Welcome to immediately’s Photograph of the Day! Right here we now have one other Commonplace Arms lengthy arm. That is the Commonplace Arms Camp Rifle chambered for a 50 caliber cartridge. Beforehand I coated the Commonplace Arms Mannequin G which stands in historical past as one of many greatest firearm design failures. Some recap, the Commonplace Arms Mannequin G was a lot forward of its time by way of idea. It was primarily a semiautomatic rifle however is also operated in a pump motion mode if the consumer selected to. These sadly had a behavior of breaking and afterward the corporate would launch modified “pump motion solely” fashions in hopes of salvaging some gross sales. This Commonplace Arms Camp gun (exhausting to name a rifle) is chambered for a 50 caliber proprietary cartridge much like 50-70. It sports activities a smoothbore barrel and was supposed to fireside a single lead ball or a shotshell. Only a few have been made (roughly 30) and featured a pump motion for the beforehand talked about causes.
“Manufactured from 1912-1914. That is a particularly uncommon clean bore rifle for 50-70 caliber buckshot or spherical ball with an estimated 25-30 manufactured by Commonplace Arms and 5-10 fabricated by third events from elements bought after Commonplace Arms closed. Ramp bead entrance sight, two-line Commonplace Arms Mfg. Co. barrel deal with, preceded by “CAMP”/50 cal.” grooved forearm and clean pistol grip inventory with buttplate that includes excessive reduction wildlife and emblem designs.”
Lot 313: Commonplace Arms Co Pump Rifle 50-70 – Extraordinarily Uncommon Commonplace Arms Camp Mannequin Easy Bore Slide Motion Rifle/Shotgun Mixture. (n.d.). Rock Island Public sale Firm. {photograph}. Retrieved December 6, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/element/61/313/standard-arms-co-pump-rifle-5070.
