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15/12/2017 22:54:43
Giffard CO2 rifles
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15/12/2017 22:55:35
Giffard CO2 Rifle - Patent Information.
With thanks to Peter for this scan of research by Dennis Commins.
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15/12/2017 22:57:58
Giffard Air Rifle - CO2 Shotgun.
With thanks to a collector friend for these pics.
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15/12/2017 22:58:54
Giffard Air Rifle - CO2 rifle with interchangeable barrels.
Giffard, c.1880, 51cm and 65cm long 4.5mm barrels, one 6.5mm barrel
Pic copyright Hermann Historica
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15/12/2017 22:59:51
Giffard Air Rifle - 4.5mm CO2 rifle.
With thanks to Mick Shepherd of micksguns.com for these pics.
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15/12/2017 23:00:45
Giffard Air Rifle - 8mm CO2 shotgun.
With thanks to Mick Shepherd of micksguns.com for these pics.
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15/12/2017 23:01:52
Giffard Air Rifle - 8mm CO2 rifle.
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15/12/2017 23:02:54
Giffard Air Rifle - Boxed CO2 Rifle.
With thanks to Tim for these pics.
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15/12/2017 23:03:47
Giffard Air Rifle - CO2 match rifle.
In 4.5mm. This rifle was exhibited in an Italian museum from new.
With thanks to a collector friend for these pics.
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15/12/2017 23:05:50
Giffard Air Rifle - Another CO2 match rifle.
With thanks to Tim for these pics.
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15/12/2017 23:06:52
Giffard Air Rifle - stripdown and accessory.
With thanks to Jochen for these pics:
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15/12/2017 23:08:01
Giffard Air Rifle - Junior Type?.
With thanks to Lawrie for these pics.
In .177 calibre.
Lawrie says: "It is a small rifle, but looks a bit crudely made. It is marked as a London-made gun. My theory is that someone in the Giffard workshops made it up as a 'homer' - a word used to describe something made unofficially at work - for his son or wife, due to it's size.
It didn't work when I got it but I modified the valve and now it works very well.
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15/12/2017 23:09:08
Giffard Air Rifle - 6mm Rifle.
With thanks to Paul for these pics.
And a target shot with a 4.5mm Giffard
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15/12/2017 23:10:05
Giffard Air Rifle - Cased Set.
With thanks to Joe for these pics. The set includes, in Joe's words:
"The original rifle is an 8mm. It has an additional original
Giffard barrel, sleeved to .22. It also has a modified old Mossberg
peepsight. The filling adapter enables you to fill the resevoir using
a standard 88g CO2 canister. The case is a modified Brady shotgun
case and the instruction booklet in the lid is a modern repro."
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15/12/2017 23:10:54
Giffard Air Rifle - CO2 tap loader.
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.
Accession Number: 1988.8.1029
Date : 1890
Dimensions: L: 42.75 in, Barrel length: 24.75 in, H: 7.5 in
Credit Line: Gift of Olin Corporation, Winchester Arms Collection
Remarks: writing engraved with gold
Inscription: [top of barrel:] PAUL GIFFARD INVENTEUR BREVETS; [gas chamber:] 57 PAUL GIFFARD INVENTEUR BREVETS [underside of barrel:] 44 [underside of frame:] 44 [bottom of trigger guard:] RIVOLIER & FILS/ ST. ETIENNE
Synopsis: firearm- breech-loading- air rifle- airgun- single shot- carbon dioxide powered- Rivolier and Fils (sans), St. Etienne, France- Paul Giffard- wood- steel- [top of barrel:] PAUL GIFFARD INVENTEUR BREVETS; [gas chamber:] 57 PAUL GIFFARD INVENTEUR BREVETS [underside of barrel:] 44 [underside of frame:] 44 [bottom of trigger guard:] RIVOLIER & FILS/ ST. ETIENNE- .32- 44 (5.31.91 catalog sheet lists serial number as 57)- 57- writing engraved with gold
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15/12/2017 23:12:13
Giffard Air Rifle - Giffard & Co, London, CO2 rifle.
These pics are of a rifle bought from the David Swan collection, sold in September 2015 at Anderson & Garland Auctioneers, Newcastle. Note the built-in shot counter. The calibre is .295.
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15/12/2017 23:13:09
Giffard Air Rifle - London Giffard internals.
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15/12/2017 23:13:51
Giffard Air Rifle - Hammerless London Giffard (long cylinder).
With thanks to John A for these pics.
All photos copyright Bob Brisley. London Rifle: J A collection, ex Alan Hamer Collection.
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18/01/2019 16:22:15
Very good 4.5mm Giffard CO2 rifle
This rifle was for sale by German gunshop:
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18/01/2019 16:31:05
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08/05/2020 16:17:57
Giffard CO2 hammerless London rifle
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30/05/2020 17:04:54
'Scoped Giffard CO2 rifle
With thanks to Jan for these pics. He says: "Here are some pictures of my 8mm Giffard rifle. I began shooting it at 50 yards a week ago and I'm very impressed. The 'scope is a Unertl and reason for this addition was because rearsight was missing when I bought it from the Netherlands."
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19/10/2021 16:35:51
Giffard CO2 shotgun
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30/08/2022 15:19:22
Giffard CO2 rifle (4.5mm, boxed)
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31/08/2022 15:37:47
Giffard CO2 rifle (cased)
With thanks to Peter.
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09/05/2023 18:21:55
Giffard London hammerless CO2 rifle (Beeman Collection)
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12/05/2023 17:54:56
Giffard CO2 rifle (Beeman Collection)
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21/07/2023 16:35:36
Giffard tap-loading CO2 rifle (prototype?, Beeman Collection)
Pics copyright Rock Island Auctions.
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20/10/2023 14:27:56
Giffard CO2 rifle (6mm, refinished with gold inlay)
For sale by Protek Supplies.
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18/03/2025 19:46:54
Giffard taploading CO2 rifle (Beeman collection)
Pics copyright Rock Island Auctions.
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24/10/2025 17:06:10
Giffard CO2 rifle (boxed, 3x extra CO2 cartridges, CO2 capsule adapter)
