Mystery Rifle
- Thread starter Ross B.
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..and the receiver doesn't seem 10/22-ish...Phillipine no-name brand, maybe? Most of them had the country of origin stamped on them, if sometimes in places hard to see.
That striker firing pin looks like a conversion of an open bolt trigger mech design.
If nothing else, that striker looks to be a good prospect for a closed bolt conversion of something like a Sten, anyways. Really straightforward. Slick disconnect design, to keep it semi-auto, that also looks like something that started out in an open bolt design.
Does it shoot well?
I'd not be too surprised if you couldn't hack up an available mag to work.
Cheers
Trev
That striker firing pin looks like a conversion of an open bolt trigger mech design.
If nothing else, that striker looks to be a good prospect for a closed bolt conversion of something like a Sten, anyways. Really straightforward. Slick disconnect design, to keep it semi-auto, that also looks like something that started out in an open bolt design.
Does it shoot well?
I'd not be too surprised if you couldn't hack up an available mag to work.
Cheers
Trev
I'm going to suggest either Gevelot or perhaps a KRICO M260.
Gevelot did a lot of 'rebranding', and maybe one just missed to rollmark machine. (I think they even built some for CIL in the '50s and '60s). Their quality was usually favoring economy rather than precision.
KRICO was always kind of 'high end', and I doubt they did any rebranding. Their quality was usually impeccable - not glitzy, but as straight and true as a German engineer could make it.
What is your overall impression of materials and workmanship?
Gevelot did a lot of 'rebranding', and maybe one just missed to rollmark machine. (I think they even built some for CIL in the '50s and '60s). Their quality was usually favoring economy rather than precision.
KRICO was always kind of 'high end', and I doubt they did any rebranding. Their quality was usually impeccable - not glitzy, but as straight and true as a German engineer could make it.
What is your overall impression of materials and workmanship?
Not Krico, I have one of those. I'm impressed with workmanship and materials, The barrel has a deep luster blue, the bolt is highly polished, receiver and trigger housing are very well made of white metal. Everything seems quite precise, yet simple. The machining on all the metal parts is excellent. The receiver is bedded at 2 points and the barrel is free floated. I have to believe the rifle is European, the dovetail is flat topped and 13mm wide and the barrel is exactly 50cm long.
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Looks like mi Squires 20b
Take a look at http://www.gun-parts.com/sako/Sq.jpg
Tell me if you don't see more than a family resemblance in the layout of the trigger and sear, as well as the bolt and firing pin springs setup.
The trigger housing looks way better built on this one here, though.
Dunno if the stock is factory or modified, it has a real late '70's look to it, but you never can tell for sure without a color catalog in hand.
Cheers
Trev
Tell me if you don't see more than a family resemblance in the layout of the trigger and sear, as well as the bolt and firing pin springs setup.
The trigger housing looks way better built on this one here, though.
Dunno if the stock is factory or modified, it has a real late '70's look to it, but you never can tell for sure without a color catalog in hand.
Cheers
Trev
Similar, somewhat, but nowhwere near the same. One pin holds the trigger one pin holds the sear. One spring under the sear, one spring on the side of the trigger that also provides the resistance for the safety. Along with the two pins, that's it.
The stock is serial numbered the same as the receiver. The receiver and mag well are one piece and are made of white metal, it beds at two points. The firing pins are completely different. To me, the design is more akin to a Voere, the craftsmanship is far superior to a Squires-Bingham, or even the Voere.
