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**QUALITY**C1870 Robert Hughes Universal Firearms Works Birmingham Side By Side Double Damascus Barrelled Muzzle Loading Percussion Rifle/ Shotgun Combination Big Game Gun (14 Smooth Bore/ .577 Calibre Rifled Bore), Irish Reg Mark ‘F173U’ (Fermanagh). - 23701 Robert Hughes was a gun and pistol maker at 22 Moland Street, Birmingham until 1872 and at 100 Moland Street from 1873. He adopted the style 'Universal Firearms Works' in 1868. His guns were well known and he was favoured in the London gun market, known for his high quality Sporting Rifles, typically sold to men traveling to Asia or Africa for big game hunting. This attractive C1870 double hammer percussion Rifle and Shotgun combination gun is the type used for hunting large game. It has 30 ½” round Damascus steel barrels and is 46 ½” overall. The rifled barrel is .577 Calibre and has a good clean bore with sharp rifling. The shotgun barrel is smooth 14 Bore which is also clean. The barrel is faintly signed ‘Robert Hughes Universal Firearms Works Birmingham. One barrel is stamped with Irish registration mark ‘F173U’ indicating that this gun was in Ireland at some point of its Victorian life (the Registration of Firearms (Ireland) Act of 22nd August 1843, provided for the granting of licences to the owners of firearms and required the arms to be marked by the Superintendent of the County Inspector of the Constabulary Force. F U mark was the designation for Fermanagh Ulster). The barrel rib is mounted with a fixed ‘v’ notch plate rear sight graduated to 100 yards and 3 leaf sights with silver aiming lines graduated, 200, 300 & 400 yards. The post from the foresight plate is absent. The action, Dolphin hammers, action tang, trigger guard with extended tang and stock mounts have quality tooled foliate decoration. The gun has double triggers. The cocking and firing actions are strong. The Walnut stock with chequered fore stock panels and steel butt plate is undamaged with just light bumps and bruises to be expected. The underside of the stock has a void inlaid silver disc and it has sling swivel lugs. The weapon has its original wood ram rod with polished horn end cap and brass tip with steel worm. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK. Sn 23701 £1,495.00 |
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Victorian Era British Thomas Turner, Birmingham .577 Snider Obsolete Calibre Sporting Shot Gun. Sn 23702 - 23702 This antique shotgun has all original Walnut woodwork throughout with chequered panels at the wrist & fore stock. Its steel action plate is signed by the retailer Thomas Turner, Fisher Street, Birmingham. It has a chequered horn butt plate, brass trigger guard & polished horn fore end block. The breech cover with locking catch is stamped ‘Snider’s patent’. The gun chambers the obsolete calibre .577 Snider round. The shotgun measures 49 ¾” overall with a 30 ¾” barrel. The smooth bore is clean. The barrel is stamped with inspection mark & ‘25’ and has a brass bead fore sight. The hinged breech cover is numbered ‘C 591’. Its cocking and firing action work crisply. This is an antique, obsolete calibre gun and no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23702 £695.00 |
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20th Century W.W. Greener Birmingham Martini Action G.P (General Purpose) 12 Bore Shotgun With Colour Case Hardened Action**MOVING PARTS 2020 UK / EU DEACTIVATION** Sn 23703 - 23703 The W.W. Greener GP (General Purpose) Martini Action Shotgun** is a rugged, single-shot, break-down firearm built around a tilting-block Martini action. Manufactured by the famous W.W. Greener in England starting around 1922. Early variants were developed for police and colonial forces (such as the Egyptian Government contracts), while later commercial variations served as versatile "general purpose" utility guns for civilians and farmers. This is an attractive Greener GP Martini Action 12 Bore shotgun. It has all original wood which has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age & use, bead fore sight and plastic or bakelite butt plate with embossed Elephant trade mark (the top section of the butt plate has broken off at some point in its life but the remaining plate is secure. The action is colour case hardened. One side of the action is crisply stamped 'W.W. Greener Maker Birmingham England’ & the reverse ‘Greener’s GP Gun’. The sighted barrel is stamped with proof / inspection marks. The barrel length is 30” and it measures 46 ½” overall. The gun is serial number G77756. Deactivated to UK / EU specification in 2020 the gun’s lever action operates and the trigger moves but it does not cock and dry fire. Sn 23703 £395.00 |
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C1865 Belgium Lefaucheux Patent 7mm Pin Fire Obsolete Calibre 6 Shot Double Action Revolver With Ornate Tooled Decoration, Folding Trigger & Polished Bone Grips. Sn 17902 - 17902 A Belgian 6 shot 7mm Lefaucheux double action pinfire revolver made C1865, number 228357. It has a round barrel with octagonal breech 70mm (2¾”), the breech is marked “E. LEFAUCHEUX IN BREVETE”. The breech, cylinder and frame engraved with scrolls, strapwork and dogs. It has a captive ejector rod, folding trigger, and plain un-damaged polished bone grips. The pistol’s bore has light staining consistent with age & crisp rifling. It has a triangular post fore sight and the rear sight consists of a grooved hammer. The price includes UK delivery NB As an obsolete calibre, antique, pin fire weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 17902 (drawers office) £595.00 |
