Antique Guns and Equipment
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**Napoleonic War Period**. Scarce, British Officers .65” Calibre, Model 1773 Eliott Service Flintlock Carbine by Mather of Newcastle. Sn - 21851:6 This carbine takes its name from the designer General George Augustus Eliott. It was first approved in June 1773 and was intended for light dragoons. Although a 20 year old design at the onset of the Napoleonic War (1803-1815), it was still in use long after 1815. This is a scarce British Officers private purchase Model 1773 Eliott service carbine that has not been modified in later life and retains all of its original features. The flintlock carbine was made by Mather of Newcastle and is nicely stamped on the side of the lock plate MATHER NEWCASTLE together with 2 line border line engraving as does the cock. The carbine has a 28 inch barrel with an overall length of 44 inches. The carbine has regulation brass mounts, flat side-plate of shaped outline, brass fore-end cap, steel sling bar with ring and the original steel ramrod with characteristic swelling cut with a groove cut near to the head to retain the head. The barrel is nicely stamped with the government proof marks for privately made barrels and has a nice clean bore with light staining due to residue in service. The barrel has a fore sight which also doubles as a stud for the bayonet. See pages 55, 56, 57 & 78 British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W. Bailey, British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore & chapter 4 in British Cavalry Carbines & Pistols of the Napoleonic Era by Barry Chisnall and Geoffrey Davies. NB As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:6 £7,450.00 |
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**VERY RARE**Transitional C1860’s Victorian English Beatley of Basingstoke Improved Patent .400 Calibre Swivel Breech Loading, Percussion, Internal Firing Pin, Black Powder Rifle. Sn 14573 - 14573 The Hampshire Museums and Archives Service in Winchester has a collection of billheads for the English Gunmaking Beatley family, For example, a bill dated 13 September 1834, was printed with the description: London Street, Basingstoke J. H. Beatley, Gun-Maker Bell Hanger, Brass Worker, etc. and Sole Manufacturer of Brownjohn’s Patent Cap Charger. Percussion and other Fowling Pieces, with London proved Barrels, finished throughout on the most esteemed Principles. Percussion Caps, adapted for the above Chargers of superior Quality. Fishing Apparatus of all Kinds, of the best Manufacture. Articles of Brass Work cleaned and lacquered. Agent for the Portable Oil Gas – fittings neatly and expeditiously executed. Thirty years later, in 1864, Charles Beatley delivered a bill that advertised: London St, Basingstoke Charles Beatley Gun Maker & Fishing Tackle Manufacturer, Tin Man, Whitesmith, Working Cutler & Repairer of Steel Trusses, Archery of Every Description, etc. Percussion & other Fowling Pieces, with London proved Barrels, finished throughout on the most esteemed Principles. Percussion Caps, adapted for the above Chargers of superior Quality. Gun Powder, Shot, etc. Fishing Apparatus of all kinds, of the best Manufacture. Articles of Brass Work cleaned & lacquered. Gas fittings neatly & expeditiously executed. Fitter up of invisible fences in parks, pleasure grounds, gardens etc. and wire working of every description, in brass or iron. Copper and tin ware, in every variety. This is a very rare, transitional improved patent rifle by Beatley of Basingstoke. Little is known about this innovative breech loading internal firing pin black powder rifle. The rifle has a 29 ¾” octagonal barrel and is 47” overall length. It has a clean bore with crisp rifling. It has a block with post fore sight and block with ‘v’ notch plate rear sight. The top of the barrel is engraved ‘Beatley Basingstoke’. The underside of the barrel has black powder proofs. Its original Walnut stock with chequered panel wrist has a steel butt plate with foliate engraved extended tang. The action and trigger guard have quality foliate engraved decoration and the top of the swivelling breech block is engraved ‘improved patent rifle’. The breech is opened for loading by depression of a flat button on a lever on the underside of the action, this allows the breech to be swivelled open by sideways operation of the lever. A percussion cap is then placed on a nipple on one side of the breech chamber and powder bullet / ball and wadding loaded into the other side. The chamber is then closed using the lever. The weapon is cocked by pulling back its cocking lever which has the appearance of a traditional hammer. This lever cocks the internal hammer and is ready for firing. Its loading and firing actions work perfectly. The price for this very rare transitional rifle worthy of further research includes UK delivery. NB as an antique black powder rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 14573 £1,450.00 |
