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Whilst on the range at Bisley yesterday, i took my Handi for a spin, I had two really nice old fellow's comment on the Handi,
They both said, I thought it was a "Rook rifle", Handi rifles in the UK are very rare!
The predecessor to the Handi,
.22lr Conversion of a McNaughton
William Evans in .297/250 circa 1919 with an Oigee 2 ½ magnification telescope sight
Rook rifles can be bought "reasonably" cheap here and some of them are "off ticket" in other words they require no form of licence to hold in the UK, certain calibre's such as .300 rook or .310 cadet are not uncommon, however anything chambered or re barrelled in a modern, or current cartridge are legally firearms
The brass is still available, but horrifyingly expensive
The thing about English guns is names, Purdeys, William Evans and Holland and Holland command a price, as do many London guns
Anything made in Birmingham or Scotland is practically worthless, a good friend picked up a Cogswell and Harrison side by side hand built shotgun, in a red baize case for £300, and its a minter, made in the 1920s-30's its essentially an H&H/Purdey, but almost unused, the stock looks like its made from tiger eye stone
Its truly shocking that some of these guns are just being destroyed, simply because every British man and his dog thinks they have to have a Berretta silver pigeon, or a high end side by side a side by side
HOLTS
http://micksguns.com/rook-rabbit-rifles/
They both said, I thought it was a "Rook rifle", Handi rifles in the UK are very rare!
The predecessor to the Handi,


.22lr Conversion of a McNaughton

William Evans in .297/250 circa 1919 with an Oigee 2 ½ magnification telescope sight
Rook rifles can be bought "reasonably" cheap here and some of them are "off ticket" in other words they require no form of licence to hold in the UK, certain calibre's such as .300 rook or .310 cadet are not uncommon, however anything chambered or re barrelled in a modern, or current cartridge are legally firearms
The brass is still available, but horrifyingly expensive
The thing about English guns is names, Purdeys, William Evans and Holland and Holland command a price, as do many London guns
Anything made in Birmingham or Scotland is practically worthless, a good friend picked up a Cogswell and Harrison side by side hand built shotgun, in a red baize case for £300, and its a minter, made in the 1920s-30's its essentially an H&H/Purdey, but almost unused, the stock looks like its made from tiger eye stone
Its truly shocking that some of these guns are just being destroyed, simply because every British man and his dog thinks they have to have a Berretta silver pigeon, or a high end side by side a side by side
HOLTS
http://micksguns.com/rook-rabbit-rifles/