Reply With QuoteYes and a lot.Originally Posted by archer24
But seriously, yes they are very rare and can cost a lot of money. I remember one last year or the year before on Gun star and they were asking something like £1500
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My local gun shop showed me a .25 no3 bore Lincoln Jefferies air rifle today, are they very rare?
is very good condition is it worth much?
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Yes and a lot.
But seriously, yes they are very rare and can cost a lot of money. I remember one last year or the year before on Gun star and they were asking something like £1500
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He has a .25 with a straight grip and a .177 with a pistol grip, fell in love with the.177 but he won’t sell!!
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Hi. Was that Leeches (Leech & Sons) in Boreham by chance?
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Looked at it again today.....if a air rifle is worth £1500 this is the one!!
and he still doesn't want to sell either gun.
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Just as well, it has the wrong rear sight and it would be a shame for any buyer to find out after. I have only seen em like this and hard to warrant £1500.
Looked at it again today.....if a air rifle is worth £1500 this is the one!!
and he still doesn't want to sell either gun.
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Interesting, I'm no way a BSA expert (not bad on Webley pistols) what would you price it at?
do you think the finish is original? it looks to good to be true...
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I am no expert on BSA or Webley, but as you say the finish looks 'too good to be true' and the fitting of a later sight would put off serious collectors from spending top money on it.
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Yes, as Binners says it is almost certainly refinished.
If you look at the two dents ahead of the rearsight, and the scratches on the loading tap lever, the same finish is apparent. Also you have something going on on the rear of the rearsight, where it meets the barrel, and that too has a completely even blued look about it.
They are all little things that point to the gun being re-finished.
As soon as a collector saw the later rearsight, he would want to look very closely at the rest of the gun to see what else had been replaced. Still, all that, said .25 Improved Model D's are still mega rare, and any collector of BSA's would love to add one to their collection, so may well overlook the fact that it has been refinished.
Lovely guns with an almost mythical status amongst BSA lovers.
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These guns are a real test for the enthusiastic amateur.
There is usually something amiss with the first 6 you buy!
I did recently pay a premium price for a vgc all original early H model.
But I sold it a few weeks later!
To their credit all the models I have bought shot/shoot pretty well and just because a sight isn’t right doesn’t worry me too much.
After all a perfect collectable gun that is rubbish to shoot is much more annoying ?
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Which are the more collectable, straight or pistol grip version.
Please keep the info coming I'm learning lots!!
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Straight hand stocks are rarer but given the choice, I would opt for whichever is in better condition, all else being equal.
Which are the more collectable, straight or pistol grip version.
Please keep the info coming I'm learning lots!!
Kind regards,
John
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