I came across a rifle in a gun store and the only writing on the gun other than the gunsmith who rebarreled it is Luca.  It is stamped on the receiver and the breach block.  Has anyone heard of a Luca action?

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The burning question is, did you buy it?

Let's see, a nice 22 target rifle with a set trigger, great sights, and beautiful wood. What more do you need to know? Buy it!

2152hq wrote on Feb 20^th, 2025 at 5:07pm:



If I had a chance at it, I would grab it.

waterman wrote on Feb 20^th, 2025 at 6:44pm:


The earlier part of this discussion gave me the impression that the rifle was a .22 rimfire target rifle.  That's what got my interest.  Since that is not the case, is it really a .38/55?  There were several European cases that might come close but are not really .38/55.   

And some of those big German actions are not as strong as they might first appear.  Will the seller let you slug the barrel or do a chamber cast?

When you mentioned that the right side of the action was cut lower than the left I assumed it was for loading 22s. With the length of the receiver and the lever pin at the far front lower left it may be that it is a copy of the Aydt where the block is part of the lever. These were certainly strong enough for the 8.15x46R (standard around 20,000 psi or maybe up to 28,000 for BP say) but without the right side of the action cut down. 38-55 could be rated up to 35,000 psi. Obviously someone has been shooting it with target level loads. If you could get a look at the face of the block to see if has been converted from RF to CF that might be a factor to consider. Without some engraving and having been altered, $1700 is probably optimistic.