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RMAC-A22W-A made by Rocky Mountain Arms Corp. back in the 1970+ period.
This is kind of an odd one. I would describe it as a SwivelBreach-Loading SingleShot 22 Cal. Black Powder Rifle! Now, is that a mouth full? Take a second for it to sink in then read on......
This one needs a more defined explanation: This black powder single shot rifle is loaded at front of the turret breach, not from the muzzle of the barrel like a conventional muzzle loader. 5 grains of black powder is loaded into breach of turret then one #4 (.24) buck shot on top of powder. 180 degrees opposite where powder and ball was loaded is a spot where several childs caps (like used in cap guns) are loaded. The instructions recommended the use of Greeny Stick'em Caps for ignition but they are not made any more. Anyway a metal cap cover is then placed over the cap/s. This holds caps in place and assists in directing the small cap detonation towards powder. Now that both ends are attended, the turret is then twisted back in place so breach is in battery, inline with barrel and cap ignition is inline with hammer. Pull back hammer to cocked position, aim and fire! The back of the barrel had a slight taper from .24 down to .22 so when fired the bullet was swaged down to .22 The rifle itself was roughly the size of the Chipmunk .22, and almost too small for adolescents, let alone for adults. The turret was removable so you could give the barrel a good scrubbing from both ends, but the powder chamber in the turret wast a little hard to clean. This "cap gun" ignition system ignited even substitute powders well enough, probably due to the inline ignition. Bottom line? The danged thing was too slow to load thus not keeping the attention of children under the age of 10. The over all construction was a little shoddy, especially when true .22LR rifles cost less at the time it was introduced! If this rifle with it's unique ignition method was introduced today, especially with recent scarceness of 22LR ammo, I think it would have stood a much better chance of success, especially amongst the survival crowd. It was not perfect nor was it real accurate but one step up from air rifles at least in cost if compared to high end air rifles!
This is kind of an odd one. I would describe it as a SwivelBreach-Loading SingleShot 22 Cal. Black Powder Rifle! Now, is that a mouth full? Take a second for it to sink in then read on......
This one needs a more defined explanation: This black powder single shot rifle is loaded at front of the turret breach, not from the muzzle of the barrel like a conventional muzzle loader. 5 grains of black powder is loaded into breach of turret then one #4 (.24) buck shot on top of powder. 180 degrees opposite where powder and ball was loaded is a spot where several childs caps (like used in cap guns) are loaded. The instructions recommended the use of Greeny Stick'em Caps for ignition but they are not made any more. Anyway a metal cap cover is then placed over the cap/s. This holds caps in place and assists in directing the small cap detonation towards powder. Now that both ends are attended, the turret is then twisted back in place so breach is in battery, inline with barrel and cap ignition is inline with hammer. Pull back hammer to cocked position, aim and fire! The back of the barrel had a slight taper from .24 down to .22 so when fired the bullet was swaged down to .22 The rifle itself was roughly the size of the Chipmunk .22, and almost too small for adolescents, let alone for adults. The turret was removable so you could give the barrel a good scrubbing from both ends, but the powder chamber in the turret wast a little hard to clean. This "cap gun" ignition system ignited even substitute powders well enough, probably due to the inline ignition. Bottom line? The danged thing was too slow to load thus not keeping the attention of children under the age of 10. The over all construction was a little shoddy, especially when true .22LR rifles cost less at the time it was introduced! If this rifle with it's unique ignition method was introduced today, especially with recent scarceness of 22LR ammo, I think it would have stood a much better chance of success, especially amongst the survival crowd. It was not perfect nor was it real accurate but one step up from air rifles at least in cost if compared to high end air rifles!