what kind of rifle is this?

[hellbilly45acp]

and cal.




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[cheddar_bob]

Stiegele 5.6 X 35 double trigger bolt action rifle

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/10776830/guns-for-sale-antiques/c.-stiegele-5.6-x-35-.22hornet-double-triggers

^^^^^^This is not correct, I am an idiot and stand corrected.

 

[hellbilly45acp]

Stiegele 5.6 X 35 double trigger bolt action rifle

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/10776830/guns-for-sale-antiques/c.-stiegele-5.6-x-35-.22hornet-double-triggers

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[rasputin8]

Public Enemies is a great movie. I like Michael Mann's stuff a lot, even Miami Vice .

 

[Chuckdog]

It may be a Stieger something or the other, but that's a site bigger than 5.6mm bore in the one pictured

 

[cheddar_bob]

You are probably right. I was strictly going off the dbl trigger bolt action design and I didn't see any other.

 

[Chuckdog]

It says here that it's a Mauser chambered in 8mm?

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Public_Enemies#Mauser_98_Sporter

 

[Bryan]

I thought it was a Mauser when I saw the safety.

From http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Public_Enemies

Mauser 98 Sporter

Melvin Purvis fires a half-stocked Mauser 98 Sporter when searching for "Pretty Boy" Floyd (Channing Tatum) in Ohio. He ultimately uses it to fatally wound Floyd after taking a well aimed shot at him as he flees, making use of the double set triggers to lighten the trigger pull and make his shot more accurate. This is a German-style purpose-built sporter with a ribbed barrel, express sights and a flat "butter-knife" style bolt handle, and not a converted military rifle. It is not, as some have suggested, a Mannlicher-Schonauer, though they were quite popular among sportsman of the era.

Trivia: The only thing accurate about Floyd's death scene in the movie is that he was shot at long distance by a sniper. In reality, this happened in an open field, not an apple orchard, and Purvis was just one of several men who fired on Floyd, so the man who fired the fatal shots is still in question. Additionally, Floyd was killed after Dillinger had died.

The screenplay reads: "[Purvis] carries an 8mm Mauser sports rifle with a slim fore-stock and wrist and a turned-down bolt handle. It's the best rifle made in 1933."

 

[cheddar_bob]

Yep, just found it

German-style Mauser 98 sporter, similar to the one used in the film.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Public_Enemies

 

[SteelRinger]

Anybody else notice that there are no primers in the rounds in the belt in the first picture?