A special rifle?

[butlersrangers]

I believe Bannerman's sold those 'frankenguns' as "model 1937 rifles". Personally, I would be too scared to ever fire one.

The odd marriage of parts may have actually been assembled for Bannerman's by Sedgely.

I found and bought the striker mechanism for one, out of a gun show 'junk-box', a few years back for $2.00. The parts were all garbage, except for a perfectly good model 1898 Krag 'safety-lever', which was worth around $50.

I consider some of these contrived part-guns to be 'Time Bombs'.
(For me, $800 is serious money for a 'clown gun').

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