Product Details
A MOST UNUSUAL .177 LINCOLN JEFFERIES 'H' THE LINCOLN UNDER-LEVER AIR RIFLE WITH AUTOMATIC TAP, serial no. 5525,
for 1906, with round tapering 19 1/4in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, elevating notch rear-sight, handled loading tap at breech fitted with an articulated opening mechanism operated via a connection to the under-lever, plain air-chamber marked 'H' THE LINCOLN AIR RIFLE. PATENT.', single pin trigger unit with weight of pull adjuster, walnut chequered saw-handled butt-stock embossed on the right side of butt with 'REGISTERED LINCOLN JEFFERIES, INVENTOR & PATENTEE' and a depiction of a standing shooter above the legend 'G.B. TRADE MARK', iron heel-plate, no provision for fore-end and 'spade' catch under-lever
Provenance: It is not clear whether this self-opening tap mechanism is proto-typical or of amateur origin, however it is extremely competently executed
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Estimate £120-180
Pre-1939