Air rifles pre 1939
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Stock No: 0727
Price: £176.00
Year: 1925-
Calibre: .177
HAENEL
IVE
This air rifle which was was Germany’s answer to the very popular BSA Standard was made by Haenel probably in the late 1920s. This example is in fair condition retaining some original finish but with some wear and graining of the metal in places. The top of the cylinder is lightly worn but the stampings “HAENEL MOD IVE” is still nice and clear as is the Haenel trade mark on the trigger block. Screws would seem to be original and OK , cocking link we are not sure about, it might be a replacement might be original, trigger guard is definitely original. Stock has some surface marks, scratches and knocks and there also seems to be a repair around where the pistol grip joins the trigger block where the trigger guard goes in underneath. Nice original checkering on the grip, metal butt plate fitted, seems to have a good mainspring and tap fit. Original open sights are fitted.
COMMISSION SALE
Price: £595.00
Year: c1936
Calibre: .22
WEBLEY
SERVICE mark 2
This is a basically sound and honest example the number on the barrel matching the action, all complete and with original components apart from the breach seal which is a recent replacement. All sights intact and working, the metalwork finish is original a bit grainy going to a dark grey in places a few minor punch marks on one of the pins on the barrel linkage at the front of the cylinder at the axis point but seems like as we said a pretty robust example. Stock has a few minor surface marks but not been rubbed down or refinished. Basically a lightly used sound example. This is a very early 3rd series.
COMMISSION SALE
Price: £1295.00
Year: c1885
Calibre: 4.5mm
GIFFARD
CO2 RIFLE
This example is in superb near new condition with nice crisp engraving, all components correct, probably the best condition cylinder we have seen with all its original blacking and nice sharp knurling. Few minor surface marks to the stock but the checkering is still nice and crisp, the finish is original. Fitted with the nice balloon butt plate also fitted with factory fitted sling swivels. This is the second best 4.5mm Giffard rifle we have ever seen hence its being sold we are keeping the best one! The only minor fault with it is some very light browning and lightest of pitting on the barrel just below the rear sight. The rest is smooth and black.
Stock No 0411
Price: £245.00
Year: c1910-
Calibre: .175bb
BENJAMIN
MODEL E
This early American rifle possibly dates from before the 1st world war or just after. It is a dinkey little rifle with a front rod that pulls out for pumping, takes several strokes to build up enough compression to shoot out a muzzle loaded bb. This example has a very nice patina to the bore finish it may have been blacked originally having worn off or removed over the years. The end cap has the markings in this case a selection of patent numbers surrounded by words "Benjamin Air Rifle" and "MFG Co St Lewis MO (Missouri) pat pending" at the bottom and "model E" at the top. Stock is in fairly good condition probably had a coat or two of varnish over the years. The valving seems ok. Quite crude in comparison with what came later but not often seen this side of the pond.
Stock No 07224675
Price: £825.00
Year: c1885
Calibre: 4.5mm
GIFFARD
CO2 RIFLE
This very nice quality air rifle has been refinished to a good standard. The engraving is still nice and clear and crisp in fact looks good on its newly blued breech block. The rear sight is a replacement we know this because we fitted it! Its a new modern replica. Stock is very nice with quite crisp checkering, some scratches and marks and unfortunately a piece missing off the toe of the stock which has been carefully smoothed off so it does not look too bad. Some tooling marks on the gas cylinder but mostly smooth bluing which is nice and shiny. Lovely engraving on the underside and on the trigger guard. A quality item which presents very nicely.
Stock No: 0407
Price: £995.00
Year: c1868
Calibre: 7mm
DAVID LURCH
SECONDARY NEW YORK TYPE GALLERY GUN
This is a special rare collector’s item. Made by David Lurch in New York about 1865 to 1870. This is a underlever cocking gallery gun which was later copied in Germany and became the well know Bugelspanner. However this has a totally different and interesting trigger mechanism. This example is in good condition retaining some original finish to the cylinder and barrel the name David Lurch clearly impressed on the barrel near the breach along with some other letters and numbers. Original open sights are fitted, very large diameter cylinder for a double volute mainspring. This had had has had some repairs around the pistol grip in apparently a long time ago, a brass plate has been put over some repaired cracks around the pistol grip where the wood must be quite thin because a lever comes through to enable cocking. The barrel twists to one side for loading and is a very clean smooth bore. Lurch is one of the most well known makers of such rifles and is well reported in various books concerning such antiques. Nice brass fitted butt plate and shaped cheek piece, a good quality air rifle hand made for gallery shooting in New York.
