I fired it a few times when I was younger, it's got quite a powerful spring loading mechanism and a kick when fired, and it's since been tucked away for safe keeping. He passed on one of them to another side of the family long ago but we still have the other. Each rifle had a small engraved plate screwed to the side of the butt in recognition of the win. He was presented with the trophy which is dated with the year along with two matching BSA air rifles (.177 pellet firing). He was a keen reader of the comic and went to the show, entered the competition and won! I was unaware until now of the competition being by schoolboys own. My dad just dug out and showed me the trophy he was awarded for winning the Eagle comic shooting competition in 1952, a story he has told me often over the years. BSA Club ( The Eagle marksman competition prize 1952)
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