Can anyone help me identify and value this?

[GliderRecon]

If anyone here could help me identify the airgun in the following pics I'd be most grateful.

It's missing a couple of pins/screws but otherwise seems in good condition. Car boot material or something worth selling through a specialist dealer/website?

All advice greatfully received.
Thanks,
Tim

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...con/rifle1.jpg
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/r...con/rifle2.jpg

[ogilkes]

\looks ot me like a 'GEM' style rifle. A 19th century US design, they continued to made from the 1880s intot eh 1930s. Similar things produced by the De Havilland Gun Company, and Quackenbush. Value, no real idea but the blue book reckons between $50 and $250 in the States, perhasp a bit more over here for rarity value.

[Gareth W-B]

That is a GEM style rifle. Produced in .177 and .25 (later in .22) in great numbers by an array of German and American manufacturers from the late 1800s through to the 1930s. They are a bit of fun and in the condition yours is in (and assuming it to be .177) would say around the £100 posted mark (insured). If .25 more, and if .22 less . For ref, sold a slightly lesser condition example in .177 badged Langham before Christmas last for £75 plus post (hope this helps). Nice collectable rifle. Atb: Gareth W-B.

[I. J.]

Gentlemen ! Gentlemen! Where is your manners? You both failed to welcome Tim to our 'establishment'. This is just not good enough.
I shall therefore have to do it.

Welcome aboard Tim.

ATB
Ian

[Gareth W-B]

Gentlemen ! Gentlemen! Where is your manners? You both failed to welcome Tim to our 'establishment'. This is just not good enough. I shall therefore have to do it ...

Sorry Dad, feel duly chastised ... Ha ha. Hi there Tim, and welcome to both the BBS and more importantly, Collector's Corner (hadn't noticed that this was your first thread ). And hi I. J., well noted my friend . Atb: Gareth W-B.

[I. J.]

Sorry Dad, feel duly chastised ... Ha ha. Hi there Tim, and welcome to both the BBS and more importantly, Collector's Corner (hadn't noticed that this was your first thread ). Atb: Gareth W-B.

Its OK son. Your living proof even the best of us can make mistakes.

ATB
Ian

[Gareth W-B]

Its OK son. Your living proof even the best of us can make mistakes.

ATB
Ian

... ... So that's where I get my good looks from ... .

[I. J.]

... ... So that's where I get my good looks from ... .

Everyone has the right to be ugly. I just abuse the privilege.

Oh, and yes Tim, it is a Gem type.

ATB
Ian

[ogilkes]

And apologies from me... .... Welcome to the BBS. Of course, we're all handsome here, must be the constant hugging of walnut stocks...

[GliderRecon]

Thanks very much for the gen and the warm welcome!

Now I just need to work out what calibre it is. I guess measuring the size of the hole at the 'breech' end won't give me the answer? (Yes, I'm a complete novice in airgun matters).

[Paddy_SP]

Thanks very much for the gen and the warm welcome!

Now I just need to work out what calibre it is. I guess measuring the size of the hole at the 'breech' end won't give me the answer? (Yes, I'm a complete novice in airgun matters).

Here's another welcome to the site - this time from deepest Devon!

With regards to your question - look for a number stamping at the breech: No. 1 = .177, No. 2 = .22 and No. 3 = .25. If there's nothing visible, then try dropping a .22 pellet into the breech. If it won't go in, you've got a .177. If it falls through, you've got a .25, and if it fits, you've got a .22!

[DEAN C.]

then try dropping a .22 pellet into the breech. If it won't go in, you've got a .177. If it falls through, you've got a .25, and if it fits, you've got a .22!

Thats what you call a "GO" or "NO GO" gauge isn't it Paddy?
Commonly known as "suck it and see"

Dean.

[GliderRecon]

Thanks Paddy. No sign of stamped numbers, but .22 pellets drop through so I'm assuming it's a .25.

Once I've taken a few more pics I'll do a 'For sale' post.