JOHN BULL, BEDFORD
Year: c1848-
Calibre: .30 rifled, .50” smooth
Stock ref: 0641
£3550.002700.00
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This antique air rifle/air shotgun is in lovely condition. The action has some really nice engraving on it on both sides and top, scroll work on the hammer and with the makers name J Bull, Bedford in a banner within scroll work on the left hand side. There is no pitting the metal is smooth and a light brown antique type finish. The barrel is a brown Damascus twist effect in good order and with some light engraving to it. The butt is covered in what we believe to be the original shark skin known as shagreen which is the skin of a shark or a ray. Complete with a period pump with handle, bullet mould for 6 bullets and a foot plate. Also in a compartment is a tub of lead shot, a shot measurer, another tool marked “Baylis and Son Patent” and some wads for the shot. The case has been more recently made to fit this assembly and is a nice quality wood possibly oak with brass corners and escutcheons there is a lock but we do not have the key so have not been able to test the lock. Overall a really nice quality English made air gun. Interestingly and somewhat unusually this has a rifled c.30 cal barrel that fits in with a bayonet fit to the outer .50 inch smoothbore barrel. There is a pin across the rifled barrel so you can not push the ball in too far using the loading rod. There is a safety bypass on this so you can de cock it without firing should a hunting opportunity be missed you do not have to fire it off. A truly lovely item. There is a trade label in the top of the case for J Beattie of 205 Regent Street London. A similar rifle/shotgun matching almost exactly this pattern has been with a similar trade label in the lid so we made a copy of that and put it with this one. We have never seen a trade label for John Bull of Bedford as they were only in business a short period of time being 1846 to 1854 at High Street Bedford. James Beattie was at 205 Regent Street from 1848-
Stock number 0721
Price: £1295.001800.00
Year: c1870s
Calibre: c6mm
ANTIQUE GERMAN STRIKE PUMP AIRGUN
What a fantastic lump of an antique airgun. This is beautifully made, very heavy, very solid. It is a strike pump gun which basically consists of a spring and piston within the butt that is cocked and uses two leaf springs. The mechanism works but it takes a lot of effort to cock those two leaf springs and the power output is not great. This would have been used for shooting darts at very close range. The barrel is massive being fully octagonal and about an inch in thickness. With its original fully adjustable rear sight which is a lovely bit of mechanics and a very nice fine post front sight within an open shroud. This has a double set trigger mechanism, you cock the back trigger and then the front trigger is truly a hair mechanism. The airgun is in good condition with the barrel being mostly brown finish. The stock is nice but with one major crack on the underside that looks to have been repaired but is structurally perfectly sound. massive cast heavy butt plate and very fancy trigger guard allowing you to hold it with all your fingers comfortably. This really is a nice quality item. No engraving, the metal work is plain and the woodwork is plain apart from a heavy large Tyrolean cheek piece and some sort of oak leaf carving on the front end. A really nice antique. Also it is complete with what we believe to be its original cocking handle. Overall length is about 44” and weighs more than we can weigh with our 5kg postal scales!
ANTIQUE GIFFARD CO2
Superb gold inlaid and refinished
This stunning antique air gun is nothing less than a masterpiece. This base Giffard rifle has been re finished to a better than new condition and engraved and inlaid with shaded gold in various areas, the workmanship being of the highest possible standard. The stock has been refinished and re chequered, the whole thing looks new and will be a star item of any collection. If you were to commission this level of work on an existing rifle or shot gun we think it would cost more than we are asking for this superb air rifle.
A true masterpiece.
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This is a commission sale, it dates from around 1890 to 1900, calibre is 6mm and price is £4500.00
Stock No 0112
Price: £925.00
Year: c1840-
Calibre: .38”
TOWNSEND TYPE
KNOBBLY AIRCANE
This is a nice old English made air cane basically being a pre charged air rifle in the form of a walking stick. It has its original finish and it is one with knobbles on it to make it look like a piece of brier wood. This is in an old made case with a nice quality air pump with a Damascus finish to the steel and a selection of original old tools and key and also unusually the key for the case lock which works. We have put some green baize lining in the case as it was a bit loose inside it. A nice set, no maker’s name as most of these did not have it.
