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A SCARCE .177 BSA CLUB UNDER-LEVER AIR-RIFLE, serial no. EA19608, for between December 1950 to March 1954, with blued 18in. barrel, ramp fore-sight fitted with a period Parker Hale tunnel sight with interchangeable elements, elevating notch rear-sight, automatic loading tap at breech, plain 9 1/2in. air-chamber, the top of cylinder etched 'THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO LTD' over 'THE CLUB .177 AIR RIFLE' over 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (all etching bright and clear), black stove enamelled trigger unit drilled and tapped for a dedicated folding Parker Hale aperture sight (absent, two of the four holes with keeper-screws), well refinished plain three-piece constructed walnut half-stock with ribbed heel and broad finger-grooves to fore-end, trade mark impressed to left side of butt (rubbed), bakelite stock-bolt cover, concealed under-lever and fitted with sling swivels, the whole generally collector's external condition.

wolferton-norfolk, Reino Unido