Product Details
B.S.A., BIRMINGHAM
A .303 (BRITISH) MODEL 'CHARGER LOADING LEE-ENFIELD' BOLT-MAGAZINE SERVICE RIFLE, serial no. G0939,
30 1/8in. nitro reproved barrel, ramp-mounted blade fore-sight, 'No. 9' elevating ladder rear-sight, including volley sights, barrel marked 'NICKEL STEEL', left side of action marked 'L.R. TIPPINS MISTLEY MANNINGTREE', magazine cut-off, detachable box magazine, under-barrel bayonet lug to the iron nose-cap, quadruple swivel set-up, brass heel-plate with central trap-door
Other Notes: Luke Tippins and his son John were both members of Colchester Rifle Club, indeed Luke being a founder member. They lived at Mistley on the River Stour. Luke was the local schoolmaster, but his interest in rifles and ballistics led him to leave his profession and become a full time gunsmith. Many of his rifles and shotguns are still to be found in this country and others have been found as far away as Australia.
Luke was a man who did not mince his words, as anyone who has read his book "Modern Rifle Shooting" will know. He was a member of all the C.R.C. teams which challenged the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, then based in Colchester Garrison, to a rifle match in 1900 after the club's inauguration.
An indication of the esteem in which Luke Tippins was held in the world of target shooting, is to be found in a contemporary report on a new book authored by Luke Tippins, in 1910, which stated
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Estimate £500-700
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act