Antique Guns and Equipment
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**QUALITY MAKER**English C1800 Henry Nock London 50 Bore Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Safety Bolt, Screw Off Barrel & Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 21393:46 - 21393:46 Henry Nock was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunsmith. As well as supplying the military and civilian markets, Nock made expensive pieces for the aristocracy and Royalty and was an appointed gunmaker to the King. Nock's business eventually became Wilkinson Sword. This is an excellent flintlock pocket pistol by Henry Nock London. The pistol’s action is beautifully engraved with Martial Arms and Banner designs. It has a Swan neck cock and sliding safety bolt. One side of the pistol is signed by the manufacturer 'H. Nock' and the reverse 'London'. The pistol measures 6 ½” overall & has a 1 ¾” turn off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & the underside of the action & barrel have black powder proof marks. The pistol has an undamaged bag shaped wood grip which is inlaid with void silver escutcheon. Its cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pistol by a famous maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique flintlock pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:46 £695.00 |
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**QUALITY MAKER**English C1830 Henry Nock London Pair Of 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistols With Fluted Screw Off Barrels & Folding Concealed Triggers. Sn 21393:42 - 21393:42 Henry Nock was a British inventor and engineer of the Napoleonic period, best known as a gunsmith. As well as supplying the military and civilian markets, Nock made expensive pieces for the aristocracy and Royalty and was an appointed gunmaker to the King. Nock's business eventually became Wilkinson Sword. This is an excellent pair of percussion pocket pistols by Henry Nock London. The matching pistols are beautifully engraved with Arms and Banner designs around the steel frames. Both have Dolphin hammers and sliding safety bolts. One side of each pistol is marked by the manufacturer 'H. Nock' and the reverse 'London'. Both measure 5 ¾” overall & have just under 1 ¾” fluted barrels. The barrel’s smooth bores are clean. The muzzle of each barrel are slotted for tool to assist barrel removal, we do not have the tool. Both pistols have concealed folding triggers & the underside of the actions & barrels have black powder proof marks. They both have undamaged bag shaped wood grips which have chequered panel back sections and are inlaid with void silver escutcheons. Their cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pair of percussion pistols by a famous maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own these antique percussion pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:42 £1,175.00 |
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1856 French Mutzig Arsenal Model 1822 .700 Calibre Muzzle Loading Dragoon Cavalry Percussion Pistol With Regulation Brass Fittings & Iron Powder Measure Ram Rod. Sn 21449:3 - 21449:3 An original French Model 1822 Mutzig Arsenal Dragoon Cavalry pistol. Many of these pistols were carried by Confederate troops in the American Civil war supplied by their French allies. This French Dragoon pistol has a Walnut Stock with regulation brass fittings. The all original stock has just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age. The brass has several French inspection marks. The action plate is stamped with ‘Mutzig Arsenal’ detail. The 7 ¾” sighted barrel dated 1856 has inspection marks and numbers (illustrated). The pistol’s smooth bore is clean. The pistol retains the original iron ramrod with hollow powder measure cup tip. The pistol cocks and dry fires with a strong action. The pistol’s brass butt has an iron military lanyard ring. This is a fine example of this pistol, substantial and well made. 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 21449:3 £745.00 |
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Victorian 1858 British WD Enfield Tower .650 Carbine Calibre Percussion Pistol With Regulation Brass Fittings, Military Lanyard Ring & Captive Ram Rod. Sn 21449:2 - 21449:2 This is a nice, original British Enfield Tower percussion pistol. It has all original wood work with regulation pattern brass fittings, including trigger guard with extended tang & butt plate with fixed steel military lanyard ring, brass ram rod flute and fore stock plate. It has a heavy military hammer & captive steel ram rod. It measures 15 ¾” overall with an 9” round steel barrel. The smooth bore is clean. The barrel has English black powder proofs. The barrel and butt plate have number ‘2’ inspection marks. The action works crisply. The action plate is signed with the Enfield ‘Tower’ mark, Crown VR (Victoria Regina), 1858 date and WD arrow inspection mark. 