Need help with rifle I.D.

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I just acquired a rifle today from a customer ( best tip I ever made) and I have no idea what it is. It looks very similar to a Remington 24, but...

It has no markings on it other than 2 numbers visible on the front of the receiver when the barrel is removed.

The forend wood is very slim.

The loading port is on the top of the stock, just ahead of the comb, unlike the model 24 which has the port on the side of the stock.:confused:

The previous owner said his father thought it came from Germany. His dad acquired it in the late '30's or early 40's. Could it be a Knockoff of a Remington 24?

I will try to post some pics tomorrow when the wife gets home- she's the teckie in our house.
Thanks for the help!
 
I think there was a Belgian browning model that fed through the top of the stock. Maybe a refinish covered up some markings?
Clint
 
My Browning auto feeds thru the top of the stock. It was made between 1914 and 1918. Should be markings on the side of the barrel and on top of the barrel. The serial number is on the bottom of the barrel just in front of the stock and between the stock and the serial number there should be a crown with ELG in it.
 
Raton57 said:
My Browning auto feeds thru the top of the stock. It was made between 1914 and 1918. Should be markings on the side of the barrel and on top of the barrel. The serial number is on the bottom of the barrel just in front of the stock and between the stock and the serial number there should be a crown with ELG in it.
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Thanks Raton, that was a huge help. After some goggleing and looking at a few pictures it looks like a FN auto 22.I was able to locate a very faint impression of the serial#, and part of the crown, but no other markings.

Any Idea how to date these rifles? I was able to make out the full serial #.
 
Browning told me they have no records of the guns so I found it's age in a book but where I can't remember anymore. My serial number is 85887 if that helps. It still shoots like a charm as I filled a whole tractor bucket with pigs the other day with it. Just learn not to put you hand under the action unless you want the imprint of a 22 shell on it.
 
Raton57 said:
Browning told me they have no records of the guns so I found it's age in a book but where I can't remember anymore. My serial number is 85887 if that helps. It still shoots like a charm as I filled a whole tractor bucket with pigs the other day with it. Just learn not to put you hand under the action unless you want the imprint of a 22 shell on it.
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That does help a bit, my serial # is 134350. It must have been manufactured a few years after your rifle.

Tomorrow I will clean it up and try her out. Thanks again.
 
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