Can you tell me about this rifle?

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does anybody know anything about this rifle?

GERMAN TARGET RIFLE: .22lr,Full-size single-shot bolt action marked "BERNH.PAATZ.WAFFENFABRIK ZELLA-MEHLIS/THUR." Continental sporting sights and swivels, repaired stock with cheek piece and checkered pistol grip. Needs extractor. Shoots one-hole groups @ 10m.
 
Zella-Mehlis/Thur. Means the towns of Zella-Mehlis in Thuringia, which is in the heart of the German arms making region. IE this is GOOD steel. There are a number of small makers between WW1 and 2 as well as Walther. what you have is a, Bernhard Paatz 22 cal rifle. Thing is with a missing part, and a stock repair you're going to be hard pressed to sell it for more than you're asking (found your ad doing research).

Walther made similar rifles and honestly might have outsourced to a maker like Paatz at some point, but I have found no direct evidence they did.
 
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Maybe this is it?

Single Shot Rifles German/Austrian Benchrest and Target Rifles
German Target Rifle .22LR
Guns International #: 100095654

Lister Inventory #: 1457376
German Target .22 LR
Description:


Curio/Relic: Yes
Caliber: .22 LR
Metal Condition: Good
Wood Condition: Good
Bore Condition: Fair
Barrels: 26" Octagonal
Triggers: Trigger Pull Under 3LB
Stock: Checkered Semi Fancy Walnut PG
Stock Dimensions: 13 1/4" LOP
Butt Pad: Black Synthetic Butt Plate
Sights: Blade Front-Adjustable Rear
Item Location: Wheeling, WV

Price: 1,299.00


Picture at:
http://www.gunsinternational.com/German-Target-22-LR.cfm?gun_id=100095654

or this:

Weihrauch HW60M Match .22 LR cal rimfire, bolt action rifle. RH, single shot. German made competition rifle. Comparable to Anschutz and Feinwerkbau (FWB), Weihrauch is best known for their precision competition and sport air rifles but also produce smallbore specialty rifles as part of its lineup. Weighs approx 11 lbs Features: Walnut Match Stock with gloss finish and black stippled grip areas, foregrip underside accessory rail, 26" Rifled Free Floating Bull Barrel, Custom Trigger (currently set up with 3 lb trigger pull. Stock trigger springs included. I believe it is a 10 oz. pull from factory), Adjustable Butt Plate, Includes Micrometer Style Competition Rear Sight and Hood Front Sight with 11 inserts, Bore Guide.

Picture at:
http://www.gunsamerica.com/99829189.../Weihrauch_22_LR_Target_Rifle_Bolt_Action.htm
 
Bernhard Paatz was a gunsmith located in Zella-Mehlis (just north of Suhl, Germany) from 1932-1939; he seems to have specialized in .22 target rifles, but there isn't a whole lot of information on him, because most of his work ended up in the Russian occupation zone. "Waffenfabrik" is just the German way of saying "weapons factory", so EACH manufacturer would have had their own waffenfabrik.
 
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Dr. Rob is probably right. It one is a 7-shot but it is marked similarly to the one you mentioned

WALTER'S MODEL ULM/DO WAFFENFABRIK 22 CAL BOLTACTION RIFLE.25 T0 125 METER SLIDING SIGHT. LOOKS TO BE A SEVEN ROUND CLIP. IVE HAD THE GUN A LONG TIME. ITS UNFIRED, 100% GUN 100% ORIGINAL BLUING, BORE IS NEW MIRROR BRIGHT. SPECIAL CHECKERED PISTOL GRIP STOCK, CHEEK PIECE. THE BARREL MEASURES 22 IN LONG, FACTORY SWIVELS. THE STOCK IS VERY GOOD NO CRACKS OR CHIPS. HAS A COUPLE OF MARS FROM MOVING IN AND OUT OF SAFE.THIS IS A HIGH GRADE TAC DRIVER

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=9351009&oh=
 
Oh well, thanks SDC, that makes sense. It sounds like a pretty neat rifle from talking to the guy, but has a broken extractor, funny, don't think I'll be finding parts for it.

Dr. Rob, actually I'm the buyer, and I like fixing gun, and those I can't fix end up in the BUBBA pile of highly customized rifles. Think I'll stick to restoring this one
 
Depending on the design, making/finding an extractor might be easy or very difficult. If I were interested, I would ask the seller to send a couple of good pictures of the stock repair and the bolt/breechblock where the extractor is missing or broken.

Jim
 
Oh ok, well I have an idea what you paid for it then. I have a friend with an ERMA 22 single shot made postwar, that's a hell of a tackdriver.

Thing is if you post pics SOME OF THE PARTS might be swappable avaialble from another model etc.
 
mesinge2 , I have a matching rifle to the "German Target Rifle" It's stamped "FLZ" on the bolt with no other markings . It's the gun I learned to shoot with about 1950 and still use it as it's VERY accurate with a 1 lb trigger [I was really spoiled as a kid !]
 
In the late thirties many gun makers made similar guns , some single shot, some repeating type. I have a Mauser which is very accurate ,a well made single shot .If the gun is in good shape with good bore it would be worth getting.
 
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