Does anyone recognize the X inside the square marking on this barrel?  The "12 38" may be a date or it may be a sequence number.  The barrel work and the stock work dates from the 30's. oops!  Please excuse all the white space around the image.  The picture is good, but you have to move the sliders to find it.

Since you insist...
Here is one.  The caliber is 22 Saunders.  There is a picture of the chamber cast in the reloading forum.

CLUNK!! ( jaw hitting floor )

If I was a varmit, I'd be real nervous. New track shoe's would be in order. 

The rifle was rebuilt by Neidner?  If so  MP should be able to tell you something. 

Unfortunitely MP has abandoned this forum, I think. Ive seen recent posts on the WSU by MP.


                                                                            Joe.

The barrel doesn't have any of the usual Niedner trademarks, so MP doesn't think it is a Niedner.  OTOH, the stock is stamped under the buttplate (a Niedner, of course) with the proper "T.SHELHAMER" stamp.  I am convinced the barrel is the one that was on the rifle when the stock was made based on the tool marks from the inletting, the fit and finish of the metal, and other clues.  Look closely at the picture on page 317 of Landis.  The caption says this one is a 22 Niedner Magnum and the Westley Richards below an R-2.  I think Landis may have had his notes mixed up when he wrote the caption.  If the "12 38" is a date code, I'm surprised that anyone would go with an original Lovell-type chamber instead of an R-2 at this time.  If it was ever a Niedner Magnum, I can't imagine someone wanting to go with a lesser caliber.  Whoever did the barrel work, if not Niedner, was a master.  My hope lies in finding out who used the X inside the square as a trademark.  In the meantime, I am gathering the stuff I need to make her shoot again.

Now if I was a varmint, and I had to get shot; that gun would make one proud to say he was shot by it! What a great rifle!

Since I have been shooting a Dubeil highwall in R2 recently I might offer a few loadc tips. Try AA1680 with pistol primers and try some of Jim Calhoon's 37gr hp bullets, the combo shoots great in my rig and pressures are quite reasonable since I don't want to be searching for more of those G&H cases. Good luck.