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**ORIGINAL**Victorian Era Zulu Warrior’s Assegai Short Stabbing Spear. Sn 23526 - 23526 The Assegai is a short handled stabbing spear invented by the legendary Zulu king Shaka in the early 1800s. The weapon revolutionized tribal warfare in South Africa. Chieftains would also use their Assegai to direct the attack of Zulu warrior Impi battle formations. A period photograph of a Zulu Chieftain armed with an Assegai in fighting pose is illustrated in image 1. This Assegai measures 36” overall length. It has a 14 ¼” long iron leaf shaped blade. The blade is just over 1 ¼” wide at its broadest. Its tang is attached to its hand crafted wood shaft by a shrunken leather hide sheath. The leather has a small old stable split at the spear head tang consistent with age and use but the leather and spear head are secure. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23526 (storeroom shelves near bells) £345.00 |
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**ORIGINAL**Victorian Era Zulu Warrior’s Knobkerrie / Knobkerry Tropical Hard Wood Fighting War Club. Sn 23523 - 23523 An original Zulu knobkerrie War club. Also spelt knobkerrie, knopkierie or knobkerry, they are clubs used mainly in Southern and Eastern Africa. Typically they have a large knob at one end and can be used for throwing at animals in hunting or for clubbing an enemy's head in battle. A period photograph of a Zulu warrior armed with a knobkerrie & Assegai stabbing spear is illustrated in image 1. This knobkerrie war club is made from Tropical hard wood. This club measures 30 ¾” overall length and the club ball is 7” circumference. The club head has a few old small dents and a few small old stable surface cracks consistent with battle use. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23523 (storeroom shelves near bells) £275.00 |
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**RARE**WW2 1942 Nazi German Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Austria (bnz) MP40 9mm Sub Machine Gun With Folding Stock & Original leather Sling**UK 1997 DEACTIVATION** Sn 23710 - 23710 This is an excellent, original & rare, MP 40, 9mm, sub machine gun. This example has excellent metal work throughout, with folding stock that fits snugly and functions perfectly as it should. It has original bakelite grips, dark coloured fore stock, shrouded fore sight and 2 leaf rear sight. The rear of the breech housing is stamped with the Nazi German war time code bnz 42 (Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Steyr, Austria & 1942 date), MP40 designation. The weapon is serial number ‘7739’ which is on the frame & repeated on the barrel. The gun also has other unmatching numbers. The metal work has several Waffenamt. The magazine has no visible maker marks, numbers or dates and is empty without spring or loading plate. The Gun is fitted with an original period leather sling. The sling has no visible date or maker marks. Deactivated to UK specification in 1997, the weapon’s cocking lever and trigger do not move but the magazine can be removed. The price for this rare WW2 piece includes deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 23710 £2,250.00 |
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**SOLD LAYAWAY 22/9** British South African WD Officer's Webley MK IV .455 Calibre Service Revolver Regiment Marked ‘I.N.F’ With Open Cylinders That Will Accept Inert Rounds, 6 Inert Deactivated Rounds Of Ammunition & Holster*UK/EU 2019 DEACT* - 23711 The Webley MK IV .450/ .455 revolver was approved for British military service on 5th October 1899. These weapons were supplied in such large quantities to British troops engaged in the South African wars during 1899 – 1902, it was often referred to as the ‘Boer War Model’ (see page 201 of Webley Revolvers by Reinhart). These weapons also saw service in WW1. This is an excellent original example of the Boer War Model Webley MK IV revolver. It has the correct 4" barrel and retains its original blue finish. The pistol has the correct undamaged 'Birds Head' shaped chequered panel grips. The frame is crisply marked ‘Webley Patents’, ‘MK IV’ and has South Africa Union War Dept mark on the grip strap together with Regiment mark ‘9 I.N.F 17’ (unknown) & the cylinder frame has date ‘8 ’14 (August 1914). The pistol has matching serial numbers 129206 / 206 on the barrel block, underside of the frame and cylinder. The pistol is fitted with military lanyard ring. Deactivated to UK/EU specification in 2019, the pistol has a moving trigger which rotates the cylinder but it does not cock & dry fire. The pistol has open cylinders that will accept inert rounds & it comes with 6 inert deactivated rounds of .455 ammunition. The pistol also comes with a period Sam Browne pattern leather holster which originally would have been for a MK VI revolver but has been period cut down to fit this revolver most likely for service in WW1. The holster has no maker or date marks. The price includes deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 23711 £695.00 |