Stock No 0661
Price: £895.00
Year: c1860
Calibre: .32 rifled and .410 smooth
CRANKED AIRCANE MARKED JOSEPH LANG
This is a superior quality air cane in its original case. It has its original brown lacquered finish with some areas of loss knock marks and general wear but overall still retaining a lot of its original very nice lacquer. With original pump and foot plate, ball mould in its own separate compartment which we have not seen before, key for the cane and also a key for the case. The lock mechanism is a newish replacement and nice English brass lock but the fact its been replaced is not visible from the outside. Engraved on the aircane cylinder face is Joseph Lang London and a Lang trade paper label (more recent) inside the lid. Has a removable rifled circa .32” barrel which slides inside a smooth circa .410 barrel. A lovely quality collector’s item by a well known gun maker.
Stock No 0706
Price: £1750.00
Year: c1780
Calibre: c.32 inch
WALLIS OF HULL
BALL RESERVOIR RIFLE
This lovely old antique air rifle is in good complete condition the metal work of the barrel would seem to have been polished off to a nice silver finish possibly would have had an old brown finish originally. The lock work is very nice with some engraving on it on the side plate and a gold cartouche with the name Wallis, some gold rings on the end of the barrel, detachable brass ram rod half stock that is in good condition possibly rubbed down but with checkering at the pistol grip, some engraving on various fittings, original ball fitted, full dummy flint lock type mechanism replicating the flintlocks of the era. A lovely antique piece which would look great on any wall.
Stock No: 0723
Price: £270.00
Year: c1912-
Calibre: .177 smoothbore
QUACKENBUSH
MODEL 7
This is something you do not see every day. In fact this is only the 2nd one we have ever seen in the flesh as it were. This is basically a cheapened and lightened version of Quackenbush’s original model 1 using the same principal of the barrel sliding in to cock then sliding out after loading but made of a tubing rather than casting. This example is a little bit tired with some pitting on the barrel and a slither of wood thin slither missing on the fore end, metalwork is grey and slightly grainy overall. The spring seems quite week but is present and probably original. Has had a hole drilled through the butt presumably for the fitting of a sling of some sort and has an s ring through the drop down tab on the underside of the barrel. Markings are visible on top of the cylinder being H M Quackenbush Herkimer NY and then the patent numbers. Generally complete apart from aforementioned slither of wood. An interesting little antique.
Stock No: 0651
Price: £160.00
Year: c1923
Calibre: 177.
BSA
“L” MODEL
This 101 year old air rifle is in fair condition basically complete 1 or 2 screws non original probably 1 in the tap plate a replacement. Has its original open sights fitted although the rear sight blade may be a replacement. The metal work overall is a grainy lightly pitted overall with a brown to gray colour. Stock is ok with some surface marks but no large chunks of wood missing or serious damage just general wear. Does have the number 4 impressed on both sides of the stock for some reason. This is the 2 hole trigger block version with pressed checkering on the stock possibly its original spring is fitted. Most components basically as they should be. A sound rifle in fair to middling condition.
Stock No: 0741
Price: £125.00
Year: c1920s
Calibre: .177 rifled
DIANA
MODEL 27
This is a nice old antique air rifle which has been subject to refinishing, the metalwork is an even colour over a grainy surface, the stock has had a few repairs around the trigger guard and wood inlet in to it but is stable and not moving. Very deeply rifled barrel, original open sights fitted although the elevation wheel is a replacement non original part, solidly made this is an early version as it just says Dian Luftgewair on the barrel top with no markings on the cylinder.
Stock No: 0753
Price: £156.00
Year: Pre war
Calibre: .22
BSA
UNDERLEVER
We have described this as a BSA bitser as it uses bits and pieces from various rifles which all comes together OK and results in one reasonable item. The stock is a nice pistol grip stock with BSA in the checkered grip and also a gun maker’s mark for J Venables and Son, can not read on the stamping where they were but we know they were based in Oxford. The bolt cover to the stock is missing. The trigger block is from a club special rifle quite an early one, the trigger guard is from something completely different dunno what that is but seems to sit on ok, may in fact be a repair to an original one not quite sure. The cylinder, barrel and general action are from a T model with the flat tap loading area, no etching visible the finish on that is generally a flat black to grey or gray colour or color, the sights are not original looks like a Webley Mark 3 rearsight, and a homemade front sight. Cocking lever locks up as it should do, screws seem ok but again may not be original. The trigger adjustment screw is missing does not seem to matter though as it has quite a nice light trigger pull. Someone, not us, has spent a while putting this together. From bits. To end up with what are presenting here.
Stock No: 0582
Price: £74.00
Year: 1930
Calibre: .177 RIFLED
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This is a German made air rifle with no markings on it other than the serial number under the breech block which indicates it was made in August 1930. There are no markings on the barrel or cylinder and although there is a bit of pitting and the metalwork is grainy there is no sign of there ever having been such markings. So this could be a Haenel product but more likely a Diana for a market where no markings were required. Fairly good condition, complete, all original screws and sights and everything, stock is original with some surface marks and scratches, quite a nice tight action, solidly made little rifle with a nice clean rifled barrel. A new synthetic breech seal has been fitted.
Stock No: 0743
Price: £630.00
Year: c1935
Calibre: .22
WEBLEY
SERVICE MARK 2
The Webley Service is the most classic of air rifles and no serious air rifle collector of vintage or antique airguns should be without one. This example is in very nice condition retaining some original bluing, light wear here and there, the barrel number matches the action number, all components are original appppppart from the rear sight which is not original but it is a genuine one that we have fitted to replace the non original one that was fitted when we bought it in. This has been put into a very nicely modified period case in which it fits well, supplied with new leather straps on the outside and a working closing mechanism. The case was probably made by Brady who made the original Webley cases for Webley. Also with a period Parker Hale style wood handled cleaning rod, a box of reproduction John Bull pellets and a little bottle of oil to fill a space! Also with a full test report, nice reproduction label in the lid. Overall a very nice little collector’s set. There is a hairline crack on the pistol grip running down towards the checkering on one side but otherwise the stock is ok with general wear marks commensurate with age. Original butt plate fitted which is in fairly good condition, the mechanism overall is quite nice. There are a few old pellets in the pellet box.
Stock No: 0728
Price: £750.00
Year: c1920s/30s
Calibre: .22
HAENEL
MOD 1 VE REPEATER
This is quite a nice example of the very scarce Haenel repeater. It has an intricate drum magazine on top of the breech which is operated automatically on cocking the gun. We assume it is best used with .22 balls as the magazine does not seem to want to take any long .22 pellets without sheering them. A new piston head has been fitted, all other components would seem to be original with exception of the rearsight elevating screw which may be a replacement part. It was in there when we fitted it but it looks a bit like a BSA. The rest of the sight would seem to be original Haenel as is the front sight. The metal overall is quite good with some wear, light pitting esecially to the cocking levwer but reasonably smooth and brown to the cylinder and barrel, nice clear markings on top of the cylinder “ Haenal Mod 1 VE) “ and Haenel trade mark to the trigger block. Stock has a few surface marks and scratches and general knocks and kbruses, screw heads on the gun would seem to be original and not too bad, mainspring also seems to be quite good. Trigger guard maybe a replacement knot sure. There are no signs of anything else having been fitted but this one does not look quite right. Metal butt plate fitted, checkered grip as normal, a nice rare item. We understand these were not that popular when they were made as they cost more and the magazine did not actually work much quicker than loading pellet by pellet. An interesting item nevertheless.
