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sportco
Sportco was an Australian manufacturer of rifles and shotguns in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1947 until the early 1980s. Founded by Jack Warne, also known by its full name Sporting Arms Limited, began by manufacturing single shot 22LR rifles. Sportco purchased ex military Martini Cadet rifles from the Australian Government and converted them to both rimfire and centrefire calibres as well as rebarrelling Lee–Enfield rifles to .303/22 and .303/25.
Soon they began producing their own designs of bolt action and 'Sportomatic' semi-automatic rifles as well as single shot shotguns followed by semi-automatic shotguns and pump-action rifles. They also started to export to Great Britain, Rhodesia, Borneo, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America.
Sportco supplied the British military with a blow-back action self-loading training rifle with a ten-round capacity. Sold in Australia as the Model 71S the British dubbed it Rifle,L29A2. An example is to be found in the Enfield Pattern Room collection. Sportco also supplied Winchester with actions for their Model 320 10 shot bolt action repeater and Model 310 single shot.
Sportco also sold ammunition under its own brand name that was manufactured by Riverbrand and Winchester Australia.Their longest lasting model was the Model 44 target rifle which would later would be known as the Omark Model 44 and would be produced by MAB Engineering when Sportco would close its doors.Sportco was sold to Omark Industries and shut its doors in the early 1980s.
Jack Warne would later leave Australia for the United States and found
Kimber of Oregon.
Gday Folks,
I have for sale a Sportco Model 72 22 cal rifle, these were built by Jack Warnes first Australian company prior to when he started kimber. So an interesting peice of both Australian and Oregon history.
This one is in good working order and condition, could use a stock refinish but...
Gday Folks
Up for sale is a Sportomatic model 87A, made in Australia by Jack Warnes first company prior to starting kimber so an interesting part of Australian and Oregon history here. These rifles as far as I know we're never imported into the states, this one infact was imported from the...