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**ORIGINAL**VINTAGE**1884 Patent Ideal Manufacturing Company New Haven CT USA No.4 Steel .44-40 Calibre Bullet Mould / Re-Loading Tool For Winchester & Marlin Lever Action .44-40 Calibre Rifles. Sn 23705 - 23705 John Barlow managed reloading tools for the Winchester Repeating Arms Co, which famously packed basic tong tools with their rifles. Barlow left Winchester to join the Ideal Tool Co. where production of innovative combination tools and bullet moulds began around 1885. The No. 4 Ideal Reloading Tool was the Classic, tool produced by Ideal. It was offered from about 1884 until about 1936. The tools cast a bullet and reloaded a Cartridge. These are very popular tools, it is complete in itself, no extra pieces to get lost or carry, it performs all the operations required, as constructed, it moulds the bullet a trifle above the standard size, which after they are lubricated can be forced through the sizing die which packs the grease firmly in the grooves, removes the surplus and makes the bullet perfectly round and of the correct diameter. The value of this is appreciated by those who make their own ammunition. This example is in very good fully functioning condition. The tool is signed by the manufacturer and has calibre & 1884 patent detail (although not numbered this is no doubt The ideal No.4 model. Illustrated in image 3 is an image from a period Ideal catalogue featuring the Ideal No. 4 tool). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23705 (mags/tools draw office) £275.00 |
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C1840 English Rodgers Sheffield ‘Protector’ 120 Bore Percussion Knife Pistol With Polished Horn Scales German Silver Octagonal Barrel & Fittings Bullet Mould & Tweezers. Sn 23707 - 23707 This is a very good original Rodgers of Sheffield knife pistol made C1840. Overall the pistol when closed is 6 ½” overall length. The tapered 3 ½” octagonal barrel, frame & bolsters are German Silver. The barrel has a small bead foresight. The left of the barrel is crisply marked with two English proof marks. It has a steel hammer and folding trigger. It's cocking & firing actions are nice & strong. There are two folding knife blades, one large, one small. The large spear point blade is 3 ½” long and is very faintly etched on one side ‘Protector’. The small single edged blade is 2 ¼” length. Both blades are marked Rodgers Sheffield and other indistinct letters, possibly ‘James’ (all illustrated). The base of the butt has a trap with hinged lid for moulded bullets/ balls, caps and wadding. It has excellent undamaged polished horn grips. Both sides of the grips have inserts which contain on one side a German Silver scissor action bullet mould and the other a pair of steel tweezers. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23707 (drawers office) £895.00 |
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*QUALITY*Victorian Era Savigny & Co London Scottish Dirk Form Spear Point Bowie Knife With Chequered Horn Scales & Folding Cork Screw With Original Leather Scabbard. Sn 23706 - 23706 Savigny & Co. was one of London's most prominent and historically significant manufacturers of high-end cutlery, pocket knives, razors, and surgical instruments. Operating for roughly 150 years, the firm’s tenure at 67 St. James’s Street marked its golden age during the 19th century. This is an excellent Victorian era Bowie Knife by Savigny & Co in its original leather scabbard and is in similar form to Scottish dirks of that era. The knife's 5 ¾” spear point bowie blade is clean and has a decorative scalloped section on the spine. The knife measures 9 ¾” overall length. The blade is marked on one side with the manufacturer’s name ‘Savigny & Co 67 St James St’ and has fullers either side. It has undamaged chequered horn scales secured by German Silver pins. The steel grip frame incorporates a folding cork screw. The knife is complete with original open top brown leather scabbard which has an integral single leather belt loop to the rear. All leather and stitching are clean & intact. The price includes UK Delivery. Sn 23706 (In Bowies box) £675.00 |
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**EXCELLENT ORIGINAL BLUED BLADE**WW2 Era British WD (Broad Arrow 9 Marked) Fairbairn Sykes FS Commando Fighting Knife Beaded & Ribbed (9 Rows Of Beads) & Scabbard. Sn 23174:9 - 23174:9 The Beaded & Ribbed variant of the Fairbairn Sykes FS Fighting knife was available as a private purchase weapon but were also Military issue. Beaded & Ribbed versions have been found with 9,8,7 & 6 rows of beads (see page 127 of The Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife & Other Commando Knives by Ron Flook). This WW2 era Beaded and Ribbed Pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife has a blackened brass beaded and ribbed grip with 9 rows of beads. The hilt has no visible WD marks. It has an excellent, sharp, 171mm long original factory blued blade with medial ridge. It is complete with original scabbard with external blackened brass chape, 4 original sewn on leather tabs and belt loop with leather retaining strap & press stud fastener. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:9 £975.00 |
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