Stock No: 0786
Price: £1100.00
Year: C1890
Calibre: 6MM
GIFFARD
CO2 RIFLE
THIS SUPERB ANTIQUE AIR RIFLE IS IN VERY GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION RETAINING LOTS OF ITS ORIGINAL FINISH. THE BARREL HAS GONE A LITTLE BIT GREY AND LOST ITS SHINE BUT DOES STILL HAVE THE LOVELY GOLD ENGRAVING ON TOP SAYING “STE-
Stock No: 0787
Price: £980.00
Year: c1890
Calibre: 8mm smoothbore
GIFFARD
CO2 SHOTGUN
THIS IS THE MUCH RARER SHOTGUN VERSION OF THE GIFFARD CO2 RIFLE, IT HAS A SMOOTH BORE BARREL AND USED LEAD SHOT EMBEDDED IN A CHALK CARTRIDGE AND WHEN SHOT THE CHALK DISINTEGRATED LEAVING THE SHOT TO GO TO ITS TARGET. THIS EXAMPLE PRESENTS NICELY THE METALWORK WE BELIEVE HAS BEEN REFINISHED BUT HAS BEEN DONE REALLY NICELY WITH A NICE EVEN BLACK, ALL THE MARKINGS ARE STILL VISIBLE AND QUITE CRISP INCLUDING THE SCROLL ENGRAVING ON ALL SIDES OF THE BREECH BLOCK, SERIAL NUMBER AND CALIBRE ON THE BARREL, ALL SERIAL NUMBERS AND MARKINGS ON THE CYLINDER WHICH IS ALSO IN NICE CONDITION. THE REARSIGHT IS A FOLDING DOWN LEAF WHICH IS ORIGINAL HOWEVER THE FRONT SIGHT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A SMALL BEAD HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A BRASS THREADED PIECE. AGAIN THE TRIGGER GUARD HAS NICE ENGRAVING ON IT AND IF IT HAS BEEN REFINISHED IT HASNT BEEN OVERLY POLISHED. THE STOCK HOWEVER IS A DIFFERENT STORY. IT HAS SUFFERED FROM A SEVERE BOUGHT OF WOODWORM AND HAS BEEN REFINISHED AND THE CHECKERING RUBBED DOWN. WHICH IS A SHAME. IT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN STORED SOMEWHERE WHERE WOODWORM HAVE GOT AT IT BUT THANKFULLY THEY DONT TOUCH METAL! A NICE QUALITY VERSION OF THE GIFFARD RIFLE WHICH DIFFERS AT THE BREECH AND SIGHTS ETC TO THE STANDARD RIFLE.
This solid heavy and well made air rifle is in fair condition, the metalwork overall is brown finish with a patina overall and it almost certainly would have been nickel plated originally as there is traces of nickel left in some crevices. The rifle is basically complete and would seem to be all original components, reasonably tight at the breech, stock is fairly tight on the gun. The lettering on top of the cylinder is visible though not crisp. These are much better quality than the later GEMS which copied these and become much cheaper lower quality construction. This is the original. One of the first mass produced air rifles of all time and a nice collector’s item.
Stock No: 0414
Price: £350.00
Year: c1890
Calibre: .22
QUACKENBUSH
MODEL 5
Stock No: 0780
Price: £160.00
Year: c1920
Calibre: 177.
BSA
MODEL L
THE CONDITION OF THIS RIFLE CAN BE DIVIDED VERY MUCH IN TO TWO PARTS. THE METALWORK IS ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD, THE FINISH IS AN EVEN BROWN FINISH OVERALL,SLIGHTLY GRAINY WITH LIGHT WEAR IN AREAS, WITH ALL COMPONENTS BEING GENUINE AND ORIGINAL SCREW HEADS BEING GOOD OR VERY GOOD, ORIGINAL SIGHTS FITTED, NICE AIR TAP TIGHT AND A VERY GOOD TRIGGER RELEASE HOWEVER THE STOCK HAS HAD SOMETHING DONE TO IT BY SOMEONE IN THE PAST, IT HAS BEEN CUT THROUGH SEEMINGLY COMPLETELY JUST PAST THE CHECKERING AND THEN RE ATTACHED. THE RE ATTACHMENT HAS BEEN DONE EXCELLENTLY RESULTING JUST IN A LINE VISIBLE ALL AROUND THE STOCK. ALSO A PLASTIC BUTT PLATE PROBABLY 1950s OR 60s IN ORIGIN HAS BEEN FITTED. WHY SOMEONE WOULD CUT THROUGH IT IN THIS WAY WE DO NOT KNOW. UNLESS IT WAS TO ACCESS THE STOCK BOLT FOR SOME REASON. STOCK IS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE GUN WITH NO MOVEMENT AND ACTUALLY DOES NOT LOOK TOO BAD.WE INITIALLY THOUGHT THE REAR PART OF THE STOCK MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT WOOD BUT ITS NOT, THE GRAIN ALL LINES UP IT HAS JUST BEEN CUT THROUGH FOR SOME REASON. WHOEVER REATTACHED KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH WOOD. IF YOU HAVE GOT A NICE STOCK TO GO ON THIS ,THIS WOULD NOT BE TOO BAD AN EXAMPLE REALLY.
