Recently saw a little 22 rifle, looked like a toy, single shot 22 made bt J.C. Hamilton. Any info would be appreciated.

Murphy-
This web site might give you some information on your Hamilton...
http://home.comcast.net/~jimringbauer/HamiltonRiflesindex.html

That is a really good site on the Hamiltons. You can also get information about them from "Boys Single Shot Rifles" by James Grant and "American Boys' Rifles 1890-1945" by Jim Perkins. The Perkins book contains many pictures of the factory and Hamilton family.

The Hamilton's were not known for their high quality. Their only pump was actually a piece of tin wrapped around a brass tube.

Pete

Thanks for the info , from looking at the web-site it appears to be a model 31, Thanks Murphy