WWII RAF issued Swift Training Rifle, series A

This is a WWII RAF issued Swift Training Rifle, series A with transit case and wooden calibration frame . Designed to allow instructors to demonstrate holding and aiming of a rifle. It is not a firearm. This particular example is number 982 and is in good working order and can be cocked and dry fired. When doing this the two blades spring forward as they should. The design is similar to that of a P14 rifle. During WWII they were purchased by the Royal Air Force and also saw use with the Home Guard. The case has its original wartime RAF grey painted and is marked to the Royal Air Force.  A very interesting piece of wartime history.