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177 Calibre Underlever Air Rifle With ‘S’ Prefix Serial Number & Pistol Grip Stock Retailed By Roberts Steelhouse Lane Birmingham. Lincoln Jeffries Patents Improved Model D 39” Variant. It has its correct original centrally mounted flip up rear sight, dial adjustable sight, block and blade fore sight & push button barrel retaining catch. Its original wood stock is excellent and undamaged with chequered panels at the wrist & ribbed horn butt plate. It also has the correct patent Number '371548'. It has the Great Britain, USA, Spain, Germany and Canada 1925 patents stamped on the Right Side of the air chamber. The left side of the cylinder is stamped 'WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MK II MANUFACTURED BY WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND’ and with the Webley 'winged pellet logo'. The trigger guard of the rifle is stamped with serial number ‘S4693’. These rifles introduced C1935 had a modified centrally mounted flip up aperture rear sight, an improvement on the earlier Type 1 & Type 2 side mounted Webley Service sights (see Chapter 2 of Thrale's book Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005).
22 Calibre with all original blue finish.
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This is a near mint, original 1930’s 3rd Series Webley Service Mark II Air Rifle in. **MINT**1930's 3rd Series Webley Service MK II. The price for this rare air rifle includes UK delivery. The weapon cocks loads and shoots crisply. The weapon is serial number 'S1207' which is stamped to the rear of the trigger guard (see pages 32-37 of Christopher Thrale's book Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005). The metal work has excellent original blue finish. It has an excellent original stock with chequered neck and ribbed horn butt plate. The rifle is fitted with a flip up adjustable aperture sight and has the rare to find safety catch feature on the right side of the frame. It has the Great Britain, USA, Spain, Germany and Canada 1925 patents stamped on the Right Side of the cylinder together with the correct patent Number '371548'. 'MANUFACTURED BY WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND and with the Webley 'winged pellet logo'. The Left side of the cylinder is stamped 'WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MK II". Sn 19327 - 19327Ī near mint condition, 1930's, Webley Service 2nd Series/ Type, MK II air rifle in. **RARE**MINT**1930's 2nd Series Webley Service MK II. The price for this rare, desirable, cased Victorian Air cane includes UK delivery. The inside of the box is contoured to fit the dismantled Air Cane and a steel bullet mould which is marked ‘WD’ (War Dept) and ‘No.140’. The case is lined in felt and the inside of the lid has its original paper trade label bearing the Reilly & Co, manufacturer’s detail (illustrated). The case has brass lock with key and brass carry handle which folds flat into a recessed brass plate on the lid. The weapon is in fully working order and is contained in its original wooden case. There are no visible manufacturer or date marks on the cane or pump. The cane has a screw off polished horn handle. The original pump and cocking key are present. It is air charged by means of its steel and brass air pump and cocked / fired by means of a steel winged key which is inserted into the underside of the rifle. The barrel section features a tiny blade foresight and 'V' notch steel rear sight. The barrel section has a clean bore with crisp rifling (1cm diameter barrel opening approx. Made of brass & steel it unscrews into 2 sections and when assembled measures 38 ¼”overall. This is a rare, cased, Air Cane by Reilly & Co. Sn 19326 - 19326Įdward Michael Reilly produced air guns and air canes in the mid-19th century, first with his father and then independently, and was "overdone with orders" after exhibiting at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and publishing "A Treatise on Air Guns, and Other Air Weapons" around 1850. Reilly & Co, London ‘AA’ Calibre (1cm Muzzle Diameter) Air Cane With Original Pump, Cocking/ Firing Key & No.140 WD Marked Bullet Mould. The cocking & firing actions work as they should. There is a faint indistinct number on the cocking arm. It has a blade fore & notched block rear sight. It's metal work and wood stock with steel butt plate is original and undamaged. The gun has no visible maker or date marks having been nickel plated to a good standard at some point in its life. The lightly rifled bore is near mint clean and bright. The break action of these models is performed by depression of the thumb operated lever located on top of the breech. The patents for Gem Air Rifles were made out in 1894 and adverts for Gems have been seen as late as 1911 (see page 124 of A Collector's Guide To Air Rifles By Hiller). Gem Style Air rifles were produced from the 1890's to 1920. **RARE**MINT BORE**1894 To Early 1900's Nickel Plated German Gem.
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