Dating older Anschutz rifles (logos?)

Brayhaven · Post by **Brayhaven** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:07 am

Anyone have a link on dating older Anschutz 22's? I know the logos changed frequently over the years after they moved to the Ulm facility. Somewhere on the web, I saw an illustration of the different "Annie" logos, and the years they used them. Can anyone direct me to that illustration? or any other good info on dating them? Some had proof dates & some did not.
Thanks,
Greg

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:12 am

How old an Anschutz do you mean?

Dating an Anschutz 54 isn't too difficult. The date has been included in the rpoof marks since the early 1960s, the earliest I've seen is 1961. This is made harder if it's been rebarreled, but not impossible as the serial numbers are sequential and so can be compared to known examples.

Pre-war models would be rather more difficult I imagine.

Tim S
Exeter UK

Brayhaven · Post by **Brayhaven** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:00 am

Early 54's & pre-54 light sporter rifles are what I need to date. They had about 4-5 different logos they used. It isn't hard to date them, post 1958 as they had year and or date codes on them.

I'd like to find that list of the logos and the years they used them.
Thanks,
Greg