Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifle Serial Numbers

The right side of the trigger block & breech block is marked with 1923, 1924 & 1925 Great Britain, USA, Switzerland, Japan, U.S.A and Canada patents. The left side is crisply marked 'WEBLEY AIR RIFLE MARK 1' & with 'winged pellet logo' on the trigger block, together with correct safety catch feature and 'Manufactured By Webley & Scott Ltd Birmingham' on the left side of the breech block. It has the correct thumb operated barrel release plate and steel butt plate. It has all original wood stock and metal work throughout. These rifles are rare and this is a very good example with even patina to the blue finish. The Mark 1 is a small rifle only 34' in length with a 19' rifled barrel.

The Mark 1 was the 1st in the Webley Service series of Air Rifles. Webley produced their Mark 1 Air Rifle between 1925 & 1932 (see pages 13-28 of Christopher Thrale's book, Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005). RARE, 1925-1932 Webley Mark 1 (1st In The Webley Service Series). The break action loading and firing action work as they should with a good spring action. The steel stock frame and barrel section are stamped with matching numbers '417' together with 'RD 394207' on the frame. The left side is stamped with the Britannia name and 'Trade mark'. The top of the frame is correctly stamped 'Cox's Patent' together with 'C.G. It has a blade foresight & flip up graduated leaf rear sights. It has a 20 ½” stepped rifled barrel with clean bore and crisp rifling and measures 35 ½” overall. This is a nice example with original wood & metalwork throughout all of which has even patina. The break action is achieved by a thumb operated, gate type, barrel latch which when pulled backwards releases the barrel and allows the weapon to be cocked and loaded. The first patent for the Britannia style Break Action Air Rifle was dated 1902 and they were produced between 1905 -1908 (see page 12 & 13 of a Collector's Guide To Air Rifles By Hiller). 177 Calibre, Sure Shot, Break Action, Air Rifle ' Cox's Patent,C.G.

Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifle Serial Numbers