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Title:	God made man, but Sam Colt made men equal
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Moderator:	PEAKS::OAKEYIN

Created:	Tue Mar 04 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6616
Total number of notes:	49869

6591.0. "Ranger Rifle Mystery" by MAIL1::KOSTARAS () Fri Feb 07 1997 16:05

    I've got a chance to get a .22 rifle without a clip.  The problem is that
    I can't tell what kind of rifle it is.
    
    It's a .22 bolt action, with a very heavy barrel.  The name "RANGER" is
    stamped on the barrel, and "31" is on the underside of the barrel and
    the inside of the stock.   It has a Lyman type site.
    
    None of the Mossberg clips fit the action.
    
    
    Any help would be appriciated.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Bob K.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
6591.1		CSC32::D_PELTONEN	School-Free Gun Zone	`Fri Feb 07 1997 17:24`	15
	While Winchester has used the name "Ranger" to designate their value line, I doubt that'd be what this is. If you can get your hands on a late-edition of the Blue Book of Gun Values, there's a section (in the back as I recall) about cross-referencing no-name 22 rifles. Most useful in determining who made the various JC Higgens and/or Ted Williams models, there may be something there that will help. Another good book for this type of thing is the Gun Parts catalog; lots of cross-reference there. You may even want to simply call Gun Parts and tell them you are looking for a magazine for this rifle; describe it as you have done here....they might just recognize the thing and have what you want. DAP
6591.2		FABSIX::J_SADIN	Freedom isn't free.	`Sun Feb 09 1997 07:16`	8
	Sound suspiciously like the .22 rifle my father has at home (given to him by a friend). It was an old Mossberg "training rifle" used by the Army (no clip in this one either). That's all the info we ever were able to discern. jim
6591.3		CSC32::D_STUART	firefighting,wetstuffvsredstuff	`Tue Feb 25 1997 17:51`	3
	got the same rifle, and a couple of clips, have used it since i was 8 yrs old to whack woodchucks and squirrels, unbelievably accurate rifle.