WAMO POWERMASTER RIFLE, 22rf single-shot, circa 1960s. One of three .22rf firearms manufactured and sold by Whamo-O. Yes, the same toy making happy gang who gave us Hoola Hoops and Frisbees. Under the trade name WAMO, in a different CA city, they made and marketed under a heading of SPORTING GOODS, their more adult-type "toys" including blow guns, crossbow pistols, dueling foils, etc., and promoted them with ads printed on their Whamo-O branded products like their Slingshots.
This is the same gun author Tom ###lord used to illustrate his "The Story of Wham-O's Guns" article in the recent
Ninth Annual Shotgun News Treasury. When I got it from Tom (1 of 3 known/reported) it was missing it's "magazine" which is actually storage for 2 full boxes of 22rf LR.
A retired PA dentist with a sheet metal brake built this tin replica magazine to original specs for me in his home "gun shop" he assembled while still working, to collect and do some 'smithing on old vintage guns after retiring.
I have their Powermaster Pistol so I only need their WAMO HAMILTON, a .22rf replica of a percussion dueler, known by some as their "pirate" pistol to complete my WAMO trio of .22s. If any reader has an extra, I'll be happy to take it off your hands.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser