![]() Their stalking, hunting and shooting skills eventually forced the British into peace negotiations.Īfter the war, the British government encouraged school Cadet Forces,Boys Brigades, Working Men’s Clubs, etc to focus on shooting practice. But the main problem was that the Boer forces, though heavily outnumbered, comprised farmers who had been using rifles since young. The rifle sights were inferior to the German Mauser used by the Boers. 303 rifle, the British had not done well during the Boer War. Using the Lee Enfield Long Pattern Bolt Action. By the turn of the century his business was well established. By 1873 he had set up on his own at 31 Whittall Street. In 1866, after working in the family business, he obtained employment in the gun trade in Birmingham. Birmingham’īorn in 1847, Lincoln Jeffries was the son of gunmaker George Jeffries of Norwich. The inscription on the barrel reads: ‘H The Lincoln Air Rifle Patent. Beauty, one of our kittens, has not been shot! But she insisted on attacking my feet while I was photographing the rifle and so has ended up in the picture. Please don’t be shocked by the photo below. Some years after the death of the owner, his daughter found it and was going to throw it out until her neighbour intervened and suggested selling it. This Lincoln Jeffries air rifle was stored in attic in Gloucestershire for 40 years. John Knibbs, BSA & Lincoln Jeffries Air Riflesġ906 BSA Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifle, Second Batch Lincoln Jeffries whose genius and enterprise in the field of Air Rifle technology can be equated with that of the Wright Brothers in aviation and Marconi in the field of telecommunications. The book is priced to reflect these imperfections.The one man responsible for the enormous advance made to air weapon design and development was Mr. There are four instances of phrases underlined in ink. Also, the previous owner underlined numerous sentences in the text which, although now erased, are still visible. There is an ownership inscription in pencil and a stamp to the front free end-paper (see photo). The price-clipped dust wrapper (see photo) is in very good condition, clean and bright, with a hint of edge wear. The book is illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions and line drawings, and includes a detailed serial number index. This extremely scarce publication, which traces the history of each and every development and improvements of models up to the end of WW1, will be of great interest to all BSA enthusiasts. Publisher: John Knibbs Publications, 1986.B.S.A And Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifles: A Concise Illustrated History of their Development and Manufacture 1904-1918 ![]()
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