Training Rifle - Help Identify

[Bob Brown]

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.

[Ed Storey]

Interesting piece. It is European in nature, most likely German judging by the leather side-mounted sling.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

tend to agree with the west-german theory could be G3 or possibly FN SLR

[Niels V]

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

[maple_leaf_eh]

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.

[Bob Brown]

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