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    Nope not US Airforce, just a weird rifle

    I was picking up a Remington receiver for a rifle I am building and the seller ask if I was interested in a rifle he believed to have possibly been made for the Airforce. Well, it wasn't it tuned out to be just a weird little .22 rifle. Except he had well-worn bluing and missing the wood buttstock insert. Made by Precision Industries, it is a single shot .22 S/L/LR the "pump" handle is only there to eject the spent 22 casing.

    While it was interesting I just couldn't see spending money on it when I have much better MILSURPS I want to buy. Still, I kinda wanted it just for a conversion piece. Not that I have a lot of friends who are into firearms like me...... So I offered $100.00 but did tell him he could get more at auction for it.

    This is not the rifle he was selling but one like it but in much better condition. I failed to take pictures of the one he is selling.

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    Looks like an offshoot of the Bronco.
    Regards, Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Looks like an offshoot of the Bronco.
    Jim, It does and from what I could find in the rifle the design borrowed heavily from the Bronco.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ssgross View Post
    looks like a toy BB gun.
    It does, the way it loads is similar as well.
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    looks like a toy BB gun.

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    Looks like a variation of a Hamilton Model 11 - series began with the Model 7 with a metal stock and continued with subsequent models. The model 7 production started about 1897 or so and the company shut down in 1945.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wjw View Post
    a Hamilton Model 11
    Here's what they look like...
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