A LEE-METFORD (LEE-SPEED PATENT) .303 SPORTING RIFLE BY B.S.A. & M. CO., NO. 7025/19850, RETAILED BY ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.

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A LEE-METFORD (LEE-SPEED PATENT) .303 SPORTING RIFLE BY B.S.A. & M. CO., NO. 7025/19850, RETAILED BY ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.
Much original blued finish, bolt cover, magazine cut-off, stock with semi-pistolgrip and butt-plate with trap, folding adjustable peep-sight on hand, the barrel with block-mounted open-sights
Weight 7lb. 4oz., 14in. pull, 24in. barrel, Black Powder proof

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A MANNLICHER .256 SPORTING RIFLE BY STEYR, NO. B 2803, RETAILED BY G. GIBBS

The receiver dated '1899', stock with steel butt-plate, barrel with ramp-mounted open-sights and block-mounted bead-foresight
Weight 7lb. 1oz., 13 7/8in. pull, 26in. barrel, nitro proof

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The Lee-Metford Sporting rifle was first introduced by B.S.A. in 1892

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