Drice Air Rifle

Drice Air Rifle.

According to the Beeman Blue Book of Airguns, the Drice was made by the Mac Glashan Air Machine Gun Corp (see separate entry).

With thanks to Sean Campbell, imaging manager of the Buffalo Bill Centre of the West in Cody, Wyoming, for permission to post these pics of a gun held in the Cody Firearms Museum. The blurb accompanying this gun follows the pics.

Accession Number: 1993.8.25

Date : 1940

Dimensions: L: 40.25 in, Barrel length: 20.625 in, H: 7.5 in

Credit Line: Gift of Thomas K. Hutchinson

Inscription: [bottom of receiver] 1162; [right side of receiver] 24 cal. | Drice Rifle | Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. | Made in Lost Angeles, U.S.A. | Patent Pend.

Synopsis: firearm- rifle- airgun- Drice Rifle Co., Los Angeles, CA- gum wood- steel- [bottom of receiver] 1162; [right side of receiver] 24 cal. | Drice Rifle | Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. | Made in Lost Angeles, U.S.A. | Patent Pend.- 1162