This gun belongs to a friend. We have no idea who made it.

This is a lousy picture. (Sorry.) The rest are better.

Engraving on the floorplate. Somebody spent a lot of money to get this gun made.

There's no markings on the gun that would identify the maker or engraver. We are guessing that...

A. Made in USA soon after WWII.

B. The engraving looks kinda Germanic.

C. That's a G & H cheekpiece but a lot of people did that.

D. Nice lines for the era. Somebody spent a lot of money on a .22.

Anybody out there got an idea who made this?

Its a 03 Springfield 22 L.R..By the style of the stock it looks to be a Paul Jaeger with engraving by Claus Willig. I have 2 Jaeger's with the exact style of engraving and stock style. If it is a Jaeger, it would be called their Super Grade. Look on the underside of the barrel or under the butt plate. I noticed that it has a Jaeger grip cap.

Jaeger sounds reasonable. It's a friend's gun and we'll take it apart when he brings it back.

Beautiful rifle! Are you any closer to discovering its origins?

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Originally posted by tom mason:
Its a 03 Springfield 22 L.R..By the style of the stock it looks to be a Paul Jaeger with engraving by Claus Willig. I have 2 Jaeger's with the exact style of engraving and stock style. If it is a Jaeger, it would be called their Super Grade. Look on the underside of the barrel or under the butt plate. I noticed that it has a Jaeger grip cap.

This website is awesome. The things a person can learn here. Wow.

Don't know who built it, but I want it.

You might try to contact Dietrich Apel at the German Gun Collectors Association web site. He is Paul Jaeger's nephew and worked with him for many years before founding New England Custom Guns, from which he is now retired. He also founded the GGCA.

Some interesting information on the Jaeger shop: http://www.handloadersbench.com/forum5/12191.html

Dietrich is also the Editor of German Hunting Guns website. His mailing address:

Dietrich Apel
P.O. Box 385
Meriden, NH 03770 U.S.A.

Carefully remove the barreled action from the stock and look for gunmaker's information.

George

The rifle belongs to a friend. The next time he brings it up we wil take it apart and see if there are any indentifying marks.