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A GOOD .22 BSA MKI AIRSPORTER AIR-RIFLE, serial no. G30813, for 1948-54, with blued tapering 18 1/2in. barrel, ramp fore-sight with squared tunnel protector, elevating non-folding rear-sight, automatic opening load-tap at breech, plain air-chamber with bright, clear etched details reading 'THE BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO LTD' over 'AIRSPORTER .22 AIR RIFLE' over 'MADE IN ENGLAND (a 'piled arms' trademark appearing between the words 'Airsporter' and the calibre), black enamelled slope-back trigger-unit, the underside with the serial number and 'PATENT NOS. 607'405', walnut three-piece half-stock embossed with the 'BSA' trademark to the left side of butt, ribbed heel and flush fitting under-lever concealed within the fore-end, retaining virtually all its original finish.

wolferton-norfolk, Royaume-Uni