Okay fellows, what the heck?

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Okay fellows, what the heck is this?
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Thats interesting!! its like a enfield done with the springfield style cartridge conversion from percussion.

Id shure love to see the action open...How does it, button or lever.

Looks to be in good shape, hows the bore and lock up?
 
Looks like a trials conversion of the P53, using an Italian Albini Brandelin action. Same type as the trapdoor springfield. Appears that the thumb latch lever is missing as one can see the remains of the securing screw in the square bit.

Oh by the way, a Snider action opens sideways, not at the front and you pull the block straight back to eject.
 
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What you have is (believe it or not) even with the British markings, is a Belgian made Albini Bradlein. It is missing the breech lever, by the way. If you want to drop me a private email, or PM please do so. Also there MIGHT be an odd script marking on the top of the breech just behind the breech block...and on the rear of the sight leaf near the top you will probably find a script "A"
It is not a trials rifle.......
Cheers,
 
Wheaty, the Lock markings led me astray, but I did get the name right;)

Would love to own one of those. Maybe not, as I have too damm many calibres to load for now!:D

Saw one in a gun shop in the eatly 1950's and that's the ONLY one I have encountered until this one.
 
I do not think its an Albini-Brandelin, Hammer it not connected to a locking mechanism that goes through the rear of the receiver lke an Albini. My vote is some kind of rifle assembled from parts by Bannerman of New York. Bolt seems to be missing the lever that locks up the mechanism.
 
JP said:
I do not think its an Albini-Brandelin, Hammer it not connected to a locking mechanism that goes through the rear of the receiver lke an Albini. My vote is some kind of rifle assembled from parts by Bannerman of New York. Bolt seems to be missing the lever that locks up the mechanism.
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I think you might be thinking of a Wenzl rifle which looks like a trapdoor except that it is locked by a bolt through the breach into the trapdoor portion and moved in and out by being linked to the hammer. Steppenwolf has one unless he has traded it off.

cheers mooncoon
 
These are a Belgian copy made for a middle eastern country...I should have added that in. The rifle is a bit of a hybrid, but I have one and it was ID's some time ago. It does not have the hammer connected to the breech lock as the Albini did, but is was a small contract for a country not usually associated with arms. Pull the lock and you will find Belgian markings on the back of the lock plate...
 
OK, thanks. Basically British style furniture using a Snider style lock with an Albini breechblock. A real 19th Century mixmaster.
 
JP said:
- Wenzl: http://members.tripod.com/picturegallery/wdlcar.html
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The Wenzl is actually a Werndl as noted in the files in the link. Very different gun from the Wenzl which is very similar to the Albini except that the locking pin is not exposed. Wenzls and Werndls were both Austrian guns used about the same time period (late 1860s if my memory is correct)

cheers mooncoon
 
"The Wenzl is actually a Werndl as noted in the files in the link. "

Sorry I can't read my own files!
 
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