unknown cal. pretty sure its a rimfire
I am trying to identify a rifle that was left to me. It is a single shot with an octagon bbl 22" long. exposed hammer. to load it you have to lift up a device that encloses the firing pin and indoing so an extractor moves rearward to lift out the casing. The bbl has four lands and grooves and mics out at .291. At first I thought it was a .32 rimfire but it's not.The only markings anywhere on the steel is a belgian proof mark on the side of the breach. Anybody got any idea???
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Without a picture it's hard to say?
My WAG is it is some type of "FLOBERT" rifle. This was generic name used for inexpensive single shot rifles and pistols, that were chambered for various underpowered rimfire cartridges.
Many of them were manufactured in Belgium, starting in the 1860's until the Germans occupied them during the First World War.
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sounds like a flobert. 0 -
I agree with the guys above...and I might add, its Probably one of the Rook Calibers..Would need a Chamber casting to be sure...
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There is a British .297 short rimfire and I know some rounds exist loaded in Belgium. Don't know squat about firearms, but this about the only candidate I can find in an European RF.
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