WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO. A GOOD .300 (SHERWOOD) MARTINI-ACTION ROOK & RABBIT RIFLE, serial no. 8322, circa 1914, with blued round tapering 26 1/2in. barrel signed 'WESTLEY RICHARDS & CO, LONDON' and marked 'FOR 300 SHERWOOD CARTRIDGE' and 'W.R. DETACHABLE BARREL', globe fore-sight, small elevating ladder rear-sight marked 'PATENT' and 'No.2735/1800', blued slab-sided action with triangle trade mark to nocksform, the left side of action marked 'WESTLEY RICHARDS SHERWOOD RIFLE', the right 'PATENT REMOVABLE ACTION', polished feed-ramp with cocking indicator, knurled action removal nut, chequered straight-hand walnut butt-stock with a folding adjustable peep-sight at wrist, iron furniture, chequered walnut beaver-tail fore-end and eyelets for sling, much original finish remaining. Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament