Early 1900’s English Cogswell & Harrison London .300 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Breech Loading, Side Lever, Break Action Single Shot Rook / Rabbit Rifle With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23663 rook rifle Single Shot .300 Rook Rifle

Early 1900’s English Cogswell & Harrison London .300 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Breech Loading, Side Lever, Break Action Single Shot Rook / Rabbit Rifle With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23663 - 23663

Between 1830 and 1842 Benjamin Cogswell was described as a pawnbroker at 4 Bengal Place. He then takes over at 224 Strand address & advertises himself as “Gun and Pistol warehouse” and later as gunmaker at 224 Strand. In 1863 Benjamin Cogswell (Jnr) takes Edward Harrison into partnership. Cogswell then becomes Cogswell & Harrison at 224 Strand. In 1879 the Strand premises were run in conjunction with new business managed by Edgar Harrison at 142 New Bond Street, London. The famous Cogswell & Harrison still make best quality guns today and are London’s oldest surviving gunmakers. This is a very good Rook / Rabbit rifle by Cogswell & Harrison. It has a 25 ¾” Octagonal rifled barrel. The bore has just staining consistent with age & use & well defined rifling. It has an external hammer, blade foresight, and 3 leaf graduated rear sight 50-100-150 yards with silvered aiming lines. The barrel flats are signed ‘Cogswell & Harrison’, ‘142 New Bond Street & 224 Strand London’ and has calibre detail ‘.300’. The underside of the shoulder stock has impressed number ‘12809’ prefixed by what looks like a letter ‘s’ on its side. The rifle has original undamaged walnut straight wrist stock with chequered pistol grip and chequered fore end. It has a steel butt plate. The loading and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre Rook / Rabbit rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23663

£975.00