Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifle Serial Numbers

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I have a standard 'Grease Gun' Lincoln Jeffries pistol similar to yours Ser No 1177 in my collection. Hi and welcome to this fantastic forum where somebody always seems to have the answers you require to most collectable air gun questions. Most of the examples I've seen have small differences.

#LINCOLN JEFFRIES AIR RIFLE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#

So I thought that it might be fun to compare and note serial numbers etc. I just don't see a Gamo Shadow or any one of these new air rifles still shooting in 2115.Īlthough quite a rare gun in general terms, I imagine a lot of folk here have got one in their collection. How di i determine year of manufacture of my Lincoln Jeffries if i cant find a serial nr in the normal place above the trigger. In fact the highest I've seen is # 1218.īSA Lincoln Jeffries. Hiller) 1921-30, with production estimates up to 2000, although I can't find an example with so high a serial number. I'm beginning to think that 1250 would be a more accurate number! Here is my 'Lincoln' Air Pistol, By Lincoln Jeffries ltd.

The scrapes on the insides of my fingers have all healed now I've done as much digging as I can on these and been helped by a very kind collector with tons of scans and info on the range of Lincon Jeffries pistols (thanks Paul if you're reading) but I can't find any serial numbers anywhere near the estimated 2000 production run. I was quite pleased when this one turned up!! It's got most of its bluing, well a lot anyway and the spring is still as strong as the day it was made all those years ago. So as you can imagine, having regretted it even since then. Strangely he had another one about 18 months ago and I stupidly didn't buy it because it was missing most of its finish (like the one on Kranks site) and the spring was really slack. Hi Gareth, Thanks for the kind welcome I bought it a few months ago from a dealer I know. One went through recently at around 18.00 pounds so good luck Lakey. I think the first of his books may be out of print, so e-bay may be your best bet. He obviously spent a lot of time researching the books, as they are packed with info, and well worth getting hold of. He wrote two, the first is about early Licoln jeffries/BSA underleavers up until 1918 ish and the second more recent book is called ' The Golden Century ' and charts all civil arms production (including air weapons ) from 1918 onwards. Hi Binners, John Knibbs's books are great. Good to hear from another BSA underleaver fan ATB Lakey. Although a newer and more modern model than the L pattern, BSA went back to trigger adjustment through the trigger guard,together with a one piece trigger/sear for the A pattern, so for that reason some people consider it an older model,similar in age to the Improved model D.

They made them as a follow on to the L pattern and only around 1000 were ever made between 19/early 1940. Hi Binners, Your 'A' pattern is quite a rare model. Looks like you have a nice collection there, Best Regards Morgan. Have you got the book by John Knibbs - Bsa and Lincoln Jeffries Air rifles, its got lots of good info in it and all the serial numbers. In fact all the models are rare and desirable in their own fashion, as they were rigorously developed throughout the production of 80,000 or so, giving rise to lots of interesting variations. As well as anything with either triple sights or aperture sights fitted.

The first batches of the Lincoln Air Rifle and The Bsa Air Rifle made by Bsa in 1905 are always nice to find and handle, also the long cylinder Improved model D.22 Sporting models and the Improved model B's are not that common. The rarest of them all, are the Gun Laying Teachers, for Artillery and Naval Gunnery training, supplied to the War office during the first world war. Hello Binners, I think the rarest and most desirable Bsa / Lincoln Jeffries types are, The early experimental Lincoln Air Rifles, The Bsa Military Pattern Air Rifle, all the.25 calibre types and the Junior and Juvenile patterns.

Lincoln Jeffries Air Rifle Serial Numbers