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Extremely Rare, Original, British, George II Era, Pre Land Pattern, 42 Inch Barrel Brown Bess .75” Musket by Buckmaster of London. Sn - 21851:6 This is an extremely rare pre Land Pattern Brown Bess musket by Joseph Buckmaster, a London gunsmith who traded from 1730. Robert Buckmaster obtained the freedom of Gunmakers Company on 11th July 1727 and his proof piece was accepted in 1730. In 1732, he was in business at Preston’s Yard, Hatchet Alley, Towerhill in London. His makers mark was a star over IB. From 1740, there was increasing mention of a short land pattern musket that had started about 1720. The long pattern had a barrel length of 46 inches and the short pattern had a barrel length of 42 inches. The short pattern was fitted with a wooden ramrod. Very few of these pre Land Pattern muskets survive and most are in museums. This is an unmolested example of the Pre Land Pattern 42 Inch Barrel Brown Bess .75” Musket. This musket has a barrel length of 42 inches and an overall length of 58 inches. The stock is carved round the squared off barrel tang and the breech has the baluster turning in front of the tang. The flat 6 ½ inches by 1 ¼ inches long lockplate is signed BUCKMASTER with two line engraving and a small decoration behind the cock. The lock has an early single bridle for the frizzen and is retained by 2 sidenails from the flat brass sideplate. The barrel is London proofed and carries the makers mark star over IB (Robert Buckmaster) between the proof marks which was Josephs Buckmasters mark. The barrel is retained at the breach by a screw from the trigger guard instead of being secured from the top. The stock has a flat brass butt plate and the trigger guard is solid behind the curled trigger. The brass tipped ash ramrod is retained by 3 ram rod ferrules. Where the ramrod enters the stock, there is no ferrel fitted as on late models, only a plain wooden ram rod channel. The musket is stocked to 2 ¾ inches form the muzzle with a simple small rectangular block foresight. Brass nosecaps were generally added after 1750. There is a blank oval brass escutcheon fitted to the top of the wrist. The barrel is smooth with a nice patina and the bore has staining and residue with use. The lock has a strong and crisp action. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks with only minor knocks and bumps with age and at some stage it has had an contempory old small inlet repair to the fore end top which has been nicely done. At some time the guns original swan necked cock has been replaced with an India pattern ring neck cock usually due to the fragility of the swan necked cock and probably long service of the gun as the sides of the wooden butt have been contemporary decorated with small brass nails with Waterloo on the right hand side and Salamanca on the left hand side. See Great British Gunmakers, 1540 – 1740 by W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, page 453, British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W. Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:6 £7,450.00 |
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19th Century Ottoman Empire 24 Bore Miquelet Lock Rifle With Octagonal Barrel, Tiger Stripe Olive Or Palm Wood Stock, Silvered Hand Tooled Decoration, Action & Barrel Arabic Gunsmith / Family Signatures & Ram Rod. Sn 15226 - 15226 Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators, largely in the English-speaking world, for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkans, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire and throughout Spain's colonies from the late 16th to the mid 19th Centuries. The miquelet may have come to the attention of arms makers in Istanbul & North Africa via long-established trade routes from Italian city-states through the port of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to provinces on the Balkan Peninsula. Other avenues were probably provided by booty from corsair raids and/or from the many Ottoman-Euro conflicts of the period. The muzzle loading weapons were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. They were seen as very personal weapons, and unlike the typical military weapons of the time which were very plain and utilitarian, the weapons tended to be well crafted and were usually intricately decorated. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated. This is a 19th century miquelet lock musket in the form found in the Ottoman Empire in that era. It measures 48” overall length. It has an octagonal 34" long steel sighted barrel which is 14.93 mm muzzle diameter (approx. 24 Bore). The bore has staining consistent with age and crisp well defined rifling. The barrel & action have Arabic roundels most likely gunsmith and or family name. It has steel barrel bands. The hammer and action have ornate silvered decoration. The weapon has its original steel ram rod. Its original Olive or Palm wood stock has an attractive Tiger stripe hue and bone or Ivory inlays. The stock has old stable repairs. It has a steel ball end trigger on the underside of the stock. The butt is mounted with decorative metal plates. The wood and metal have the wear and patina to be expected of a native weapon of its age. The rifle cocks and dry fires but due to age and condition it is advised that this action is not performed to avoid damage to the action. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique miquelet musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 15226 £895.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** Extremely Rare, Original, Quality, British, Henry Nock, Screwless Lock. Duke of Richmond’s Pattern Musket, Short Land Pattern, 39 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket. Sn - 21851:5 This is an original, Quality, unmessed with British, Henry Nock Short Duke of Richmond’s Pattern Short Land Pattern Musket, 39 inch barrel Brown Bess .75 inch calibre musket fitted with a Nock Screwless Lock. This musket is modelled on the Duke of Richmond’s pattern musket made between 1794 and 1797 in 2 variations with 42 inch barrels. This musket measures 55 inches overall with a barrel length of 39 inches. The barrel has and has 2 London proof marks stamped on side of the breach with HN (Henry Nock) stamped between them. The breech plug also has a sighting groove in it. The patent Nock lock lockplate is engraved on the side H NOCK and has 2 line engraving round it. The original muskets were made with 4 ram rod tubes. This is a short land pattern Brown Bess musket made to the Short Land Pattern with 3 ram rod tubes and a steel ramrod. The barrel is retained by 3 flat steel wedges instead of round pins. The butt is fitted with the short land pattern butt plate and the lock is retained by a flat side plate with 3 screws in it. The cocking and firing mechanism work as they should with a strong spring pressure. The bore has staining and residue with use. The quality walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks and has only minor knocks and bumps with age. This is nice untouched example of an Henry Nock screwless lock Brown Bess short land pattern musket. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. New evidence from surviving prototypes illustrates the development of the rare musket that has become known as the ‘Duke of Richmond’s Musket’. The need for large quantities of arms to fight the wars with France resulted in the abandonment of this excellent gun in favour of the lower quality but much faster to make India Pattern Musket, and afterwards many Duke of Richmond Muskets were converted to conventional locks and then lost in the Tower of London fire of 1841. Only a handful of examples exist today. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:5 £6,750.00 |
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**VERY RARE**MINT BORE**1864 American Civil War James H. Merrill’s 2nd Type 1858 / 1861 Patent .54 Calibre Single Shot Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine With Brass Furniture, Steel Saddle Bar & Ring. A 1119 - A 1119 The Merrill carbine was a breechloader firearm designed by Baltimore, Maryland gunsmith and inventor James H. Merrill. It was one of several firearms made by Merrill in fulfillment of contracts with the Union Government during the U.S. Civil War and were issued to Cavalry units. The carbine is loaded by pulling back the flat, knurled steel lugs on the breech cover and lifting it to reveal the breech and inserting the cartridge. The carbines were produced in two versions: First Type and Second Type. The First Type included a brass patchbox in the stock. The Second Type was produced without the patch box. The carbines were in service with the Union army during the civil war between 1863 and 1865. This is an excellent original example of the 2nd type Merrill 1858 / 61 patent carbine. The metal work is undamaged with even aged patina. Its original wood stock is all original. The 20" barrel’s bore is near mint, clean and bright with crisp rifling. It measures 37” overall. The carbine is fitted with 2 leaf rear swivel sight & blade fore sight. It also has a steel saddle bar & ring (there is an old stable repair to a fine crack on the stock at the rear saddle bar screw). It has a brass butt plate, barrel band and trigger guard. The action plate is stamped with Merrill’s name & 1858 -1861 patent detail ‘J.H. Merrill Balto Pat July 1858 / Apl 9. May 21-28-61’ together with 1864 date & American Eagle mark (all illustrated). The breech cover has ‘J.H. Merrill Balto Pat July 1858’. The carbine is serial number '16588' which is stamped on the hinged breech cover. This type 2 carbine is correctly without patch box. The weapon’s loading and firing actions work as they should. The price for this very rare piece of American Civil War history includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. A 1119 £2,495.00 |
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**AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WARS & NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** Original, British, Pre 1785, Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket with 4 ram Rod Tubes. Sn - 21851:4 This is an original, unmessed with early British Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch barrel Brown Bess .75 inch calibre musket. The musket measures 58 inches overall with a barrel length of 42 inches. The barrel has and has Crown & GR proof marks stamped on top of the breach which dates it to pre 1785. After that date, the proof marks were stamped on the side of the breech. The lock has the early swan necked cock and is fitted with the double bridal, a modification introduced after 1760. The swan neck lock and the lockplate both have double line engraving. The lock plate measures 7 x 1 ¼ inches is nicely engraved with TOWER GR (George Regina) and an inspection mark. The cock clamp screw is both screwed and slotted. The steel frizzen spring has the correct finial next to the mounting screw. The stock has 4 brass ram rod pipes, the top one has the trumpet shape and the second one has a coned front of the early muskets. The bottom two pipes are parallel is form. The stock is carved round the squared off barrel tang and the breech has the baluster turning in front of the tang. All of the screws and fittings are in good condition with little signs of wear. The butt is fitted with the short land pattern butt plate and has the blank brass escutcheon at the wrist held in place by a single screw through trigger guard. The musket is fitted with the correct steel mushroomed head ramrod. There is not much wear to the musket and the lock works nicely. The barrel has a nice patina and the bore has staining and residue with use. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks with only minor knocks and bumps with age and at some stage had an old contempory repair to the stock and fore end which has been nicely done. This is nice untouched example of an early Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:4 £3,450.00 |
