Sportco was an Australian manufacturer of rifles and shotguns in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1947 until the early 1980s. Founded by Jack Warne, also known by its full name Sporting Arms Limited, began by manufacturing single shot 22LR rifles. Sportco purchased ex military Martini Cadet rifles from the Australian Government and converted them to both rimfire and centrefire calibres as well as rebarrellingLee–Enfield rifles to .303/22 and .303/25.
Sportco supplied the British military with a blow-back action self-loading training rifle with a ten-round capacity. Sold in Australia as the Model 71S the British dubbed it Rifle,L29A2. An example is to be found in the Enfield Pattern Room collection.[1] Sportco also supplied Winchester with actions for their Model 320 10 shot bolt action repeater and Model 310 single shot.
Sportco also sold ammunition under its own brand name that was manufactured by Riverbrand and Winchester Australia.[2]
Their longest lasting model was the Model 44 target rifle which would later would be known as the Omark Model 44 and would be produced by MAB Engineering when Sportco would close its doors.[3]
Sportco was sold to Omark Industries and shut its doors in the early 1980s.
Jack Warne would later leave Australia for the United States and found Kimber of Oregon.
sportco, australian, manufacturer, rifles, shotguns, adelaide, south, australia, from, 1947, until, early, 1980s, founded, jack, warne, also, known, full, name, sporting, arms, limited, began, manufacturing, single, shot, 22lr, rifles, purchased, military, mar. Sportco was an Australian manufacturer of rifles and shotguns in Adelaide South Australia from 1947 until the early 1980s Founded by Jack Warne also known by its full name Sporting Arms Limited began by manufacturing single shot 22LR rifles Sportco purchased ex military Martini Cadet rifles from the Australian Government and converted them to both rimfire and centrefire calibres as well as rebarrelling Lee Enfield rifles to 303 22 and 303 25 SportcoTraded asSporting Arms LimitedIndustryFirearmsFounded1947 77 years ago 1947 in Adelaide South AustraliaFounderJack WarneDefunctEarly 1980sHeadquartersAdelaide South Australia Australia Soon they began producing their own designs of bolt action and Sportomatic semi automatic rifles as well as single shot shotguns followed by semi automatic shotguns and pump action rifles They also started to export to Great Britain Rhodesia Borneo South Africa Canada New Zealand and the United States of America Sportco supplied the British military with a blow back action self loading training rifle with a ten round capacity Sold in Australia as the Model 71S the British dubbed it Rifle L29A2 An example is to be found in the Enfield Pattern Room collection 1 Sportco also supplied Winchester with actions for their Model 320 10 shot bolt action repeater and Model 310 single shot Sportco also sold ammunition under its own brand name that was manufactured by Riverbrand and Winchester Australia 2 Their longest lasting model was the Model 44 target rifle which would later would be known as the Omark Model 44 and would be produced by MAB Engineering when Sportco would close its doors 3 Sportco was sold to Omark Industries and shut its doors in the early 1980s Jack Warne would later leave Australia for the United States and found Kimber of Oregon Contents 1 Models 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksModels editCaliber 22 LR ss Sportco Martini sa sportco 2 sa Sportco 2A semi automatic box magazine br sportco 10 br Sportco 10A bolt action box magazine br Sportco 15 bolt action tube magazine ss Sportco 40 bolt action single shot ss Sportco 43 bolt action single shot ss Sportco 46 bolt action single shot ss Sportco 50 Sportco 61 bolt action box magazine Sportco 62 bolt action box magazine br Sportco 62A bolt action box magazine deluxe br Sportco 62S bolt action box magazine br Sportco 63 bolt action box magazine br Sportco 63A bolt action box magazine deluxe br Sportco 63B bolt action box magazine sportco 64B bolt action box magazine br Sportco 66D bolt action box magazine deluxe br Sportco 66S bolt action box magazine sa sportco s71 sa Sportco 71A semi automatic box magazine deluxe sa Sportco 71S semi automatic box magazine have2 one is deluxe model sa Sportco 72A semi automatic tube magazine sa Sportco 73 semi automatic box magazine Sportco 73A semi automatic box magazine deluxe sa Sportco 73B semi automatic box magazine Sportco 74 semi automatic box magazine sa Sportco 87A semi automatic tube magazine pa Sportco 90 pump action box magazine pa Sportco 90A pump action box magazine Sportco 90S pump action box magazine pa Sportco 93 pump action box magazine Sportco 93A pump action box magazine deluxe Sportco 93B pump action box magazine Sportco 93S pump action box magazine sa Sportco carbine semi automatic box magazine ss Sportco Martini Clubmaster single shot target rifle br Winchester 320 bolt action box magazine Calibre 22 Hornet 222 Remington 222 Rimmed br Sportco Hornet bolt action box magazine br Sportco 33S bolt action box magazine br sportco 33 bolt action box magazine deluxe Sportco Martini Shotguns Sportco 54 single shot Sportco 55 single shot Sportco 80 single shot have 2 Sportco 81 bolt action box magazine Sportco 83 bolt action box magazine Sportco 88 semi automatic Sportco 103 type 1 semi automatic Sportco 103 type 2 semi automatic chromed barrel Sportco 103 type 3 semi automatic deluxe Sportco 103 type 4 semi automatic deluxe chromed barrel Sportco 103 type 5 semi automatic 30 barrel 4 7 62mm Target Rifles Sportco Model 44 bolt action single shot 5 See also edit nbsp South Australia portal List of South Australian manufacturing businessesReferences edit SHOT Backwards Design Company Rifleman UK Rifleman org uk Retrieved 18 January 2014 Barnes Frank C Cartridges of the World 10th Edition p473 MAB Sportco Sportco Retrieved 18 January 2014 TSE Archived July 19 2008 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editOfficial website UK NRA Historic Arms Resource Centre Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sportco amp oldid 1155449821, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
