[Tom1215]

Hi I picked this up at the the gun show real cheap. The stock is pretty rough and painted black. The metal appears to be cold blued but that's ok. Going to refresh it for a neighbor's boy. Question is that I can find nothing really on this rifle. It has no serial number that I can find so I guess it would be hard to date it. Any help with info would be appreciated Thank you

 

[Tom1215]

 

[tim slater]

You have a pre-1945 Anschutz garden gun.

 

[Tom1215]

Is it in .22 then? It doesnt say on the barel. It has good rifling

 

[Chickenhater]

Looks like it's stamped 5.4mm... I believe 5.6mm is the metric equivalent of a 22 cal bullet... we're flobert cartridges made in something smaller than 6mm???

 

[Andyd]

JGA ZM rifles were marked 5.4mm for .22, 6mm and 9mm for Flobert.

Is the extractor in the gun? With the firing pin at the bottom of the bolt, ignition is impaired if the extractor does not act as an anvil for the rim.

 

[Tom1215]

Actually the firing pin is at the top of the bolt
I have a picture of the face of the chamber and it looks like a piece is missing Is that the extractor that's missing?

 

[Chickenhater]

Interesting.
On a sad note, it appears your decelerator has decelerated for its last time.

 

[Tom1215]

Gun is Dead?

 

[Tom1215]

What is the decelerator Is there a decelerator on a bolt action single shot?

 

[Chickenhater]

The butt pad you're using to prop up the bolt for the pic...

 

[Tom1215]

Ha another project... Remington 742

 

[Tom1215]

IS there a model number for this or is it just a Youth Garden Gun

 

[tim slater]

I'm not sure if Anschutz used model numbers pre-war (Match rifles are my thing), but later on Anschutz would make these some Flobert-actoon rifles as the 1360.

I don't think these were specifically a boys' model, rather just a light, handy, and cheaper, model for knocking over rats or other vermin in a garden.

 

[Tom1215]

Ok so it wss prewar

 

[Andyd]

It is definitely pre-war since Anschutz fled to Ulm after the Russian occupation. You are missing the extractor and they are hard to come by. On top of that, there were different extractors for different models but with the FP on top, all you need to do is to fabricate a little hook to extract the spent shell.
The model is generally referred to as an Anschutz JGA, going by their old logo. They were offered for sale as the Flobert action or simply called Tesching by the general public. The term garden gun was used for the Flobert cartridges only, since the Flobert cartridge was legal to use in your backyard or bowling alley.

This is what you need to look out for:

 

[Tom1215]

Thank you so much. That is by far the most info i have been able to find. Neat gun. Hope i can get it bavk out to the range.
Tom

 

[Tom1215]

Do you know what round would be apprpriate?

 

[tim slater]

Ok so it wss prewar

Yes, most likely. Anschutz relocated from Zella Mehlis in Eastern Germany to Ulm in the SW in 1945. I don't know enough about Germany's wartime economy, but civilian production may have gone on the back burner.

 

[Tom1215]

Thank you