45" long. wood stock,only numbers on it is 20 on a couple places. Does not say anything where its made. Kind looks like a old BSA? its 177 cal.Has enough power to go through one side of a bean can. 
DOES ANYBODY NO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AIR RIFLE??Olympia
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Kind of reminds me of an early Diana 27. The rear sight kind of looks like a Webley MK III.
Bob in WV
Bob in WV
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Nice looking example of something. Certainly someone can id it, trigger certainly looks like the MOD III and earlier but would seem Germain at least.
Any other marking?
Please keep us posted.
John
Any other marking?
Please keep us posted.
John
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I would say with about 94.7% confidence that it's a early BSA. That would be all the info I could help you with, I know not much but at least a make.
I have someone that knows and deals in old airguns that is a great friend of ours and lives right down the road. I will call him and send him the link and see if he can give you more direction then i could.
I have someone that knows and deals in old airguns that is a great friend of ours and lives right down the road. I will call him and send him the link and see if he can give you more direction then i could.
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Very interesting...I don’t know what it is. But it’s a wonderfully complete example in nice shape.
While the stock and trigger guard shapes resemble the BSA (and many other guns of the pre-war era), those were tap-loading underlever guns mechanically quite different from this barrel-cocker.
Oscar Will, Venuswaffenwerk, Millita, and other German companies in the 20’s and 30’s made similar quarter-stocked barrel-cockers, many of which were sold to dealers or distrubutors under different trade names (in fact these rifles are generically known as "Millitas" to collectors).. The lack of grip checkering might suggest such a down-market “commodity” type product, but I haven’t found anything in my references that might tie this one's details (such as the distinctive breech block shape) to a particular maker.
Another stronger possibility is one of the many Japanese copies of European guns that were made in that era. There is a more or less endless variety of those!
Willy, I hope you will post this on the American Vintage Airguns forum. Someone there may well have a closet full of these, LOL! And Danny Garvin’s marvelous Vintage Airguns site is always a great place to research such things:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com
While the stock and trigger guard shapes resemble the BSA (and many other guns of the pre-war era), those were tap-loading underlever guns mechanically quite different from this barrel-cocker.
Oscar Will, Venuswaffenwerk, Millita, and other German companies in the 20’s and 30’s made similar quarter-stocked barrel-cockers, many of which were sold to dealers or distrubutors under different trade names (in fact these rifles are generically known as "Millitas" to collectors).. The lack of grip checkering might suggest such a down-market “commodity” type product, but I haven’t found anything in my references that might tie this one's details (such as the distinctive breech block shape) to a particular maker.
Another stronger possibility is one of the many Japanese copies of European guns that were made in that era. There is a more or less endless variety of those!
Willy, I hope you will post this on the American Vintage Airguns forum. Someone there may well have a closet full of these, LOL! And Danny Garvin’s marvelous Vintage Airguns site is always a great place to research such things:
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com
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Looking like one of those in the link from another forum: https://www.airrifle.co.za/threads/45448-Antique-air-rifle-identification-Phantom
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