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I have a .22 bolt action with Toronto stamped on it. It is a NAACO Grizzly no. 10

Can anyone tell me anything about this company, when they were in business, how there products were marketed etc?

Or perhaps contact info for one of the guys specializing in collecting .22's (who might know).
 
dpcjradio said:
I have a .22 bolt action with Toronto stamped on it. It is a NAACO Grizzly no. 10

Can anyone tell me anything about this company, when they were in business, how there products were marketed etc?

Or perhaps contact info for one of the guys specializing in collecting .22's (who might know).
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Well, for NAACO, the background (from Wikipedia) indicates they were a Canadian arms manufacturer that went by the full name of the "North American Arms Corporation". The company apparently folded in 1952, after a failed attempt to introduce a .45 Winchester-magnum pistol called the NAACO Brigadier (and the awesome submachine gun counterpart version called the Borealis). According to Securityarms, NAACO was located in Toronto.

Which you already knew.

NAACO, like Cooey, produced single-shot .22 rifles, one of which was the Grizzly you have.

And that's it for me, for now. I hope this was some help.
 
keenora

after NAAC closed the grizzely 22 in ss as well as reperters in standard 22 RF as well as 22 Mag were sold by Globe Firearms in Ottawa most likley assambled from part on hand Globe operated up to the late eightys Gun Parts Corp bought most of there stock and shipped it state side these gun were also made for Sears under their brand name.
 
Naaco

My father gave me a used NAACO Grizzly No.10 ss back in '68 and I still have it. See them for sale from time to time. My stock was original bright red stain which I stripped decades ago.

Geoff in Victoria
 
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