Identifying a .22

[BigGameHunter]

My mothers bf has a gun on his wall that he was showing me the other day as he was wondering if i knew anything about it.

He says it is from boer war era. It is a .22 with a mongoose and snake logo on it and a very unique action. its like a bolt action only the whole action slides back in order to load a single .22 round into it. The stock is only to the end of the action where the barrel itself is not supported by the stock at all. I have never seen a piece like this. I will try to get pictures of it next time i go over there but i was wondering if anyone could provide any additional info in the meantime. Thanks

 

[])aRnOk]

How about a picture? I would really like to see it....

 

[guntech]

 

[3screwsloose]

Sounds like a Deutschewerk

I think the snake and mongoose he is referring to is the scripted "D" on the stock. By the description it sounds like a Deutschewerk model "1" or whatever they were called with the breech that flipped forward over the recevier for loading. Pics of course would help

 

[Grizzlypeg]

I think 3screwloose has hit the nail on the head. I've got one too that I inherited from my father. First gun I ever shot.

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[scrubfox]

Yes, I have one as well. It was my grandfathers. He bought it new after the first world war. I suspect there are many here in Canada.
A hunch says to me its was made by Sauer? of Sig/sauer fame?
Neat, handy, extreamly light. Its probably taken more than its fair share of partridge and vermin.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

On the top of the barrel it says "Deutsche Werke Werk Erfurt"

"Mod 1" on top of the hinge action.

A 4 digit serial number is stamped onto the very front of the wood stock's foreend tip.

Some very interesting (proof marks?) stamped on the underside of the barrel.

 

[scrubfox]

Whoops!

I stand corected. Its not sauer. Its Ortiges. Named after Heinrich Ortiges. Made at the factory GrizzleyPeg mentioned.
Seems his greatest claim to fame is a patent on a very nice .32 pistol. Google Ortiges.

 

[Waba]

One thing I hadn't known about these simple little firearms is that they were also made in 9mm rimfire. Just this past weekend I saw one, smoothbore, bead front sight and the tiny rear sight just a shallow notch in the turned up front lip of the breech stamping.