Yes sir....I am getting the same results.
Actually, I looked a couple more minutes, and discovered that not only are there dozens of sites being produced by the same people, but that these people have an agenda. Demonizing airguns, and it appears to have worked.
Snipers and amputees and blindings oh my!
"Amnesty: Chief constable Phil Gormley with surrendered weapons." 12,000 airguns from Scotland, turned in due to a new licensing strategy towards "Air Weapons". Noice!
Can I buy... um... three? Please? (LOL his actual name is Gormley!!!)
But, I need new search terms if I am gonna find anything useful. Hmm... top-cocker?
How is it loaded? Are there any sort of sights?
The most important question, have you shot it over a chrony? 😉
How are the groups? Hobbys, CHP, or JSB heavies? 😉
Gun laying teacher. BSA made some pre Great War. Perhaps some were made in Oz as well? If it is it's worth a small fortune. Very rare item. BSA only made about 200. 1915. All .177 caliber. The loading tap and retaining plate look like BSA. Might be where they sourced some parts. Any stamping on the retaining plate? Patent number? Germans copied BSA loading tap around 1915 (Diana 58 Military ) however Diana used a keeper screw between the 2 retaining plate fixing screws. Not seen on your example. And how would a German gun laying teacher make it's way to Oz anyway?
Gun laying teachers were still in use by the Armed Forces of New Zealand in 1953 to train tank crews. That version went inside the barrel instead of on top. Inside the barrel type were used WW2
I bet it's a gun laying teacher . Missing is the mounting carriage
That's why the cocking lever is on top. Look closely at the retaining plate for the patent stamping. That era should be the second type tap and retaining plate with a detent spring and pin as seen on post 1911 Improved Model D.
I bet it's a gun laying teacher .
Could you expound on this a bit please? My search results for "gun laying teacher" were not germane to the thread.
The idea of training tank crews with springers totally screams "Bob Semple Tank!" From wiki... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank
"The tanks were constructed without the use of any formal plans or blueprints. Working from an American postcard depicting the conversion of a tractor to a 'tractor-tank', Bob Semple and TG Beck (Christchurch District Works Engineer), improvised the design of the tanks."
May God have mercy on the Kiwis if those emus ever escape... but I digress... meanwhile, back a the ranch....
And how would a German gun laying teacher make it's way to Oz anyway?
Greetings from Newfoundland.
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@ OP, how did you come across this item? Rummage sale? Attic?
Hit it with the riding mower in a field you'd been mowing for decades?
Could you expound on this a bit please? My search results for "gun laying teacher" were not germane to the thread.
https://forum.vintageairgunsgallery.com/rock-island-auctions/bsa-gun-laying-teacher/#post-3683
I am an antique dealer here for the past 38years. Got a call to clean out an estate. In the basement piled up in one corner is this collection of miscellaneous old gun parts...mostly muzzle loader bits. Apparently..the old guy that died ,previous home owner...was a gunsmith. The people I bought this stuff from purchased the house in the early 60s. Said their kids would take some of the old bits from the pile and play with them. I have since sold all the parts...but kept this because of it being so bizarre. Thought it might be something special.
No question this one is weird! There's no way to sight the target if used in the normal manner of shooting, and doesn't seem to be any way to attach a stock or pistol grip to hold on while pulling the trigger. It gives me the impression of a 'prototype' exercise to see if the mechanism would function.
Don R.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/air-gunner/20180601/281629600873933
More information about BSA gun laying teachers for anyone interested
