Early BSA air rifle / army shooting real photo postcard

[Prewar]

Something I saw on 'the bay' last month was this great family group with a Webley Mk2 Service rifle

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...re-war/web.jpg

[edbear2]

Something I saw on 'the bay' last month was this great family group with a Webley Mk2 Service rifle

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...re-war/web.jpg

I saw this too and thought how much a Webley owner would like it!.......Have scanned and uploaded photo, the guns in this are far less distinct than the Webley, but it is an interesting scene, I will link to a large file Flikr view, scroll around and see what you can spot;

14012x8791 pixels

2048x1285 pixels

1600x1000 pixels to show scene complete....looks a bit like the BFTO vintage meet!, wonder if a distant relative of Andy has done the targets...would love to know when and where this was!

[silva]

Great find, haven't seen a pic like that before. I wonder if it is one of the venues named on the Bsa Prize Rifles. Overbury Court perhaps ?
What part of the country was the vender from ?

[edbear2]

Great find, haven't seen a pic like that before. I wonder if it is one of the venues named on the Bsa Prize Rifles. Overbury Court perhaps ?
What part of the country was the vender from ?

He was a postcard dealer from Yorkshire, who sells a lot of stuff, so his location probably is unconnected, really annoying that there is zero information on the un-posted card itself on the reverse it just has; "Post-Card" and "communication" on one side, and "the address only to be written here" opposite, no makers name etc. Maybe it was a private commission by the photographer or organiser as a souvenir as seems a specialist hard to sell subject otherwise.

On closer examination the gun on the seat looks to be a spade grip, can anyone shed any light on the era (I would imagine the uniform to be a clue)...and how many and what type of guns have anyone spotted yet! (not all are obvious at first).

I had a mare of a time uploading it, had to re-size and convert to rgb format, but in original download size it is around 40meg I believe, so may be worth downloading and printing onto photo paper, have not tried this myself yet, and may be able to improve on the scanning as I am a bit of an amateur (used reflective setting, 16 bit greyscale and 3200 d.p.i. resolution (the max the memory would allow), I am sure it will come up better when I can get the missus to have a gander.

[Binners]

I think you can rule out Bisley going by the girth of that Oak tree. Mind you there are few there now that sport those dodgey 'Freddie Fudgepacker' moustaches

[inproved]

Hi Ed..

Superb Find Ed..These are great bit's of the past, that relate to a time when Great Britain was Great...not like now...we shall never see the likes again..As a poet once wrote "Each a glimpse and gone forever"


Regard's

Inproved...Steve..

[Binners]

Hi Ed..

Superb Find Ed..These are great bit's of the past, that relate to a time when Great Britain was Great...not like now...we shall never see the likes again..As a poet once wrote "Each a glimpse and gone forever"


Regard's

Inproved...Steve..

How very true Sir...

[walnutfarmmick]

Something I saw on 'the bay' last month was this great family group with a Webley Mk2 Service rifle

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/...re-war/web.jpg

They say every picture tells a story, don't they?

I'd love to know what this one's is

Or post it for a caption competiton and we'll make one up.

ATVB, Mick