Can you identify???

[kentucky_smith]

Grandfather's old .22, supposed to be a real good shooter, but needs new stock.

Can anyone identify this rifle, I'm thinking Marlin something or Winchester 67a.


The only lettering on it are Ranger, a 14 in a circle and 22 short, long and long rifle.


It's single shot and you have to cock it each time.
There is no serial number. (!)

 

[Jim K]

Ranger was a Sears trademark, but Sears never made any guns themselves, they had their trade names (Ranger, Ted Williams, J.C. Higgins) put on guns made by others. That looks like a Marlin Model 100. The trigger guard should be bent back to its normal curve, though.

Serial numbers were not required on .22's and shotguns until 1968, and that rifle was discontinued in 1941.

Jim

 

[kentucky_smith]

funny story: sometime in the early 60's, it was driven over by a car. papaw just taped and nailed it back together. Hence the need for a stock. Looks like gunparts has a stock for this thing if it is a Marlin 100.

Thanks.

 

[Ala Dan]

I believe that too be a Winchester model 67A .22LR. Reason being, dad
bought me one in 'bout 1955, and that kind'a looks like an exact copy.
Price was right too~$18.50 U.S. dollars at the local hardware store.

 

[Jim K]

It is not a Winchester 67. The 67 has a shorter receiver area behind the bolt handle, and the bolt knob comes down right at the trigger guard. The Marlin Model 100 has the receiver as shown, with the bolt knob well ahead of the trigger guard and a long area of receiver ahead of the bolt handle.

Jim

 

[Jim Watson]

It looks like a Marlin to me, too, even though the shape of the cocking knob is different from illustrations in my '50s and '60s publications. Likely this rifle is older than that, the base model goes back to 1936.

 

[kentucky_smith]

family history dates it to sometime in the '30s. I'm pretty sure it's a Marlin, probably a 100 or something like it.

 

[Steven Mace]

It looks like a Marlin Model 81 that was made from 1937-1940. Just my guess.

Steve Mace