A SCARCE .177 SPORTSMATCH GC2 PRE-CHARGED PNEUMATIC SPORTING AIR-RIFLE WITH LEFT HAND STOCK, serial no. 279, manufactured in 1990, with 25 1/2in. blued barrel including built-on muzzle-brake, blued receiver with make and model etched on the left hand face in gilt and with integral telescopic sight rail, twist and pull bolt and push cocking piece at rear (tested), chequered walnut anatomical left-hand thumbhole half-stock, adjustable butt-pad, black gloss-finished under-barrel reservoir, fitted with a Bushnell Banner 6-24x40 telescopic sight in Sportsmatch mounts with stainless steel machine-screws, collector's external condition.

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