Any information on this strange rifle?

johngalway

Fella I know got this below. It's old, it's odd, it's rusty/dirty. He thinks it's a collectors piece. I think he's half right Someone here may know something about it, I call it the Walt Disney Gun, may have the ability to shoot around corners.

.243

looks like a single shot .22lr peiper/bayard made between 1907-1939,there was also a single shot self ejecting version made also

CJhaughey

Some info here
Cool looking rifle, I bet it would clean up nicely with a bit of 0000 steel wool and some oil.

bazza888

love looking at the old guns like that,you see some interesting old yokes in shops for destruction nowadays

johngalway

Thanks for the info guys It is indeed a .22lr, bolt action (obviously!). The offset scope if a bit odd though. It's like looking through the bottom of a milk bottle, I forget it's name Got two horizontal lines from either side and one pointed bottom post as the crosshairs. Has a vertical adjustment, but no windage

gunhappy_ie

It may be worth posting up on the VCRAI website. I believe they are already or are trying to organise a classic rifle .22 shoot.

GH

johngalway

Thanks GH, I never though of doing that:)

Grizzly 45

[The offset scope if a bit odd though.

By the design it needed to be like that to be able to clear the ejection port when reloading.

It's like looking through the bottom of a milk bottle, I forget it's name Got two horizontal lines from either side and one pointed bottom post as the crosshairs. Has a vertical adjustment, but no windage

Thats a std European[old style] post sight.Used on most .22 rifles
reason your optics are like a milk bottle ,is proably because of dampness or damage?

FOXHUNTER1

FN made one identical to this
Do you have to pull the back of the bolt to cock it?

johngalway

I believe that you do, I haven't fired it, but was messing about with it unloaded yesterday. My Dads old Kooey (spelling) had the same type of mechanism if I remember right.

johngalway

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

By the design it needed to be like that to be able to clear the ejection port when reloading.

That would make sense, I can't quite remember how high the bolt had to be lifted to reload mind.

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Thats a std European[old style] post sight.Used on most .22 rifles
reason your optics are like a milk bottle ,is proably because of dampness or damage?

He's to zero it one of the days, which could be more of a challenge than anticipated... I'll have to see if I can go along if I'm around to have a better look.

rowa

Bsa also made a very similar rifle , the offset scope mount was used on most military sniping rifles during ww1 as it was still required to be able to load the magazine with stripper clips.