*ULTRA-RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 22 HORNET SPORTING RIFLE.

*ULTRA-RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 22 HORNET SPORTING RIFLE. SN 19691. Cal. 22 Hornet. Very unusual & rare, built on a Springfield M1922 M1 bolt action rifle with 24″ orig tapered rnd bbl dated “3-30” with standard Springfield front sight, no provision for a rear sight and receiver mounted with a Lyman Model 48S receiver sight. Left side of bbl, over chamber area, is hand engraved “22 HORNET”. Receiver ring has standard M1 markings and bbl & receiver ring are mounted with target scope blocks. Bottom of receiver opening has been altered precisely as pictured on p. 147 of The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy. The entire story of these rifles is detailed on pp. 145-147 of the same book. The alterations to the receiver and bolt head are identical to the alterations pictured in this book and were undoubtedly made at the Springfield Armory. The book only mentions two other of these rifles, one of which belonged to Col. Townsend Whelen and the other to Capt. G.A. Woody, the men who invented the 22 Hornet cartridge at the Springfield Armory. This was apparently a short-lived project at Springfield Armory with very few, possibly only three, rifles every so altered. There were a number of copycat rifles produced in the same time frame in the early 1930’s by both Sedgley and Griffin & Howe. However they used standard 1903 receivers and commercial bbls. Springfield Armory only used the M1922 M1 receiver and rechambered standard military 22 caliber bbls. Mounted in an orig Springfield 1-pc straight grain uncheckered walnut half stock without grasping grooves and has a checkered semi-crescent Springfield Sporter buttplate. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & receiver retain 93-95% strong orig blue with freckles of fine pitting on bbl. Receiver sight slide has been blued. Trigger guard & floorplate retain a blue/brown patina with some scattered fine pitting. Wood is sound and retains about all of a restored oil finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-31998 JR256 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	385	$9,200.00	ULTRA-RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 22 HORNET SPORTING RIFLE. SN 19691. Cal. 22 Hornet. Very unusual & rare, built on a Springfield M1922 M1 bolt action rifle with 24″ orig tapered rnd bbl dated “3-30” with standard Springfield front sight, no provision for a rear sight and receiver mounted with a Lyman Model 48S receiver sight. Left side of bbl, over chamber area, is hand engraved “22 HORNET”. Receiver ring has standard M1 markings and bbl & receiver ring are mounted with target scope blocks. Bottom of receiver opening has been altered precisely as pictured on p. 147 of The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy. The entire story of these rifles is detailed on pp. 145-147 of the same book. The alterations to the receiver and bolt head are identical to the alterations pictured in this book and were undoubtedly made at the Springfield Armory. The book only mentions two other of these rifles, one of which belonged to Col. Townsend Whelen and the other to Capt. G.A. Woody, the men who invented the 22 Hornet cartridge at the Springfield Armory. This was apparently a short-lived project at Springfield Armory with very few, possibly only three, rifles every so altered. There were a number of copycat rifles produced in the same time frame in the early 1930’s by both Sedgley and Griffin & Howe. However they used standard 1903 receivers and commercial bbls. Springfield Armory only used the M1922 M1 receiver and rechambered standard military 22 caliber bbls. Mounted in an orig Springfield 1-pc straight grain uncheckered walnut half stock without grasping grooves and has a checkered semi-crescent Springfield Sporter buttplate. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbl & receiver retain 93-95% strong orig blue with freckles of fine pitting on bbl. Receiver sight slide has been blued. Trigger guard & floorplate retain a blue/brown patina with some scattered fine pitting. Wood is sound and retains about all of a restored oil finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-31998 JR256 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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