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Below is the only ad I've been able to find for this smart looking little peashooter. Marketed towards the crowd looking for an inexpensive "tackle box" gun, it certainly bears a striking resemblemce to the German Lugers which were popping up on the market following the end of WW II...

HOPKINS & ALLEN'S "THE AMERICAN MILITARY RIFLE." Just obtained this very unusual little boys' rifle (military training model?) and need help learning more about it historically. From few sources available It seems H&A first offered "bolt action" single-shot rifles in 1909. Have found no...

WAMO "HAMILTON DUELING PISTOL" - more info on this VERY ELUSIVE little peashooter from our nation's largest toy manufacturer! This is simply a continuation of a thread from a few years ago about this confusing name connection. I now have all three of WAMO's .22rf weapons, plus several...

I took a gamble obtaining this little guy. I collect US and/or Canadian-made .22rf single-shot weapons. But, so far I've been unable to locate ANY info on this well-made, attractive little rifle. The stock is simply a plank sawn to shape then the sharp edges sanded round. VERY similar to...

Recently obtained this nice HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON HANDY GUN single-shot .22rf S-L-LR, 12.5" bbl. Seller I obtained it from says the rear sight is an aftermarket replacement. I agree, since there is no wind adjustment mechanism in the hole intended for that purpose. Because there were...

Obtained this very nice little .22rf S-L-LR single-shot bolt action rifle, but been unable to learn anything about it. Stock is sawn from a slab with the sharp edges rounded and smoothed. (VERY similar to those used by airgun makers) Finger grooves routed into forestock, NO buttplate...

Hopefully everyone is familiar with the Mossberg Brownie, a small 4-shot, double-action pistol. NO CYLINDER, just four barrels with rotating firing pin. Picture below is what ALL Brownies look like. Unlike most guns, which transformed over the years until they were made into something...

Has a FIFTH Variation of the venerable little MOSSBERG BROWNIE been discovered? Although a little more than 33,000 were produced from 1919 to 1932, they all LOOKED ALIKE, and exactly like the drawing on Oscar F. Mossberg's submitted patent application! Yet there are possibly FIVE different...

Most of us are familiar with the WAMO Powermaster PISTOL, but this is the WAMO Powermaster Rifle and I've never seen or heard of another. The gent I bought this one from had photos of another one owned by someone else. Here's the barrel stamping on this gun. The old WHAM-O Hunters...

From the late 1800s up until 1945 the Hamilton Rifle Company in Plymouth, MI pumped out more than a million inexpensive little .22rf single-shot rifles. Their most popular rifle was the NO.27, often used as a "gift" for youngsters who would sell cans of White Clover Salve, or other such product...

INFO STRICTLY FOR GUN COLLECTORS I finally got around to taking a photo of my two SM Sporter pistols together. It is a rarity to even find, or ever see, ONE of these guns. The highest number produced (one year only - 1953), is possibly 600 guns. So - this is a photo you may never see...

Gun Digest the Magazine ran an article in this latest issue about openly carrying your weapon legally. This is the website they mention to learn more about this subject. Thought some of our readers might find it interesting. http://www.opencarry.com/opencarry.html Best regards ~ ~ ~...

Hey! YOU! Happy 4th of July! Best regards from "The Gunshine State" ~ ~ ~ 45Broomhandle

I can find very little info on this gun! Here's what Goforth's book says about it: "Iver Johnson Ejector Single Gun 1897 - 1904 Semi hammerless; ring trigger break open mechanism, single barrel bobbed hammer; 12 gauge only; 28", 30", 32" plain or twist steel barrel choked; ring in front of...

This cute little critter was a "FIRST" for me. The only single-shot falling-block, .22rf rifles I had seen in my 70+ years on this old ball of mud had the typical "pigtail" style levers. Think of the Stevens'; the Remingtons; the Winchesters; etc., ad infinitum. Here's one that looks like...

I collect .22rf single-shots and got the wrong Bronco at an online auction. The brief description didn't make it clear to me. Anyway, #1) I need help in correctly identifying this gun, and #2) I need to establish what it is worth in order to sell it. Only markings on it are a serial number...

I was a young newlywed in Indiana in the 1950s when I met Bob Tingle of Shelbyville, Indiana. Just outside this small farming community an elderly farmer had turned one of his cornfields into a shooting range for muzzleloading enthusiasts of the area. This became the original home of the...

On another forum I've been involved in looking for hard proof that the single-shot .22rf WAMO pistol from decades ago was actually a product of the big toy maker: Wham-O. It's reported by several sources that Wham-O either denied any connection or refused to talk about it. A mystery for we...

I recently purchased an old S&W marked Model 0f 91 on the barrel top. It's nickel plated, serial number just under 19,000. Someplace along the line someone mentioned to me that there were less than 100 of these made. I've since lost the email where this was discussed. I collect older...

FINALLY! Obtained the elusive little SM Sporter from 1953. I've only found two articles of info on it: American Rifleman Dope Bag, Aug. 1963, and 1985 Gun Digest article on .22rf single-shot pistols. Serial numbering was NOT in ascending numerical order, like most normal numbering systems...