An interesting rifle coming up for auction.
Listed for a UK auction on Tuesday 8th June.
Lot No. 469 A FINE .303 Cal. Presentation Long Lee Enfield Bolt Action Service Rifle. Serial No.30504. Std. Specs. Sutherland Rifle Sight Co micro rearsight. The Chamber with "Piled Arms" Trade Mark. The bolt dust cover engraved -G.E.Fulton Bisley-. The butt having circular silver presentation plaque inscribed -Presented By Hiram Walker & Sons Walkerville Ontario To Serg.T. H. Welford. 90th Reg.T. Winner Of The 1st Individual Prize In The WalkerMatch. Dominion Rifle Association Competition 1907-. Leather sling. Near Grade 1. Brl.30 ins.
Sergeant H.Welford is recorded in the Winnipeg Free Press, 29 August, 1907, as having won the Walker Match Individual Prize and $25 with a score of 68 ex 70. The course of fire is described as being seven shots at 100 yds, which would suggest that it was possibly shot standing or kneeling, rather than prone. Welford is also recorded as competing in the Dominion Match, amongst others, in 1905. The competitions, held as part of the Canadian equivalent to the NRA Imperial Competition at Bisley, were held at the Rockville Range in Ontario during this period. Hiram Walker & Co, the sponsors of the Walker Match, were distillers who created the well-known whiskey brand "Canadian Club". FAA Category: S1
Along with an Envoy, about a dozen No4's in 7.62, a couple of No5's, couple of No4's and a No4 in (commercial) 410 shotgun and a No5 bayonet, scabbard and frog.
