POTD: Not A Success – The Standard Arms Camp Gun

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POTD: Not A Success – The Standard Arms Camp Gun


POTD: Not A Success – The Standard Arms Camp Gun

Welcome to at the moment’s Photo of the Day! Here we have now one other Standard Arms lengthy arm. This is the Standard Arms Camp Rifle chambered for a 50 caliber cartridge. Previously I coated the Standard Arms Model G which stands in historical past as one of many largest firearm design failures. Some recap, the Standard Arms Model G was a lot forward of its time by way of idea. It was primarily a semiautomatic rifle however is also operated in a pump motion mode if the consumer selected to. These sadly had a behavior of breaking and afterward the corporate would launch modified “pump action only” fashions in hopes of salvaging some gross sales. This Standard Arms Camp gun (exhausting to name a rifle) is chambered for a 50 caliber proprietary cartridge just like 50-70. It sports activities a smoothbore barrel and was meant to fireside a single lead ball or a shotshell. Very few have been made (roughly 30) and featured a pump motion for the beforehand talked about causes.

“Manufactured from 1912-1914. This is an extremely rare smooth bore rifle for 50-70 caliber buckshot or round ball with an estimated 25-30 manufactured by Standard Arms and 5-10 fabricated by third parties from components purchased after Standard Arms closed. Ramp bead front sight, two-line Standard Arms Mfg. Co. barrel address, preceded by “CAMP”/50 cal.” grooved forearm and clean pistol grip inventory with buttplate that includes excessive reduction wildlife and emblem designs.”

Standard Arms Camp

Lot 313: Standard Arms Co Pump Rifle 50-70 – Extremely Rare Standard Arms Camp Model Smooth Bore Slide Action Rifle/Shotgun Combination. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. {photograph}. Retrieved December 6, 2022, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/61/313/standard-arms-co-pump-rifle-5070.

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