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**MINT BORE**American Civil War Era, U.S Army Remington 1858 Army New Model 6 Shot, .44 Calibre Single Action Revolver. A 1116 - A 1116 The Remington 1858 Army New Model Revolvers were used during the American Civil War and the design was the beginning of a successful line of medium and large frame percussion revolvers. Due to limited availability of Colt 1860 Army Revolvers at the time, large numbers of the Remington revolver were ordered by the Union Government. It was favoured for its durability. This is an excellent original Civil War Era, Model 1858 Army New Model, Large frame, .44 calibre, revolver. The pistol has an 8" octagonal barrel and measures 14" overall. The barrel’s bore is near mint clean and bright with crisp rifling. It has a brass blade fore sight, grooved frame rear sight & captive lever ramrod. The underside of the barrel is numbered ‘123413’. The top barrel flat is signed ‘Patented Sept 14 1858 E. Remington& Sons Ilion New York USA New Model’. The metal work has factory inspectors marks (illustrated). The metal work has original blue finish which has holster wear in areas & it has a brass trigger guard. Its original walnut grips are excellent and undamaged. One grip has an Army inspector’s acceptance impressed cartouche. The pistol’s single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price for this excellent piece includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap & ball percussion revolver no licence is required to own this pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1116 £2,450.00 |
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**AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WARS & NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**1763-1799 Georgian British Wheeler (London) 39” Barrel India Pattern Brown Bess .750 Musket Calibre Flintlock Musket. Sn 21851:3 - 21851:3 India Pattern Brown Bess muskets were the standard British Infantry Musket between 1797 & 1854. Some were in use pre-1797 purchased from the East India Company for use in Egypt (see 32-35 of British Military Long Arms 1715-1815 by Bailey where India pattern muskets are described & illustrated). This is an original British India Pattern Brown Bess flintlock. It has a standard 39” barrel (55” overall) with a fixed iron foresight (the very earliest production Brown Bess muskets had a 46 or 42 inch barrel). The barrel's bore has just light staining consistent with age & use. Its lock plate is marked with a crown and the letters GR (King George Rex) together with ‘WHEELER’ across the tail of lock (Robert WHEELER had a work shop in Birmingham circa 1763-1799, he also made weapons for the HUDSONS BAY COMPANY). The top of the barrel has crisp English black powder proof marks. The makers name denotes that the lock was privately made but was manufactured to British military specifications. The musket has standard British military ordnance pattern brass fittings including butt plate, trigger guard with extended tang, fore end cap & brass ramrod pipes. Its all original Walnut stock has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age and service use. The Musket has its original iron ramrod & 2 sling swivels. These famous flintlock Brown Bess muskets were used in many wars and conflicts throughout history, including the American Revolutionary War of independence & The Napoleonic Wars as well as many others. The price for this historic piece includes UK delivery. N.B As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21851:3 £3,450.00 |
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Extremely Rare, Original, Quality, British, Henry Nock, Number 2 on the Breech, Screwless Lock Volunteer .65 inch Baker Rifle. Sn - 21851:2 This is an extremely rare, original, unmessed with, British Baker rifle (Pattern 1800 Infantry Rifle) by the famous gunsmith Henry Nock. The rifle carries the number 2 stamped on the top of the breech indicating it was number 2 of his production of his Baker rifles. The rifle was invented by Ezekiel Baker and the Baker Rifle muzzle-loading flintlock rifle, was the first British rifle to be used in British service. The rifle was first issued to the Rifle Brigade in 1800 and remained in use until 1838. The rifle is fitted with the rare, enclosed Nock patent screwless lock signed in script H. NOCK with a starburst engraved at the front. The rifle has a 26 inch Damascus steel rifled barrel with an octagonal breech 2 ¾ inches long which is stamped H.NOCK PATENT and No2 on the breech. The barrel is fitted with the Baker sword bayonet to the right hand side of the muzzle. The barrel has 7 groove rifling with a clean bore and well-defined rifling. The standing notch rear-sight is fitted on a shaped foot with a blade foresight. The rifles walnut stock is stocked to 1 ¼ inches from the muzzle and has a split ramrod channel. The stock is fitted with a raised leather covered cheek piece which was a common modification in the field with these rifles. The left hand side opposite the lock with an inspection mark (illustrated). The stock has a baker style hinged patch box to the right hand side of the stock and is complete with its two iron sling swivels. The trigger guard is numbered 437. The rifle is fitted with its correct pan headed swelled ramrod. There is not much wear to the musket and the lock works nicely. The barrel is smooth with a nice patina and the bore has light staining and residue with use. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with only minor knocks and bumps with age. This is nice untouched example of a Baker rifle with a Henry Nock screwlesss lock. NB As an antique miquelet musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display.See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. NB As an antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. The price includes U.K. delivery. Sn 21851:2 £ £9,750.00 |
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