Thread: .22lr rifles when did it become ok that they were all just crap?

Originally Posted by Ground Control

The worst semiauto that I ever owned was a Voere . I don't remember the model but it fired from an open breach ....Ken

Gevarm also produced several different semi auto models way back, three were the A series which used the open bolt system you describe and one, the Gevarm E1, used a conventional firing pin arrangement. A childhood friend had an A2 back in the late 60's and it was an accurate rifle although the bolt slamming forward system didn't help.