Not being able to sleep(due to my medication) I was just thumbing through the Wallis & W. Auction (June '06) catalogue, as you do, and noticed Lot 1196. 'A .22 Webley Mk III underlever ..... double pull trigger model ...... WO & QGC to GC (blueing to barrel and chamber worn).' I remembered an article by John Atkins in one of the airgun magazines (Air Gunner. Oct 06) so looked it up. There it was at the top of page 68 with a price ticket of £600 !
'Shirley' this cant be right and probably an inflated price due to, I suspect, bidding fever.
The reason I asked is that I picked up a tidy example while trawling the NW gun shops early this year and I didn't pay anywhere near that! (and wouldn't) Ive never seen one for sale before so knew they were pretty rare but £600+ rare?
I have read Dennis Hiller book with the warning not to use these rifles due to their fragile triggers and the Chris Thrales book gives no mention of value.
ATB
Ian
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