Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 20
WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM A RARE .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL MKI, serial no. 464,

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WEBLEY & SCOTT, BIRMINGHAM
A RARE .177 BARREL-COCKING AIR-RIFLE, MODEL 'MKI', serial no. 464,
circa 1927, with blued 19in. barrel, dove-tailed blade fore-sight, elevating notch rear-sight, plain barrel release block with sliding locking catch, plain blued air chamber, left hand side of breech housing etched with 'REGISTERED' and the 'winged bullet' trademark, right side of air-chamber etched with 'PATENTS GRANTED' above ten countries patents in five lines, the left side etched 'WEBLEY AIR RIFLE MKI, the trigger housing stamped 'MANUFACTURED BY WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, BIRMINGHAM & LONDON' and fitted with a rotating safety catch, the underside of block with trigger adjustment screw marked 'ADJUST PULL', the right hand side with serial number to rear, walnut saw-handled pistol-grip half-stock (cracked and repaired at wrist), plain iron heel-plate, the whole retaining much original finish but etching faded and barely legible in places



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Estimate £700-900

Pre-1939