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Webleyboy
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WEBLEY BOYS ROOK RIFLES etc
      #70377 - 29/01/07 04:19 AM

Have posted pics of two of my classic rook & rabbit rifles under the WG thread. Here are some more:

1 & 2. A W Jeffery side lever hammer rook rifle in .297/250 rook calibre:




3. A Manton of London & Calcutta side lever hammer rifle converted to .22LR by a 'Parker rifled' tube (this one is for sale - please look at my website www.historicguns.co.uk):



4. A nice BSA .310 Cadet Martini action rifle. Sometimes called a 'Kangaroo Cadet' as vast numbers of these military training rifles were shipped out to the Commonwealth of Australia for shooting kangaroos/dingoes etc.



5. A lovely Greener martini action rifle with a heavy barrel that has been converted to .22 Hornet (a real fox killer).



6. A good original 1851 Navy Colt with all matching serial numbers for about 1861 (also for sale)



And finally, my lovely original Remington 1858 - super bore and shoots really well.



As I said before, anyone who loves Rook & Rabbit rifles really must buy Colin Greenwoods book which has just been published 'The Classic British Rook & Rabbit Rifle' ISBN 1 86126880-7


A few more guns to come later

WB

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mickey
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Re: WEBLEY BOYS ROOK RIFLES etc [Re: Webleyboy]
      #70386 - 29/01/07 08:06 AM

Very Cool.

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Marrakai
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Re: WEBLEY BOYS ROOK RIFLES etc [Re: mickey]
      #70576 - 31/01/07 09:35 PM

Yes, good stuff WB.

I have a soft-spot for the little side-lever hammer rooks, having owned for many years a nice example put together by W.P.Jones, in original .22 Rimfire. It even has an Anson push-rod fore-end fastener! They are cute...

Original American cap'n'ball revolvers are quite expensive here now, since most of them emmigrated to the US when our currency exchange rate was crap a few years ago. I'll just have to be happy with my 4th Model Tranter.

Great pictures, mate. Keep 'em coming!

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