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rusty1
Anyone have any information on a HAMILTON 27 .22 single shot rifle plymouth michigan.
THANKS RUSTY1
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  • Nwcid
    http://home.comcast.net/~jimringbauer/HamiltonRiflesindex.html

    I have an old beat up one I got from my grandfather that I would like to "restore" one of these days.

    There is one of our members who has a very nice one that he shows us pics of often. I can not think of who it is that has it though.
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  • chicoppee
    Be careful! The Japanese made copies of the model 27 and although the original was a dangerous gun the copies were worse. The barrels of both were sheet metal wraped over a brass liner that was the barrel. Most when found are in poor condition and even in VG condition the dont bring any decent money!
    I would not shoot a good condition one with anything bur a BB cap!
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  • Robin
    The Hamilton's are interesting American memorabilia. Some feed companies included a Hamilton in random sacks of livestock feed for promotion purposes. Or, a boy could buy one for about $2.00 on sale. I think they got what they paid for. I have one in pretty good shape except there is a small bulge in the barrel liner. I can hit a coke can from about 30 feet with a CB cap most of the time. My mother (born in 1918) told me that the one I now have was carried on my granfather's bicycle when she was a little girl for "dog protection" I don't know if he used it to shoot the dogs or swat at them.[;)]
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  • elubsme
    quote:Originally posted by rusty1
    Anyone have any information on a HAMILTON 27 .22 single shot rifle plymouth michigan.
    THANKS RUSTY1 I have my Dad's 27. He was born in 1912 and got it as a "prize" for selling salve. I also have his Stevens 14 1/2 which he bought after the barrel liner in the 27 wore out. The Stevens still shoots well with CB caps. Eddie
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  • rusty1
    THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION
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  • wundudnee
    The Hamilton was probably the cheapest, tinniest, .22 ever manufactured. The early ones were marked as model 27s, the later ones were marked model 027. There was very little difference, except the shape of the forearm. As was stated earlier, they were made completely with sheet metal, including wrapping the iron, brass lined barrel with sheet metal. You can see the obvious seam down the under side of the barrel. The receiver is also bent sheet metal.

    Here is a picture of my 027, with a #6 Remington for comparison.
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    The Hamilton is the top rifle in this picture.
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  • Ruth Horton
    It is my understanding that the Hamilton 27 was U.S. manufactured, while the 027 was the Japanese version of this gun.
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  • OleDuk
    wundudnee, I've got three of these critters but only two are complete (missing a stock). The stocks are both different; one stock is nicely made and contoured with a steel butt-plate. The other is finished OK but it looks almost like a flat piece of wood that is fitted OK to the action but just has the corners rounded off; doesn't appear to have been done by bubba.
    The third one had a damaged barrel and no stock. Having more time than sense on my hands I cut the existing barrel off, drilled out what was left, and fitted a scrap Marlin microgroove barrel to the stub. If I ever get around to it and can find a stock I'ma gonna put a scope on it and shoot a coupla squirrels.

    YEEEEEEEEEE-HAH !!!

    OleDuk[:D][:D]
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  • Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by Ruth Horton
    It is my understanding that the Hamilton 27 was U.S. manufactured, while the 027 was the Japanese version of this gun.


    There were both a USA version http://home.comcast.net/~jimringbauer/model027.html and
    a Japanese version of the 027 http://home.comcast.net/~jimringbauer/japmodel027.html.
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