Product Details
B.S.A.
A RARE .177 UNDERLEVER AIR RIFLE, MODEL 'MILITARY PATTERN', serial no. 126,
circa 1908, first series with 20 3/4in. sighted barrel, military pattern ladder rear-sight, the air chamber engraved ''MADE BY THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY LIMITED' and 'B.S.A. MILITARY AIR RIFLE', trigger-block with dummy bolt, walnut military-style half-stock with the BSA piled arms trademark impressed into the left hand side of butt, iron heel-plate, the 'spade' style underlever engraved 'LINCOLN JEFFERIES PATENT' (barrel latch missing), loop for sling swivel on barrel and forwards of trigger-guard, traces of original finish with some external corrosion and mild pitting
Estimate £1,000-1,500