De Lisle type rifle/carbine - help needed with identification

[browningautorifle]

There's a company called Valkyrie(a woman I'm told) in the US that will produce such a thing for actual money. I could be out of date on this, she may have quit. In Canada we've seen some ads for a replica that won't quiet anything down but sure looks cool. #4 actions seem to be the rage because of availability I think. Wait til Peter get's a load of this one... By the way, I think it's an exellent design. It's probably only about as loud as a popcorn fart.

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[jmoore]

There's a company called Valkyrie(a woman I'm told) in the US that will produce such a thing for actual money. I could be out of date on this, she may have quit. In Canada we've seen some ads for a replica that won't quiet anything down but sure looks cool. #4 actions seem to be the rage because of availability I think. Wait til Peter get's a load of this one... By the way, I think it's an exellent design. It's probably only about as loud as a popcorn fart.

No longer made, unless it's recently brought back. Quality was not outstanding...too bad, too! It looked good from 10 feet...

[Warren]

The ones that Valkaryie made were actually visually quite good but he/she/it did miss a few of the "more subtle" features. They are apparently back in business having burnt a lot of people on the DeLIsles but apparently are now concentrating on the M-3 Grease gun. Not sure if new or the same ownership. Not sure of the sound decibel reading from Valkaryie's, but the originals were quite good as to the sound moderation, having had the opportunity to fire an original DeLisle in the UK many years ago at the old Enfield Lock RSAF. (Dating myself here.) A number of gun makers have made copies and Goodwinds are among the best, however the name DeLisle is now owned by a private UK company and I think he as rattled the chain of a few people claiming to make a "DeLisle carbine. The old boy (DeLisle) was a bit of a character and for some reason did not want his prototypes and drawings to go to the British government after his death and they now all reside in a basement along with is original notes in London England. There are boxes of notes and prototypes and most of it now will probably never be public domain. I've had a chance to view a lot of it, and it is a pity for the historical aspect. I'll see if I can find some old photographs I took at the time and I see if I can scan and post them down the line.