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Here are a couple. One is a cigarette gun, I'm assuming. Got the cute bolt handle, checkering is good, got a recoil pad. Sometime after
WW 2, a nice gun. Cigarette guns don't bring much money and are well-made in general and are great bang for the buck.
THis one is a guild built rifle from pre WW 1, in 7.9 J. It's a hunting rifle, not much fancy. The barrel is ribbed, the Lyman sight if factory installed and the forestock is narrow.
I checked out the Lymans on guild guns with the German Gun collector's forum when I got mine, which is the same as the one on yours. They were put on guild guns back in the day according to them.
Gene L wrote: ↑Wed Feb 18, 2026 4:04 am
I checked out the Lymans on guild guns with the German Gun collector's forum when I got mine, which is the same as the one on yours. They were put on guild guns back in the day according to them.
I say Lyman, but the sight doesn't say Lyman. It is marked with a d?eer leaping into a circle. Is that Lyman's tm
30-06. The other is 7.9 J 9 x 57 J, which limits it. Bullets hard to find, loaded ammo impossible to find. I finally found a die det for it. I wish it were 7x57. Most cigarette guns are in 30-06, if sold to GIs.
Gene L wrote: ↑Wed Feb 18, 2026 4:04 am
I checked out the Lymans on guild guns with the German Gun collector's forum when I got mine, which is the same as the one on yours. They were put on guild guns back in the day according to them.
I say Lyman, but the sight doesn't say Lyman. It is marked with a d?eer leaping into a circle. Is that Lyman's tm
I'm working from memory here so someone double check me, but I think so.
Cigarette rifles are the best bang for your buck. The workmanship far excels the price. They're mostly in 06 and 8mm (rarely), sold originally to a GI for a carton of Camels. If you know a dealer who is a buddy, you can get theme for $250 more or less. Your dealer pays about half that for whomever he buys the gun off. More or less.
The "odd caliber" cartridge rifles, based on 30-06 cases will bring more money as they were commissioned by GIs who were shooters and had a couple of cartons of Camels to trade on. I suppose they got more expensive the further they got from WW 2 and desperate German gunsmiths. I wish someone would do a book on cigarette rifles and unsigned makers.
