EX WEBLEY MUSEUM COLLECTION A UNIQUE PROTOTYPE .177 WEBLEY & SCOTT VULCAN MKII GAS-RAM AIR-RIFLE, serial no. 023003, circa 1985, with blued 19 1/4in. barrel fitted with the customary Webley & Scott sights of the period, blued air-chamber with rails for a telescopic sight and marked 'WEBLEY VULCAN', special brushed bright end-cap with side safe and rear valve fitting, standard form beech half-stock with an aluminium plate fitted inside the cocking slot, modified cocking link (partially in the white) and retaining the majority of its original finish (action weak).

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