Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

B.S.A.: a very good .297/.250 Martini action target or rook rifle, serial number 12030, barrel 25.25 in., hooded combination fore-sight with lever to select either a fine or a course element, back sight with one standing and two folding leaves (50/100/150 yards), top inscribed 'MADE BY THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO LD ENGLAND CARTRIDGE .297/.250' in four lines, Nock's form with BSA trade mark, Birmingham special definitive proof, blued action body with border engraving and BSA trade mark, engraved and colour hardened action lever, folding vernier adjustable aperture back sight above the wrist, chequered walnut stock with polished horn nose cap and engraved and blued steel butt plate, BSA trademark to the butt; in a fitted case with trade label of John Blanch & Son, 29 Gracechurch Street, London, and with an oil bottle and cleaning rod. Section 58(2) - no licence required if possessed as a curiosity or ornament.

(102.1cm OAL)

The George Geear Collection