Need help Identifying this .22 caliber rifle

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Hello~ I recently inherited some rifles and handguns from my father. I am trying to list some on an online auction site and I need help identifying this rifle. It has some markings but no lettering that i can find. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 

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It is actually an inexpensive European (probably Belgian) single shot, probably in .22 short, on a Warnant-type action, which has a separate breechblock locked in place by the hammer. The true Flobert action has no breech locking mechanism, as such - the hammer itself serves as the breechblock. While the Warnants are slightly stronger then the Floberts, you should never fire modern high-velocity .22 ammunition in either type. If you want to shoot it (and if it is in good mechanical condition as well as having a good bore (unlikely), use only BB or CB caps in it.

PRD1 - mhb - MIke
 
6mm FlobertEdit
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6mm Flobert or .22 BB Cap with Container
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6mm Flobert pistol, together with its description in the 1912 catalogue of the Manufacture Française d'Armes et de Cycles de Saint Étienne
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Two 6mm Flobert rifles
 
Hello~ I recently inherited some rifles and handguns from my father. I am trying to list some on an online auction site and I need help identifying this rifle. It has some markings but no lettering that i can find. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Would love to see the Markings??
 
Here are the markings but they look very generic. Thanks for the input. It is not marked in respect to caliber. i just assumed it was a .22 by glancing at it. Never considered that it might be European.
 

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Those little 6mm Flobert guns are hard to pin down. They made them in Germany & Belgium by all kinds of little small unnamed gun factories. also they were sold under lots of company brand names. You would even shot those things in your house for indoor target practice. The cool part is the Florbert cartridge is one of the original cartridges made. They date back to the 1840s.

In Germany they sold them as garden guns to take care of small pests. I even think during Nazi days when guns were confiscated they did not even consider these guns. So they holss alot of fun history. And they are strong enough to off a squirrel or two.

In France they sold some beautiful 6mm Flobret rifles to encourage marksmanship prior to WW I.
 
Sorry I am not good at that, one would really need to see the gun and condition.. I am not a seller but a purchaser, and I am a cheap stingy deal hunting tight butt to boot... One who is giddy spending 40 bucks in gas to save 5 dollars on a gun.

Look at gun brokers completed auction to help, if you are just putting them up for auction,then the market will decide.. The one you have seems kinda common (You will see that)

I place my hand on the bible and tell you I have not paid more than 100 dollars or so for examples, except for one.. Well... may be two because we are bringing the lord into this.. and some I got at local auctions are in the 50 dollar range

The big trouble with those is you need to find a party who likes them and then the ammo is just so darn expensive with shipping.

Good luck.. Its a hell of a cool gun to keep.. and if you decide you want a few shots let me know I can mail you a few shells to play with.
 
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