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[Benelli B76]

Got a few nice bargains in, including this old BSA, one of the best I have seen, I just have to clean up the screws and re-blue them. It has the BSA and Lincoln info stamped into the chamber, not etched. Can anybody give me the correct designation, age and value, thanks. (Also got another one from the rubbish tip for £30, and a mint HW 45 for £50).

Baz

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[Garvin]

Lovely! This will help Baz.

[micky2]

Hi Baz, that's a nice early one and with the rarer straight hand stock.

[andrewM]

Magnificent. Did you buy it at auction? Is it .22 or .177? What power/velocity is it producing, if you have this information? Is it producing good groups?

I am rather envious!

Let us know the year, when you find it.

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[Benelli B76]

Magnificent. Did you buy it at auction? Is it .22 or .177? What power/velocity is it producing, if you have this information? Is it producing good groups?

I am rather envious!

Let us know the year, when you find it.

A

Andrew, just got it yesterday from my RFD mate who hoovers these up continually. Stripped it this morning and cleaned up screw heads, the two on the tap were mangled because they were seized and a butcher had tried to unscrew them. I used an impact screwdriver to loosen them. It is .177 and doing 8.4 ft.lbs. with Air Arms 8.4 grn. Quite good as it has the original twin flat section springs in. One coil was broken off loose in the piston. The piston washer has formed a little dimple on the metal washer from hitting into the transfer port for over 100 years, not bad. No one has come back on a date or value but I think 1905-06 looking at the low serial number.

Baz

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[Garvin]

If you follow the link I posted above, Baz, it dates it to 1905.

[Benelli B76]

Hi Baz, that's a nice early one and with the rarer straight hand stock.

Micky the tap looks different to the ones I am used to, with the unusual stop. Are these common ?

Baz

[Garvin]

Micky the tap looks different to the ones I am used to, with the unusual stop. Are these common ?

Baz

Baz that design was common to the first three (or four?) batches of BSA Air Rifle. See here for others.

[micky2]

Baz that design was common to the first three (or four?) batches of BSA Air Rifle. See here for others.

Hi Danny many thanks for ansering the question that Baz asked.