Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2018 : Sale A0918 Lot 130
MERLIN, ENGLAND FOR WEBLEY A UNIQUE .22 SINGLE-STROKE PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 1st PROTOTYPE, serial no. 01/2009,

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MERLIN, ENGLAND FOR WEBLEY
A UNIQUE .22 SINGLE-STROKE PNEUMATIC AIR-RIFLE, MODEL '1st PROTOTYPE', serial no. 01/2009,
for 2009, with 20in. barrel fitted with a muzzle-break, blacked receiver with swinging brass loading gate, smooth walnut three-quarter right hand stock with ventilated rubber heel-pad, aluminium pump-handle concealed in the fore-end, the grip marked '1st PROTOTYPE MERLIN G.E.T. 01/2009', the handle also forming part of the trigger guard and fitted with an alloy nose-cap.

Other Notes: This actual air-rifle was the working prototype taken to Webley in 2009 to be demonstrated by the designer Graham Trim. After modifying the receiver on the subsequent prototype to use a bolt action, the gun was launched by Webley as the Paradigm.

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Estimate £1,200-1,600  € 1,332-1,775