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.”
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.
