[Sticky] BSA/Lincoln Jeffries air rifles visual identification assistant

BSA/Lincoln Jeffries air rifles visual identification assistant 

- Links above the pics take you to more pics of similar rifles.

- More information on these rifles here.

- See a chronology of the pre-WW1 rifles here;

- Key dates for the pre-WW1 period here;

- Key dates for the period 1919-1939 here;

- BSA/Lincoln serial numbers here; (NOTE: Mr Knibbs told me that the post-1919 serial numbers were not issued in chronological order, so TREAT WITH CAUTION)

- The two different BSA 'Improved' model piled arms stock markings here;

- For a view of the relative sizes of BSA/Lincoln air rifles see this image; 

- and a compilation of Lincoln Jeffries and BSA pre-1939 cylinder inscriptions here.

Dates below of the pre-WW1 rifles according to John Knibbs and Dennis Hiller.

Pre-WW1 air rifles

Lincoln Jeffries Standard (first batch mid-1905. last one made 1912)

With pistol grip stock

With straight hand stock

Lincoln 'L' Light (or 'Ladies' pattern >July 1906)

BSA Air Rifle (first batch >August 1905)

With pistol grip stock

With straight hand stock

BSA Air Rifle Light Pattern

BSA Junior (1910-1913)

'Juvenile' (BSA Junior 2nd Pattern >December 1912) with straight hand stock

Comparisons between 'Juvenile' and Improved Model 'D' Sporting Pattern

BSA Improved Model 'B' (1907-1908)

BSA Improved Model 'D' Standard Pattern >1908 (pistol grip stock)

BSA Improved Model 'D' Standard Pattern (straight hand stock)

BSA Improved Model 'D' Standard Pattern (late production)

BSA Improved Model 'D' (Sporting Pattern >1909)

BSA Improved Model 'D' Light Pattern (late production, sidelever >early 1912)

BSA Military Pattern (1st series >1907)

BSA Military Pattern (2nd series>1908-1911)

BSA Improved Model 'D' No.3 (.25 cal, pistol grip stock, 1908-1909)

BSA Improved Model 'D' No.3 (.25 cal, straight hand stock)

BSA Standard Pattern no.1 Light Pattern (1913-19, photo-etching began June 1914)

BSA Standard Pattern no.2 (1913-19)

Post WW1, pre-WW2 air rifles

BSA 1919 'L' series Light Pattern

BSA 1920s 'L' series Light Pattern

BSA 'L' series Light Pattern (transitional stock - BSA embedded in rounded grip, 1928-30)

BSA 1930s 'L' series Light Pattern

BSA 1930s 'A' series Light Pattern

BSA 'S' series Standard 1919

1920s BSA 'S' series Standard Pattern

BSA 'S' series Standard (transitional stock - BSA embedded in rounded grip, 1928-30)

1930s BSA 'S' series Standard Pattern

1930s BSA 'T' series Standard Pattern

1920s BSA 'CS' series Club Standard No.1

1920s BSA 'CS' series Club Standard (transitional stock - BSA embedded in rounded grip, 1928-30)

1930s BSA 'CS' series Club Standard No.4

1930s BSA 'C' series

BSA Breakdown Pattern