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Training Rifle - Help Identify
Got this from an estate and the family has very little info on it.
Their father was in WWII but was a lifer. Was a training officer to both Canadian and British forces. The gun is VERY heavy. The strap is very old leather with a hook to shorten the strap. The bayonet has a round end and she thought at one time it had a piece of foam on it. All steel and you will not break it. Carry handle like FN and moves. Mag (structure) is wielded in.[IMG]C:[/IMG] Open to ideas or information on it.
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Interesting piece. It is European in nature, most likely German judging by the leather side-mounted sling.
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trg rifle
tend to agree with the west-german theory could be G3 or possibly FN SLR
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With out having seen it real life. I am all most certain it is a Swiss train version of the SIG STGW 57 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmgewehr_57
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That looks like the same butt piece on the Swiss rifle.
For what its worth, rubber or dummy rifles seem like a good idea but they get old and heavy fast. Invariably there are broken parts or sharp edges that the real ones don't have, and the simulation feels like a punishment.
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Looks like we have a winner !! Thanks guys
The stock and even the strap look identical. Would be interesting to find out how he got it. Thanks again
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