Stock No: CSVT
Price: £595.00
Year: C1908
Calibre: ..177 RIFLED
KYNOCH SWIFT
THIS IS A NICE COLLECTABLE AIR RIFLE FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF BRITISH MADE AIRGUNS, THIS WAS A COMPETITOR TO THE BSA UNDER LEVERS BEING PRODUCED BY ANTHER FAMOUS BIRMINGHAM FIRM OF KYNOCK. THIS AIR RIFLE IS DISTINGUISHED BY 2 MAIN FEATURES ONE THE SOLIDITY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION ITS A VERY GOOD QUALITY RIFLE AND 2 THE MASSIVE BREECH JAWS WHICH HAVE 2 SNAP HOOKS ON THE SIDE WHICH ARE CLOSING ON THE BREECH BLOCK. AND EVEN AFTER 110 YEARS OR SO THERE IS NO MOVEMENT OR PLAY AT THE BARREL JOINT WHATSOEVER. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN FAIR CONDITION THE METALWORK BEING A COMPLETELY EVEN BROWN LIGHTLY PITTED SURFACE ALL OVER. NO MARKINGS ARE VISIBLE ON THE CYLINDER AND THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE SIDE CAN BARELY BE MADE OUT HOWEVER ALL THE FITTING WOULD SEEM TO BE ORIGINAL. THE STOCK HAS NEVER BEEN RUBBED DOWN ITS QUITE NICE, NUMEROUS SURFACE MARKS AND SCRATCHES BUT STILL VERY CLEARLY VISIBLE ARE THE STAMPINGS KYNOCK LTD BIRMINGHAM PATENT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THE LARGE SWIFT MOTIF WITH TRADE MARK UNDERNEATH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. ALL NICE AND CLEAR AND PROVES THAT THIS IS A SLEEPER RATHER THAN A USER, NO ONES REFINISHED IT OR DONE ANYTHING TO IT. SEEMS TO BE QUITE A GOOD MAIN SPRING IN IT AND A NICE CLEAN RIFLED BORE.
Stock No: 0805
Price: £335.00
Year: C1908
Calibre: .177
BSA
IMPROVED MODEL D
NEW VERSIONS OF THIS RIFLE ARNT AVAILABLE SO FOR SOME OWNERS THIS WOULD BE THE NEXT BEST THING. THIS RIFLE HAS BEEN REFINISHED TO LOOK LIKE A NEW RIFLE WITH VERY GOOD WELL DONE REFINISH, THE METALWORK IS SHINY BLACK AND EVEN, ALL SCREW HEADS ARE GOOD, SIGHTS ARE ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE, THE STOCK HAS ALSO BEEN REFINISHED WITH NEW CHECKERING, THE TRADE MARK STILL NICE AND CLEARLY VISIBLE, THE BUTT PLATE HAS ALSO BEEN POLISHED AND IS A NICE BLACK COLOUR. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS VISIBLE ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER, THESE HAVE BEEN POLISHED OUT BUT THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THE LOAD MARK AHEAD OF THE TAP ARE BOTH STILL VISIBLE. THIS IS A NICE LOOKING RIFLE WITH A VERY GOOD REFINISH JOB THAT SOMEONE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT DOING.
