smoothbore 22's
Can anyone tell me what manufacturers made the 22 smoothbore rifles used by the Boy Scouts many years ago? I've only ever seen one but don't remember who made it. Thank you.
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Are you sure it was a 22 . I know at one time there was a special lever action BB rifle with peep sights made for a special boy scout match.
Edit Mossberg Targo model 26 or model 42T also model 42TRB 320TR and 340 TR0 -
Mossberg made one, not sure on others. 0 -
I believe that Marlin made them also, called "garden" guns. 0 -
They were 22 rimfire and they used "bird shot" to shoot little clay targets launched by a foot operated thrower. I've seen pictures of the scouts shooting these and it looked like it was back in the 40's or earlier.
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AS I REMEMBER THEY WERE MOSSBERGS. THE GAME WAS CALLED 'MOSQUEET' OR SOMETHING LIKE IT. THERE WERE TINY CLAY BIRDS AND A SPECIALLY DESIGNED THROWER. I SHOT ONE AT SCOUT CAMP BACK IN THE 50s.
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Also Remington model 580SB (smooth bore). 0 -
Mossberg Model 42 (1947) had a "TARGO" version with barrel mounted target thrower. A hand held thrower was also available. The rifle had a detachable end piece that appeared to be a barrel diameter muzzle brake type unit about 6 inches long. I think it was either rifled if the main barrel was smooth bored, or vice versa, but I don't recall which. Anyone? 0 -
winchester m61's too.
remington made a 510 series smoothbore bolt gun. if i remember correctly, the rem 510,12,14 series guns were the official gun for boy scouts....and so named.0 -
most manufactures made 22 smoothbores..remington as of right now has a new mod 572 pump in smoothbore 0 -
Mossberg TARGO was 22 smoothbore, had a launcher for little bitty clay birds. There was another in TWENTY caliber called WINGO (trying to get one round for my collection) used for indoor skeet. Run a Google image search for TARGO, see if that looks familiar. 0
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