Product Details
AN INTERESTING .177 LINCOLN JEFFERIES 'H' THE LINCOLN UNDER-LEVER AIR-RIFLE, serial no. 23130L,
for 1908/9, with 19 1/4in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, elevating notch rear-sight, loading tap at breech with thumb-wheel to right side, plain air-chamber stamped 'H THE "LINCOLN" AIR RIFLE PATENT. 8761/04' (currently filled with red paint), reinforcing screw to top of cylinder forwards of the single pin trigger unit, walnut saw-handled butt-stock with iron heel-plate, the pommel of the pistol-grip fitted with a period brass plaque inscribed 'ROSE & CROWN S.C.' around 'No.1', no provision for fore-end and 'spade-catch' under-lever
Provenance: Prior to World War One, many social establishments had their own gallery ranges, most often upstairs in public houses. The sport of 'Bell Target' was the most favoured, where the shooter had to hit a bell through a small hole in a steel target free standing with an air-rifle at a range of 6 yards. The face of the target was inscribed with scoring rings and repainted between shooters. A clean shot through the hole, ringing the bell and not marking the paint would score '5.1'. Ringing the bell but marking the paint would score '5', then the target rings would score '4', '3', '2' and '1' down to zero the further out they were. All shots were 'outward scoring' i.e. cut the line and the shot scored lower
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Estimate £180-220
Pre-1939