After all he sold them ...
Marked up on the stocks ??if so are they rare ?
After all he sold them ...
Marked up on the stocks ??if so are they rare ?
Yes l had one, which had H the Lincoln stamped on the barrel. and also the standing man stamped into the stock.
Any pictures ?
Mine has the standing man (is it LJ himself I wonder?) on the right hand side of the stock. Also stamped into the same side is -
REGISTERED
LINCOLN JEFFRIES
INVENTOR & PATENTEE
Further forward is stamped T.W.DAVIS, perhaps the name of the gun shop which sold this fine old lady.
Presumably, once his underlever rifles started to sell well, LJ stopped importing & selling them, so I often wonder just when this happened as it might then be able to put an approximate date on these LJ Militias?
I also have a Militta as above, with the LJ trademark and address impressed into the r/h side of the stock.
I also have another German import break barrel by Langenhan that was retailed by LJ and has "H the Lincoln" stamped into the metalwork, and this has led me to ask here before if LJ stopped importing these when his first batch of under levers were released in 1905 also carrying "H the Lincoln" branding. I've been trying to find out if these LJ branded imports pre-dated his own 1st batch under lever rifles.
Clogger