A RARE .177 BSA LINCOLN JEFFERIES LIGHT PATTERN UNDER-LEVER AIR-RIFLE, serial no. 7092, for 1906, with slender 17in. tapering barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight and elevating notch rear-sight, tap-action breech, plain air-chamber stamped 'BSA AIR RIFLE- LINCOLN JEFFERIES PATENT' over 'MADE BY THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS COMPANY LD.', single pin trigger unit with cast guard and adjustment for trigger at front of guard, walnut saw-handled butt-stock with chequered grip and stamped '13 1/4' behind pommel, clear BSA trademark to left side of butt and iron heel-plate, no provision for fore-end and diminutive under-lever with 'spade' catch, strong traces of finish throughout. Pre-1939

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