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BamBam wrote:His crutch was .22 WMR if I remember correctly.

I dont think they ever actually confirmed the calibre. It was narrowed down to .22 hornet and .22 WMR.

I have seen a home made IRA single shot 12 bore shotgun. Pretty much like a crutch. It had a telescoping action of about 2". It was placed in the shoulder and pulled back 2" into it, pushing the cartridge back onto a fixed firing pin.

there are some vids on youtube of some lad who made tube / slide shotgun. two pipes and a blank. with either a bit of weld or a small dia bolt put thru

this numpty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBKWCLfHDU

breacher wrote:

BamBam wrote:His crutch was .22 WMR if I remember correctly.

I dont think they ever actually confirmed the calibre. It was narrowed down to .22 hornet and .22 WMR.

I have seen a home made IRA single shot 12 bore shotgun. Pretty much like a crutch. It had a telescoping action of about 2". It was placed in the shoulder and pulled back 2" into it, pushing the cartridge back onto a fixed firing pin.

Does anyone know which company made it? Also off topic but before the dear act of 1963 didn't hornet used to be used for Roe and the like? Given the time frame and the kind of person the Jackel was, that makes me think more of Hornet. Though 22 wmr can be punchy. Which do you believe Breacher would make a better assassins gun then? I'm thinking it could go either way. And this was just asked a theoretical as in, the realms of the situation shown in Day of the Jackal. I've only seen the remake myself. Its on my to-do list to watch the original at some point. Its probably in netflix or amazon somewhere .

breacher wrote:

BamBam wrote:His crutch was .22 WMR if I remember correctly.

I dont think they ever actually confirmed the calibre. It was narrowed down to .22 hornet and .22 WMR.

There is this, and it keeps us fairly close to the topic.

BamBam wrote:

breacher wrote:

BamBam wrote:His crutch was .22 WMR if I remember correctly.

I dont think they ever actually confirmed the calibre. It was narrowed down to .22 hornet and .22 WMR.

There is this, and it keeps us fairly close to the topic.

Where did this come from?

Sixshot6 wrote: Where did this come from?

It's a design project by some bloke called Alan Farrell.

breacher wrote:

It looks rimfire to me, I can't see a centre primer so 22wmr has the bet.

Well they're not .22 hornet, no taper to the case. And as sixshot6 says, they're rimfire.

Yes - rimfire in that pic.

In the book they hint at a centrefire by refer reloading / handloading cartridges etc - probably thats where the Hornet came into it.