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I have a bicycle version, missing the wire stock. It was completely rusty and frozen up. Pulled it apart cleaned it up. Made a couple of shots with shorts. Then 22LR. It shot great. My friend Dave and I took turns with much laughter and amazed it's accuracy of such a piece of history. Put some LR's in yours. Enjoy Darryl B.
Check out the ammo testing video I did, mine only likes low velocity. The headspacing is bad at best and the rifling is pretty rough. Mine was definitely a black powder gun, cleaning it up and getting it in working order was a beast!
I have a Gun Digest from 1966 that features an old gun catalogue from 1888 in the middle of it. That Quackenbush Safety Rifle is featured in that catalogue. However, the picture is just a drawing, so it was cool to see an actual example, and see it in action. Thanks for posting this video.
My Dad had one as a wall hanger, inherited from his uncle. It had too many black powder .22 shorts run without proper cleaning and left to sit for a time. The bore was okay, and it was accurate, but the chamber was pitted enough that a .22lr would be a bit hard to extract, and would split the case at times. Luckily that simple extractor got them out far enough our test shots were able to be removed. It was a nickled barrel version, and iirc also had no serial number on it. It was stolen when their townhouse was burgled back in the late 80's. He was a machinist and thought to sleeve the barrel (where he worked had long gun drills) but money was always too tight to buy a sleeve and he had eventually left that place of work. I also don't think we had as much headspace as yours seems to have. Ours were sticking due to the pit down at the short case length. Thanks for the memories.
I've seen a older one with a heavy steal wire framed stock fired with regular long rifle modern ammo several times with no problems. I think she had it about 4 years ago. She had a ball with it. She was dinging a 4'' X 10" steal plate with open sights at 80 yards. Nice little shooter
Pretty impressive for a old ,old cheap rifle. Alot of people don't like single shot rifles, I have a Rossi pair rifle it's a single shot 22lr and 410 gauge shotgun, the barrels change out real fast and easy it's like having two rifles in one. Love shooting it and you can break it down to fit in a backpack for easy carry.
I recently picked up one, absolutely out of the box pristine, unbelievably clean. Must be a later model as it has a wood forearm. Shoot me a message if you would like to see pics.
My gramps had one of these with the wire stock when I was a kid. We shot .22 longs out of it with no issues. Always open the action while on safe to save the firing pin. They usually shoot low due to the bore being off center at the chamber to allow the firing pin to hit the primer. And using anything less than .22 longs, will be about 5 inches low at 25 yards with shorts and even lower with CB or BB caps. Not safe for .22lr due to the loose headspacing causing case expansion and gas escaping the breech but you should be able shoot CCI subsonic lrs without any problems as they are liw pressure at 700 fps. Most of the chambers are all ate up from blackpowder fowling and not safe to shoot. They are mainly pop can plinkers, not really good past 20 or 25 yards.
I have on just like that just the barrel is shorter than your but it is a very cool rifle and i have trouble finding anythin on it but I will say its a tack driver
Are you shooting .22 Short or .22 CB-cap? The .22 BB-cap and CB-cap are very low power, just a primer charge only and they do not use gunpowder at all. They are intended for short range targets, such as gallery guns at the state fair, an indoor target range in your basement or parlor, etc. I would suggest a bore scrubber and then try .22-Short to get some speed to shoot the distances you are attempting. My father used BB-cap to earn some of the NRA 25' awards back in the 1950s and 60s at a range set up in his neighbor's basement.
As far as I'm aware those should have been regular shorts, I've shot those rounds before with no issues. I was very surprised to see the lack of power during this test though.
The bore does not follow the outside of the barrel. It is high off centre at the breach an d central at the muzzle. If you shoot along the barrel profile it will shoot high
I was using the sights, but here's where it gets interesting: due to the age and method of manufacture it's very particular about ammo. Check out the ammo testing video I did, I had a lot of fun with this one
If you want it to shoot have the barrel relined and you should be opening the action with it in the safe position you are going to wear the firing pin out
Just bought one of these at auction. Its missing the spring pin thingy to lock the slide over in place. Gonna have to find someone to manufacture me one i guess.
Yeah I get that, plus they aren't super high pressure. The issue is the week action, unknown actual age and material strength. The general condition looks good so there's more testing coming. Not giving up on this one yet!
I have a bicycle version, missing the wire stock. It was completely rusty and frozen up. Pulled it apart cleaned it up. Made a couple of shots with shorts. Then 22LR. It shot great. My friend Dave and I took turns with much laughter and amazed it's accuracy of such a piece of history. Put some LR's in yours. Enjoy Darryl B.
Check out the ammo testing video I did, mine only likes low velocity. The headspacing is bad at best and the rifling is pretty rough. Mine was definitely a black powder gun, cleaning it up and getting it in working order was a beast!
