26" steel barrels, rib engraved W.R. LEESON LTD, ASHFORD KENT & 41 MADDOX STREET, LONDON, W.  Anson & Deeley hammerless non-ejector top-lever boxlock construction with Webley Screw lock (Dolls head) third bite extension, action set with removable disk set strikers and intercepting safety sears. Best border and scroll engraving, action face engraved W R Leeson Ltd. Normal splinter fore-end with well engraved Hackett Grip type release. Well figured 15½" stock with pistol grip. In its maker’s lightweight leather case with accessories. Leeson style conical fences, partially etched. Flat etched rib with iron sights.

Proof marks indicate gun construction prior to proof law changes of 1904 but address and Limited status indicates it was possibly finish around 1908 onwards. It appears that construction would have taken place in the transition period for black powder rifles to the new generation of nitro express rifles. The rifle is regulated for a transition or “nitro-for-black” loading of the express cartridges. Further information engraved on the barrels reads “450/400 for Reduced Charges Of Cordite, 40 Grs. Powder & 270 Gr. Lead Bullet With Nickel Base” 

Weight 7lb. 4oz.