can anyone identify this airgun please

Doug

Hi guys i'm new to this site and it seems to be full of amazing information, a friend has given me an old airgun for my collection,there is a picture in your gallory or the same gun but it does not say what it is.
Its missing the back of the spring housing and the trigger, any ideas were to look
thanks
Doug Sanders

PeterNolan

In all probability of German manufacture however the Belgium's also made them.

They are smoothbore in .177 and .25 cal.

The .25 was very heavy typical Victorian Engineering.

You would do more damage by throwing it at a target than shooting at it.

Herpquest

That is a Gem Doug, but it is difficult to identify the manufacturer from the supplied pic. The Gem rifles were made in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. Dependant upon the condition of the barrel,the makers trade mark can often be seen on the barrel in the form of letters or crossed guns.

Herpquest

"You would do more damage by throwing it at a target than shooting at it."

Now,now Peter, that is very cruel! ( but you are right).

The pictured rifle was most probably manufactured at the Eisenwerke Gaggenau factory in Germany

where the vast majority of the Gems were made and sold to distributors throughout Europe, who stamped their own names onto the guns.

If you visit 'The Gem Forum' run by our good friend Dave Lawrence, you will find an Eisenwerke Gaggenau catalogue showing the different types of Gems produced by the factory.

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