Stock No: 0804
Price: £98.00
Year: C1900
Calibre: .177
GEM
AIRGUN
THIS IS AS NEAR AS YOU GET TO A STANDARD GEM MODEL IE HALF OCTAGONAL BARREL DOLLS HEAD TYPE CATCH WITH A REAR SIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. WE DID ONCE SEE A COLLECTION OF 50 GEMS ALL OF WHICH WERE DIFFERENT TO EACH OTHER IN SOME WAY SO THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF VARIATION OF THIS WE RECALL THE MOST COMMON MODEL. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN FAIR CONDITION RETAINING SORT OF BROWN ORIGINAL FINISH, STOCK HAS NOT BEEN RUBBED DOWN, NICE AND TIGHT AT THE BREECH WITH A GOOD BARREL CLOSURE, ALL ORIGINAL COMPONENTS BASICALLY JUST A PRETTY STANDARD MODEL IN HONEST CONDITION ALTHOUGH THE REAR SCREW THAT TIGHTENS UP THE CYLINDER WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE WRONG ONE PROBABLY TOO LONG COULD EASILY BE SHORTENED WE THINK. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS/SERIAL NUMBER VISIBLE. WE HAVE SOLD HUNDREDS OF THESE OVER THE YEARS THEY ARE AN INTERESTING DESIGN THAT WAS ONCE VERY COMMON AND IN FACT PROBABLY THE MOST CHEAPEST AIR RIFLE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME BEFORE WAR NUMBER 1.
Stock No: 0791
Price: £285.00
Year: JUNE 1910
Calibre: .22
BSA
IMPROVED MODEL D
THIS RIFLE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD TO GOOD CONDITION THE METALWORK BEING A SLIGHTLY GRAINY BROWN TO GREY FINISH OVERALL. ALL COMPONENTS ARE ORIGINAL APART FROM THE REAR SIGHT BLADE WHICH WE HAVE MADE AND FITTED OURSELVES THAT LOOKS IN KEEPING WITH THE GUN, IT HAD BEEN REMOVED WE BELIEVE AS WHO EVER SHOT IT FAVOURED THE FITTED PEEP SIGHT WHICH WAS FACTORY FITTED TO THE TRIGGER BLOCK AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE. SCREWS ARE GOOD, THE FRONT SIGHT IS ORIGINAL AND GOOD, STOCK IS FAIR CONDITION LIGHTLY WORN OVERALL WITH SOME MARKS AND PITTING OF GENERAL USE, THE BSA TRADE MARK IS STILL CLEARLY VISIBLE WHICH INDICATES THE STOCK HAS NOT BEEN REFINISHED. THERE IS A VERY SLIGHT HAIRLINE CRACK DOWN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PISTOL GRIP WHERE IT MEETS THE TRIGGER BLOCK AND ALSO THERE IS A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD MISSING AT THE TOE WHICH COULD EASILY BE SMOOTHED OUT AND MADE TO LOOK A LOT BETTER. SPRING FEELS QUITE GOOD PLENTY OF LIFE IN IT AND THE TAP IS NICE N AIRTIGHT. OVERALL A REASONABLE EXAMPLE BUT WITH THE IMPORTANT ADDITION OF THE NUMBER 12 PEEP SIGHT ON THE TRIGGER BLOCK AND ALSO QUITE AN EARLY 22 VERSION.
Stock No: 0806
Price: £335.00
Year: 1913
Calibre: .177
BSA
IMPROVED MODEL D
THIS LOVELY ANTIQUE AIR RIFLE IS IN VERY NICE ORIGINAL CONDITION, ALL COMPONENTS BEING ORIGINAL. THE REAR SIGHT BLADE AND WHEEL Have Been removed TO ALLOW USE OF THE BSA NUMBER 8 PEEP SIGHT THAT HAS BEEN FITTED TO THE STRAIGHT HAND STOCK. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ALL THE SIGHTS LINE UP PERFECTLY AND THAT THIS RIFLE USED TO BELONG TO A WRITER OF AN EXCELLENT BOOK ABOUT BSA AIR RIFLES. THE METALWORK IS GENERALLY AN EVEN BROWN FINISH ALL OVER, SCREW HEADS ARE GOOD, AND THE STOCK IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL FINISH. NO BSA TRADE MARK AS THAT HAD BEEN DROPPED BY THIS TIME. THIS HAS THE 2 STAGE SAFETY TRIGGER WHICH WORKS VERY WELL GIVING ALMOST A 2 STAGE EFFECT. A NICE COLLECTORS ITEM FITTED WITH THE CORRECT PERIOD BSA SIGHT. THIS IS THE 43 INCH LONG MODEL.