  
  Yep, good call.
  
  http://www.GunBroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=546988400
  
  

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  a429cougar

  March 09, 2016 14:26

  Wow! I had no idea there was an other model 55. It is a very odd rifle that is not in most of my books. Thanks guys!!!!!

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  CapnMidnight

  March 09, 2016 14:44

  I sold one here on GB about 5 years ago. Winchester model 55 semi auto single shot 22.
  W.D.

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  rufe-snow

  March 09, 2016 15:27

  The Model 55 was a very unique design. As it was, what is called an "Open Bolt". The firing pin was a fixed machined ridge or protrusion, on the face of the bolt.
  
  Very few .22's were made as "Open Bolts". French Gevarm being the most common. Many were imported between the 50's and the 80's. Until the feds slammed the door on them, in the late 80's. Because of the Open Bolt mechanism.

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