Lot 153S1
An 8x50(R)mm 'Lee-Speed' sporting rifle by B.S.A. Co., no. 65033/9699 Retailed by Army & Navy C.S.L.
1 December 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £300 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn 8x50(R)mm 'Lee-Speed' sporting rifle by B.S.A. Co., no. 65033/9699 Retailed by Army & Navy C.S.L.
The Long Lee-style action with flattened bolt-handle, magazine cut-off and dust-cover engraved Army & Navy C.S.L. London, fully-detachable magazine, well-figured stock (chipped at toe) with pistolgrip, pistolgrip-cap, B.S.A. patent shotgun-style safety and engraved steel butt-plate with trap, horn-capped forestock, sling-eyes, the bright barrel with 'Express' sights sighted from 100 to 1000 yards and block-mounted bead-foresight with B.S.A. patent folding hood
Weight 7lb. 2¼oz., 14½in. pull (14¼in. stock), 24½in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proof
Weight 7lb. 2¼oz., 14½in. pull (14¼in. stock), 24½in. barrel, Birmingham nitro proof
Footnotes
Otherwise sold as the '8mm B.S.A.' or the .315, the calibre appears to have been adopted after the Indian government banned the importation of service calibre rifles in 1899, and may well have been chosen due to being a broadly similar, although larger, cartridge