Shoot from the couch... You heard it right!
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:55 am
Answered a local classified about a disassembled gun in a bag. I bought it for $20, picked up two screws and assembled a "Parlor Rifle".
It's a Belgium made Flobert in .22lr, with the upgraded Warnant system - which provides flip-up firing pin block which also activates a sliding extractor block. Originally these guns relied solely on a heavy hammer to seal the breech, and had no firing pin block. The Warnant system was added later. Manufacture dates could run from around 1880 to the early 1910's.
They are made to be shot indoors. Yep. Other calibers include a rimless .32cal, 7mm, and 8mm - some rifled, but mine is a smoothbore. Cartridges are void of a powder charge, and rely on the primer only for the propellant.
Loaded with Colibri, it makes a neat "Phrrittt" sound, and shoots pretty accurate out to about 25 feet. It will knock a tin can over in my living room. Cats are not impressed (No, I don't shoot them. They don't like the hissing sound) :-s
Enjoy the pics, and thanks for looking.
It's a Belgium made Flobert in .22lr, with the upgraded Warnant system - which provides flip-up firing pin block which also activates a sliding extractor block. Originally these guns relied solely on a heavy hammer to seal the breech, and had no firing pin block. The Warnant system was added later. Manufacture dates could run from around 1880 to the early 1910's.
They are made to be shot indoors. Yep. Other calibers include a rimless .32cal, 7mm, and 8mm - some rifled, but mine is a smoothbore. Cartridges are void of a powder charge, and rely on the primer only for the propellant.
Loaded with Colibri, it makes a neat "Phrrittt" sound, and shoots pretty accurate out to about 25 feet. It will knock a tin can over in my living room. Cats are not impressed (No, I don't shoot them. They don't like the hissing sound) :-s
Enjoy the pics, and thanks for looking.