I would love to find an actual bicycle rifle!
I have a Gun Digest from 1966 that features an old gun catalogue from 1888 in the middle of it. That Quackenbush Safety Rifle is featured in that catalogue. However, the picture is just a drawing, so it was cool to see an actual example, and see it in action.
Thanks for posting this video.
My Dad had one as a wall hanger, inherited from his uncle. It had too many black powder .22 shorts run without proper cleaning and left to sit for a time. The bore was okay, and it was accurate, but the chamber was pitted enough that a .22lr would be a bit hard to extract, and would split the case at times. Luckily that simple extractor got them out far enough our test shots were able to be removed. It was a nickled barrel version, and iirc also had no serial number on it. It was stolen when their townhouse was burgled back in the late 80's. He was a machinist and thought to sleeve the barrel (where he worked had long gun drills) but money was always too tight to buy a sleeve and he had eventually left that place of work. I also don't think we had as much headspace as yours seems to have. Ours were sticking due to the pit down at the short case length. Thanks for the memories.
I've seen a older one with a heavy steal wire framed stock fired with regular long rifle modern ammo several times with no problems. I think she had it about 4 years ago. She had a ball with it. She was dinging a 4'' X 10" steal plate with open sights at 80 yards. Nice little shooter
That's the bicycle rifle version
Pretty impressive for a old ,old cheap rifle. Alot of people don't like single shot rifles, I have a Rossi pair rifle it's a single shot 22lr and 410 gauge shotgun, the barrels change out real fast and easy it's like having two rifles in one. Love shooting it and you can break it down to fit in a backpack for easy carry.
Such a cool rifle! Wish I had some of these. Damn nice!
I recently picked up one, absolutely out of the box pristine, unbelievably clean. Must be a later model as it has a wood forearm. Shoot me a message if you would like to see pics.
My gramps had one of these with the wire stock when I was a kid. We shot .22 longs out of it with no issues. Always open the action while on safe to save the firing pin. They usually shoot low due to the bore being off center at the chamber to allow the firing pin to hit the primer. And using anything less than .22 longs, will be about 5 inches low at 25 yards with shorts and even lower with CB or BB caps. Not safe for .22lr due to the loose headspacing causing case expansion and gas escaping the breech but you should be able shoot CCI subsonic lrs without any problems as they are liw pressure at 700 fps. Most of the chambers are all ate up from blackpowder fowling and not safe to shoot. They are mainly pop can plinkers, not really good past 20 or 25 yards.
I have on just like that just the barrel is shorter than your but it is a very cool rifle and i have trouble finding anythin on it but I will say its a tack driver
ATF destroyed thousands of the bicycle rifle in 1968 as Short Barrelled Rifles.
That sucks!
They are a wonderful group of men that belong in China, anywhere but USA.
Are you shooting .22 Short or .22 CB-cap? The .22 BB-cap and CB-cap are very low power, just a primer charge only and they do not use gunpowder at all. They are intended for short range targets, such as gallery guns at the state fair, an indoor target range in your basement or parlor, etc. I would suggest a bore scrubber and then try .22-Short to get some speed to shoot the distances you are attempting. My father used BB-cap to earn some of the NRA 25' awards back in the 1950s and 60s at a range set up in his neighbor's basement.
As far as I'm aware those should have been regular shorts, I've shot those rounds before with no issues. I was very surprised to see the lack of power during this test though.
The bore does not follow the outside of the barrel. It is high off centre at the breach an d central at the muzzle. If you shoot along the barrel profile it will shoot high
I was using the sights, but here's where it gets interesting: due to the age and method of manufacture it's very particular about ammo. Check out the ammo testing video I did, I had a lot of fun with this one
CCI is the only company that still makes 22 longs good price but the shipping costs more than the box of bullets!
SUPER Rifle
If you want it to shoot have the barrel relined and you should be opening the action with it in the safe position you are going to wear the firing pin out
That's how it's designed. The safety notch actually depresses the leaf spring so you cannot load or move the action
“What kind of a name is quackenbush” .. 😳 < me stumbling across this video while researching my last name
Fellow quackenbush, hello!
Excellent video, new subscriber from the UK 💥
Glad to have you aboard!
Just bought one of these at auction. Its missing the spring pin thingy to lock the slide over in place. Gonna have to find someone to manufacture me one i guess.
It's tough, it literally took me 7 years to find a replacement firing pin for my Belgian shotgun
What is the leaf spring on the left side of the bolt for?
It's the firing pin retainer when cocked. Very interesting design
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I’d shoot 22lr without worries lol
Yeah I get that, plus they aren't super high pressure. The issue is the week action, unknown actual age and material strength. The general condition looks good so there's more testing coming. Not giving up on this one yet!
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