22 hornet brand

[Chris.blued]

Hello all,
I'm sorry if this is the wrong place or page to be asking this but i figured that someone here would know what I'm talking about.
I have a a 22hornet rifle, it's by far the most pleasurable and easiest rifle i have ever shot (for its calibre) but i have absolute no idea on it as far as history...this is what i do have.
.it was imported into australia between 1936 and 1939
.has the "herold" name brand on it (jaeger patent)
. Bolt action repeater with 5 round internal/trapdoor magazine
.3x flip up sights at 100m, 200m, and 800m
.single trigger with NO half set. (All other heralds I've found in single calibre have a set trigger)
.basic etching around the port and trigger guard with a dash dot pattern

Please, if you know about this gun let me know because i can't find any info (i.e history and lineage)
At all. I would never sell it as it was my grandfathers, i just want to know more about the gun itself.
I have taught my wife and daughter to shoot with it as it is such an easy gun to control and fire with minimum effort. I really want to know where it came from and how.
Thankyou,
Chris

[Bob Smalser]

A Suhl-made pre-war rifle sold under the trademark "Jaeger" by Charles Daly and others. I suspect they were made in whole or in part by Simpson, a large Jewish-owned firm taken over by and Nazi's prior to WWII. Simpson made a number of "metric hornets", of which I've restored and sold several over the decades. Under the European guild system, barreled actions from a large manufacturer were often finished off into custom rifles by smaller firms.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq2Dn ... et&f=false

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simson_%28company%29