The Rimfire Report: The Last Quackenbush – Bicycle Rifle

By Luke C.

Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and all of the different types of ammo, firearms, shooting sports, and history that it involves. Last week we talked about the extremely antique Hamilton Model 11 rifle often referred to as the “boy’s rifle.” Boy’s rifles were a subcategory of firearms back in the late 1800s and early 1900s that were intended to be extremely lightweight and inexpensive to serve as introductory firearms for youngsters – something I think we should bring back into vogue in today’s modern firearm industry. Throughout the years of writing this series on really old firearms like the Model 11, I’ve come to realize that boy’s rifles were far more prominent than I’d ever imagined during their height. In addition to the Hamilton rifle we talked about last week, companies like Stevens, Winchester, Marlin, and even Remington all made boy’s rifles virtually all single-shot and all chambered in rimfire cartridges. This week we’re going to check out the last of Henry M.

Source: The Firearm Blog