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 a part of a collection or display. Sn 21449:2 £975.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**Georgian British WD Enfield Tower New Land Pattern .650 Carbine Calibre Flintlock Light Cavalry Pistol To The ‘WNYC’ (West Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry) With Brass Mounts & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 21449:1 - 21449:1 A volunteer unit, the Norfolk Rangers, was raised as a home defence force in the county of Norfolk in 1782, during the American Revolutionary War, by the Hon George Townshend. Lord Ferrers of Chartley (later 2nd Marquess Townshend). It consisted of a troop of cavalry and an infantry company. The unit was accepted as Yeomanry Cavalry in 1794, and during the Napoleonic Wars there were three regiments, the West Norfolk, Mid Norfolk and East Norfolk. This is an excellent, original Napoleonic wars era Georgian New Land Pattern Enfield Tower flintlock pistol to the West Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry. It has all original wood work with brass fittings, including trigger guard with extended tang, fore end block & cudgel butt. The trigger guard is engraved ‘WNYC’ to the West Norfolk Yeomanry Cavalry & has a weapon number ‘51’. The metal and brass have other 2 digit numbers (illustrated). The wood has just light bumps and bruises to be expected and has factory inspector’s impressed initials ‘II’. It has a heavy military cock & captive steel ram rod. It measures 15 ½” overall with a 9” round steel barrel. The smooth bore is clean. The barrel has crisp proofs and inspection mark. The action works crisply. The lock plate is signed with the Enfield ‘Tower’ mark & has a WD / Board of Ordnance inspection mark together with Georgian Crown & Royal Cypher ‘GR’ (George Rex). The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21449:1 £1,475.00 |
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**MINT BORE** Swiss Military Vetterli M.1869/71 10.4 mm Obsolete Calibre Bolt Action Rifle By W.v.Stieger, Thun. - A 1090 The Vetterli rifles were a series of Swiss army service rifles in use from 1869 to circa 1890, when they were replaced with Schmidt-Rubin rifles. Modified Vetterli rifles were also used by the Italian Army. The Swiss Vetterli rifles combined the American M1866 Winchester rifle's tubular magazine and a bolt system derived from the German Dreyse. Due to the Swiss Federal Council's early 1866 decision to equip the army with a breech loading repeating rifle, the Vetterli rifles were, at the time of their introduction, the most advanced military rifles in Europe. This is an excellent M1869 / 74 Vetterli bolt action rifle in 10.4mm UK obsolete calibre. The metal work has even patina. It has all original, wood furniture with chequered grip panel on the fore stock. The wood work is in excellent condition and retains the original polished finish. The stock and the fore end are stamped with military ‘Swiss Cross’ mark. The action is signed by the maker W.v.STEIGER, THUN and serial number 31379 which is repeated on the barrel and underside of the action. The bolt has un-matching number. The rifle has an adjustable rear sight, block & blade foresight, steel butt plate and original cleaning rod. The rifle is 51” overall length with a 33” barrel. The barrel’s bore is near mint, clean & bright with crisp rifling. The loading & firing actions are crisp. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1090 £795.00 |
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RESERVED RESERVED Early 19th Century English W. Bond London 50 Bore Brass Flintlock Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel. Sn 21393:37 - 21393:37 A large family of English Gunsmith’s named Bond had premises at various London addresses including at 108 Leadenhall Street, 45 Cornhill and at 'The Golden Blunderbuss' 59 Lombard Street, between 1762 & 1879. The Bond's made and supplied firearms to The British East India Company. A member of that family William Thomas Bond is recorded as working as a Gunsmith on his own at the family addresses in 1836. A William Bond is also recorded as working as working with Edward Bond at 45 Cornhill 1826-1855 and Northumberland Alley London 1871-1879 (see page 143 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). This is a nice, brass Flintlock pocket pistol by W. Bond. It measures just over 6” overall with a just under 1 ½” screw off brass barrel. The barrel's smoothbore has just staining and residue consistent with age & use. The action is signed ‘W.Bond’ within engraved martial arms on one side and the reverse ‘Lombard Street London’ within martial arms. The underside of the action has crisp English proofs. It has a steel cock, frizzen pan, sliding safety catch feature and steel trigger guard. The pistol’s bag shaped wood grip is undamaged. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:37 (in box 21393) £745.00 |
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Imperial German, 1888 Dated, 11mm Mauser (11 x 60R) M1871/84, 8 Shot Tube Magazine Obsolete Calibre Rifle. Sn - 21393:32 This is an Imperial German, 1888 dated1, 11mm (11 x 60R) Mauser Model 1871/84 rifle. The rifle was developed from the single shot model 1871 rifle which was improved and modified into a repeating rifle with a the insertion of a tubular magazine enclosed within the fore end to hold 8 rounds of ammunition that was similar to the Swiss Vettrli rifles of the period. This gun was the first magazine fed gun in the German army. The design of the rifle, introduced into service in 1884 was quickly superseded by the invention of smokeless powder as a propellant which was vastly superior to the older black powders used on the Mauser M1871/84 and similar rifles. The Mauser Gewehr 1888 quickly superseded the M1871/84 in the German army and gun was regulated to secondary use including use in the First World War. This rifle was made at the Imperial Spandau armoury which is stamped on the barrel together with various proof marks and the serial number 1440 which is repeated on the receiver. The side of the receiver is stamped I.G.Mod 71/84 on one side and 1888 (manufacturing date) on the other side. The rifles barrel and actin retains most of its original blued finish. The barrel’s rifling has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The gun has a full length tube magazine, steel butt plate, blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. The weapon’s cocking & firing mechanism work correctly. The rifle has the usual bumps and bruises with service use. The rifle has its original Proof Exemption Certificate dated 29/5/2002. The bayonet for this rifle is listed separately on our web site. NB. As an obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:32 £1,275.00 |
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**MINT BORE** Victorian, c1868 British Officer’s Private Purchase Snider .577 Obsolete Calibre, 2 Band Rifle. Sn - A 1089 This is a British Officer’s Private Purchase .577 Snider Patent 2 band rifle in excellent condition. This Snider rifle has a 36 ½” round steel barrel with near mint bore clean and bright with well-defined 3 groove rifling. The gun has iron fittings including an iron butt plate, fore end block & trigger guard with a single line border engraving. The metalwork has even patina throughout and are retained by screws with engraved heads. The original wood has a chequered wrist and forend and undamaged with just light bumps and bruises to be expected. The mark III breech is fully functioning with a locking bolt and has inspection marks including III (mark III locking breech) stamped into it as well as inspection marks on the barrel. The rifle has 4 sling swivels, the 2 extra ones would have been fitted for a target shooting sling, cleaning rod, fixed foresight and a 1300 yard adjustable rear ladder sight with fine V grooves. The action works crisply. The rifle comes with a single Inert Deactivated Round of .577 Ammunition. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique, obsolete calibre weapon no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. A 1089 £1,250.00 |
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Nepalese Made .577 Enfield 2nd Model 3 Band Rifle. Sn - 21393:31 This is a scarce Nepalese made, .577 second model, 3 band Enfield rifle which is a copy of the British 3 band .577 Second Model Enfield rifle where the barrel is held in by three solid barrel bands retained by spring clips inset into the walnut stock. British made 2nd model rifles were made between 1855 and 1858 and the Indian models mirrored this date in manufacture so it is possible that this rifle saw action in the Indian mutiny in 1857. In 1858 the .577 3 band rifle was replaced by the 1st model Indian .700” Musket which was one of these rifles bored out to .700” with a smooth bore, a v notch rear sight and a block foresight. The rifle differs to the British made guns in that there are no markings on the lock plate, the rear sight is marked in Nepalese script and the lower sling swivel is the Pattern 1842 musket one. The top of the barrel is stamped in Nepalese script and the barrel near the breech plug has a circular mark near to the joint. The 3 grooved rifled barrel is clean with some staining from residue. The butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap are made of brass, the trigger guard and tang of the butt plate carry Nepalese script. The walnut stock carries the usual bumps and knocks from service. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. See Section A, Muzzle Loading Arms on pages 5 & 6 , item RB 33 for the similar Enfield made rifle made between 1855 and 1858 in Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own this musket in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:31 £875.00 |
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