Product Details
WEBLEY, BIRMINGHAM
A .32-40 (W&B) SINGLE-SHOT SPORTING-RIFLE, MODEL '1902 ROOK', serial no. 11096,
circa 1904, with blued tapering 26 3/4in. barrel, dove-tailed bead and folding ring fore-sight, short ladder rear-sight with two additional folding leaves, plain colour-hardened slab-sided receiver marked with the calibre to the left side and Webley's 'winged bullet' trademark and patent to the right, dropping hammerless pillar breech, the top-tang cut with a dove-tail for a vernier sight (sight absent), chequered walnut half pistol-grip butt-stock with ribbed heel, colour hardened under-lever and trigger housing, chequered walnut splinter fore-end and fitted with eyelets for a sling, together with a copy of the book 'British Single-Shot Rifles Volume 6' by Wal Winfer.
Provenance: This actual rifle is featured on page 190 of the accompanying volume
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Estimate £1,000-1,500
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament