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SOLD SOLD (12/08) 1811-1822 English Duncan Davidson Birmingham Coaching Flintlock Blunderbuss With Ram Rod & Integral Folding Bayonet. Sn 22716 - 22716
The English gunmaker Duncan Davidson of Birmingham is recorded at St Mary’s Row between 1811 & 1822. The business is recorded as Davidson & Son between 1822 & 1824 at 18 Russell Street Birmingham & then at Edgbaston Lane, Bath Road Mill 1834-1839 (see page 203 of British Gunmakers Vol. 2 By Brown. We can find no other gunmakers named Davidson working in the flintlock era in either London or the provinces). This is an excellent Blunderbuss no doubt by Duncan Davidson of Birmingham and is of the type favoured by Coach drivers for self protection against Highwaymen. It is 30” overall (bayonet closed) with a 14” round steel barrel which is a large 1” muzzle opening smooth bore. The smooth bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a steel cock fitted with flint, Walnut full stock with chequered wrist panels and steel mounts. The wood has just light age and handling related bumps and bruises. The trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial & butt plate tang have light foliate engraved decoration. The stock has an inlaid void white metal escutcheon. The breech has a platinum lined vent plug. The steel lock plate is crisply signed 'Davidson' and has a sliding safety bolt that works as it should. It has an ebonised wood ramrod with brass end cap and steel worm. The blunderbuss has its original integral folding bayonet mounted on top of the barrel which is retained by a spring clip at the muzzle end & sliding catch at the breech. The spring clips works correctly and the 11” fullered triangular shaped blade tapers to a pin sharp point. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this quality Blunderbuss includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 22716
£0.00

SOLD SOLD (08/08)**1863-1865 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA**Rogers & Spencer, Utica New York USA, Army Model .44 Calibre Cap & Ball, Single Action 6 Shot Revolver With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 22727 - 22727
The Rogers & Spencer Percussion Army Revolvers were manufactured in C1863-65 during the American Civil War. In January 1865, the United States Government contracted with Rogers & Spencer for 5,000 of the large frame pistols. This is an excellent example of the Rogers & Spencer, large frame, .44 calibre, cap and ball revolver. The pistol has a 7 ½” octagonal barrel and measures 13 ¾” overall. The bore is clean with well defined rifling. The cylinder frame is crisply stamped with manufacturer detail ‘Rogers & Spencer Utica NY’ (illustrated). The grip frame & barrel are stamped with matching numbers ‘2558’. The cylinder is numbered ‘3476’. The metal work and undamaged wood grips have matching factory inspector marks ‘B’. The metal has most of its original blue finish, age faded to grey in areas. It has a captive lever ramrod and conical brass fore sight. The rear sight consists of a groove in the top of the cylinder frame. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this excellent Civil War pistol includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap and ball revolver no licence is required to own this pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display Sn 22727
£0.00

1863 American Civil War Era, Merrill .54 Inch Brech Loading Percussion Cavalry Carbine Sn - 22713
H. Merrill of Baltimore, Maryland produced approximately 14,500 percussion carbines during and used during the Civil War and were used by the cavalry regiments. This is a Merrill cavalry carbine that was made in 1863 that is in excellent condition. The carbine measures 37 inches long with a 20 inch barrel. The barrel has a mint bore with 3 groove rifling and retains most of its original blued finish.The rifle is stamped on the top of the breech lever J.H. MERRILL BALTO PAT JULY 1858 together with the serial number 18846. The lockplate is stamped J H MERRILL BALTO PAT JULY 1858 APL 9 MAY 21-28-61 together with the inspection letter T. The lockplate, rear sight, trigger guard and breech seal carry the inspection stamp T. The barrel has a 3 position rear sight graduated to 100, 300 and 500 yards. The barrel retains much of its original blued finish with some patinaton with the woodwork being in excellent condition with only minor marks from use. The rifle is fitted with a saddle bar and ring to the left hand side of the stock. The carbine is fitted with a brass trigger guard, butt plate and barrel band. The underside of the loading lever and breach rammer carry the stamping O over 34. The loading and firing actions work as they should. The price for this carbine includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion calibre weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22713
£1,975.00

SOLD SOLD (11/08) American Civil War Era, Spencer Repeating Rifle Company, 1865 Patent, .52” Rimfire Obsolete Calibre Repeating Rifle With 7 Shot Tubular Magazine. Sn - 22714
The Spencer .52 calibre repeating carbine was designed by Christopher Spencer in 1860. It was a manually operated lever-action, repeating rifle fed from a tube magazine and was the world’s first repeating rifle produced between 1860 and 1869. The gun was adopted by the Union Army during the American Civil War and was used by both Union and Confederate forces. The Spencer had an innovative tubular magazine fed into the butt via a trap with steel latch. This is an original example of Spencer’s 1865 Model rifle in good condition. The rifle measures 47 ¼ inches long with a 28 ½ inch barrel. The barrel has a mint bore with 6 groove rifling and retains most of its original blued finish as does the steel barrel bands. The side of the barrel, breech block, loading lever, hammer and butt plate carry the inspection stamp H. the barrel has a 800 yard ladder rearsight with the standard foresight for the bayonet to attach. The rifles serial number 2039 is stamped on the top of the tang. The top of the breech is stamped SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. BOSTON MASS PAT’D MARCH 1860 and the barrel is stamped with the model designation M 1865 at the breech. The barrel and driving bands retain much of their original blued finish and the woodwork is in excellent condition with only minor marks from use. the rifle retains its original pair of sling swivels. The loading and firing actions work as they should. The price for this rifle 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. Sn 22714
£0.00

American Civil War Era, Smiths Saddle Ring Carbine .50 Inch Percussion Cavalry Carbine. Sn - 22712
This is a Smiths percussion cavalry carbine which is in excellent condition and retains much of its original finish. The carbine carries the low serial number 1544 stamped to the breech mechanism. The carbine has a 22 inch half octagonal and half round barrel retaining most of its original blued finish, with a mint .50 inch bore and 3 groove rifling. The carbine measures 39 inches in length. The carbine is fitted with 2 position flip up rear sight and is stamped on the barrel STARR ARMS CO YONKERS N.Y. The carbine is stamped on the left hand side of the hinged barrel MANUFACTURED BY AM N MCH N WKS SPRINGFIELD MASS. The left hand side of the breech is stamped ADDRESS POULTNEY & TRIMBLE BALTIMORE U.S.A. The barrel carries the inspection letters LFR to the side of the barrel. The carbine fitted with a steel buttplate and solid barrel band with a saddle ring fitted to the left hand side of the breech. The carbine retains much of its original blued finish to the barrel, locking lever and trigger guard. The barrel is opened by pressing the front button in the trigger guard. The walnut woodwork is in excellent condition with only minor knocks to the surface and carries the JJC (John Cornwell) cartouche behind the action on the left hand side. This is an excellent example of the scarce Smiths model with little wear. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22712
£1,795.00

American Civil War, Starr Arms Company Percussion Saddle Ring Carbine .54 Inch Cavalry Carbine. Sn - 22709
In January 1858, Ebenzer Starr submitted his design for a single-shot, breech-loading rifle to the Washington Armory for evaluation. During testing, the rifle was noted to have no misfires, and its accuracy was considered better than average. The rifle was adopted as the Model 1858 carbine and between 1861 and 1864, over 20,000 were produced by the Starr Arms Company of Yonkers, New York. This is a Starr Arms Co. percussion cavalry carbine which is in excellent condition and retains much of its original finish. The carbine has a round blued 21 inch barrel with a mint .54 inch bore and 6 groove rifling. The carbine is fitted with 2 position flip up rear sight and es stamped on the barrel STARR ARMS CO YONKERS N.Y. The carbine measures 37 ½ inches in length. The steel action stamped behind the loading channel STARR’S PATENT SEPT 14th 1858. The lockplate is stamped on the side STARR ARMS CO YONKERS N.Y. The carbine fitted with a brass buttplate and solid barrel band. A saddle ring is fitted to the left hand side of the breech. The carbine retains much of its original blued finish to the barrel, action, breech, lockplate, hammer and operation lever. The walnut woodwork is in excellent condition with only minor knocks to the surface. The carbine is in excellent condition with very little wear to the metalwork or screw heads. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. This is an excellent example of the scarce Sharps Model 1852 carbine. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22709
£2,250.00

SOLD SOLD (29/07) American Civil War Era, SCARCE, Early, 54 inch bore, Sharps Model 1852, Percussion Saddle Carbine. Sn - 22711
The Sharps Model 1852, sometime referred to as the Slant Breech or Sloping Breech was the first commercially successful carbine made by the Sharps Rifle Company. Roughly 5000 Model 1852 were produced between 1853 and 1855 with the serial numbers between 2050 to 7500. This is an excellent example of the carbine and carries the serial number 5237 dating it to 1854. The barrel and breech and some of the operating lever retain much of its original blued finish and is stamped at the breech SHARPS RIFLE MANUFg. Co. HARTFORD. CONN. at the breech. The barrel has a simple swivelling rear sight and a brass foresight. The breach block retaining pin is held by a spring inlet in the right side of the fore end. The lockplate has a nice smooth finish and is stamped C. SHARPS PATENT 1852. The tang is stamped C.SHARPS PATENT 1848. The lockplate is fitted with the Maynard tape priming system. The tang is stamped with the serial number, 5253. The carbine has a round 22" barrel has a mint bore with 6 groove rifling with an overall length of 38 inches. The breech block has a nice sliding fit and is smooth in operation. The carbine has a brass butt plate, opening butt patch box (stamped 100 inside) and barrel band. The barrel band retains its original long saddle bar attached to the breach with a riding ring. The woodwork is in excellent condition with only minor marks with service use. The carbine is in excellent condition with very little wear to the metalwork or screw heads. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. This is an excellent example of the scarce Sharps Model 1852 carbine. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22711
£0.00

SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 23/07) American Civil War Era, 1862 Dated, U.S. Army Marked Springfield Model 1861 .58 Calibre Muzzle Loading Rifle. Sn - 22710
The Springfield 1861 rifle replaced the earlier Model 1855 rifle and was used from the start of the American Civil War. This rifle retains all of the original features of the Model 1861 rifle. Tis rifle was further refined with the 1863 Model which replaced it and served as the standard infantry rifle for the rest of the American Civil War. The rifle has a 40 inch barrel with an overall length of 56 inches. The barrel has 3 steel barrel bands retained by spring clips and each of the bands are stamped with the inspection letter U. The barrel has a bright finish with the correct two leaf rear sight, graduated for 100, 300 and 500 yards. The top of the breech is clearly dated 1862 with the left angled barrel flat carries the inspection stamps V P over the eagles head. The bevel edged lockplate is crisply stamped with the American eagle, US SPRINGFIELD in front of the hammer with the date 1862 behind the hammer. The stock flat opposite the lock plate carries a pair of cartouches. The upper one appears to read HTH in a flat sided finish inspectors cartouche with rounded ends, and the lower one is that of Springfield Arsenal’s Master Armorer, Erskine S. Allin, (ESA in an oval final acceptance cartouche). There is a small inspection mark which appears to be a WW to the rear of the trigger guard. The rifle carries the correct iron furniture, original swelled, tulip headed ramrod and both sling swivels. The barrel has crisp 3 groove rifling with a bright bore with just minor staining from use. The woodwork is in excellent condition with the usual bumps from service use. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22710
£0.00

Mid 1850s, Irish Constabulary Double Barrelled Percussion Carbine, .750 Bore by Kavanagh, Dublin. Sn - 22726
The Irish Constabulary carbine was approved for Irish service in 1839 as the Pattern 1839 Irish Constabulary carbine had had a carbine bore of .66 inches. The gun had two barrels side by side with a bayonet bar similar to the Brunswick rifle mounted on the right hand barrel. The bayonet was brass hilted and was similar to the Pattern 1837 Brunswick rifle bayonet but with a circular mounting hole in the hilt. Approximately 250 of these carbines were made at Enfield and due to the shortage of carbine, Dublin procured them from elsewhere. This is a Irish Constabulary carbine made by the reputable gunsmith Kavanagh of Dublin, the gun has a 19 ½ inch barrels with an overall length of 35 ½ inches. The .75 inch bore of the carbine is bright with minor staining and residue form use. The heavy twin barrels have a fine damacus twist with a bead foresight and a bayonet bar fitted to the side of the right hand barrel with a square form for the Brunswick style bayonet. The barrels are held to the walnut stock by a single steel wedge. The gun is fitted with back action locks with heavy hammers and are signed KAVANAGH DUBLIN. The stock has a brass butt plate with a brass scroll trigger guard and a white metal ramrod pipe. The stock is in good condition with only minor knocks and bumps form service use. The carbine has a single ramrod pipe with a brass tipped wooden ramrod. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. See British Military Longarms 1815-1865 by D W Bailey, Arms & Armour Press, 1972 page 36. The price includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique carbine and no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22726
£1,895.00

C1800’s Gun Size Embossed Hunting Dog / Deer Scene Pewter Black Powder Flask with Sprung Brass Nozzle Charger. MISC 839 - MISC 839
Hunting accessories were popular in the 1800s. This black powder flask falls into the hunting category of flasks (see page 255 of The powder flask book by Riling for a similar example). This is an excellent, pewter and brass, gun size, black powder flask which is deeply embossed with hunting decoration to both sides consisting of panels featuring hunting Dogs and Deer in the field. The brass charger has no measurement adjustment and spring lever which is fully functioning with a strong action. The nozzle unscrews. The flask is 7 ¼” length and the pewter body is just under 3 ½” at its widest. The pewter has even aged patina. The price for this attractive flask includes UK delivery. MISC 839 (Flasks Drawer Office)
£185.00
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