Antique Guns and Equipment
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1831 – 1834 English, Gameson & Co London, 40 Bore Round Action Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel & Concealed Folding Trigger. Sn 21094 - 21904 David & Joseph Gameson were English London based gunmakers. Between 1831 & 1834 they were operating as Gameson & Co at 67 Threadneedle Street, London (see page 161 of British gunmakers Vol.1 By Brown). This is a nice percussion pocket pistol by Gameson & Co. The pistol is 6” overall with a 1 ½” screw off smoothbore barrel. The bore has staining and residue consistent with age & use. The left side of the round steel action is signed ‘Gameson & Co’ within foliate panel. It has a sliding safety bolt, folding concealed trigger and Dolphin hammer. The action works as crisply. It has crisp proof /inspection marks on the underside of the frame & barrel. Its excellent original bag shaped walnut grip has fine chequering and is inlaid with a void silver roundel. 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 21094 (drawers office) £375.00 |
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C1830 English Fotherby (York) 40 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 21903 - 21903 In Nigel Brown's books British Gunmakers Volumes 1 & 2 there are several provincial Gunmakers named Fotherby recorded, all based at various address in the York area of England. There are no London Gunmakers named Fotherby recorded in the Volumes). This a good English traveling percussion pocket pistol by Fotherby. It is just under 7 ¼” overall with a 2 ¼” screw off barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The underside of the action has crisp English proofs. Its action is decorated with foliate panel and one side. The other side has an oval foliate etched panel which has the maker’s name within ‘Fotherby’. The rear of the action has a safety bolt. The metal has even aged patina. Its original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 21903 (drawers office) £375.00 |
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C1845 English Rippon & Burtob 39 Oxford Street (London) Large 50 Bore Percussion Traveling Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 21902 - 21902 Rippon & Burtob were English London based gunmakers recorded as being established in 1820 at 12 Wells Street, then at Oxford Street 1843 & finally at 39 Oxford Street in 1845 (see page 197 of British Gunmakers Vol.1 by Brown). This a good English traveling percussion pocket pistol by Bond in large 50 bore. It is 7 ¼” overall with a 3” screw off barrel (a tool is required to turn off the barrel, we do not have the tool). The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The action and barrel have crisp English proofs. Its action is decorated with foliate panels. One panel has the makers name diagonally hand engraved ‘Rippon & Burtob’ the other side has the address also diagonally engraved ’39 Oxford Street’. The metal has even aged patina. Its original bag shaped wood grip is excellent & undamaged. The top of the stock is inlaid with void German silver diamond shaped escutcheon. The trigger guard is decorated with a stylised star motif. The weapon cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 21902 (drawers office) £375.00 |
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**RARE**British Williams & Powell Liverpool Naval Officer’s Private Purchase Pattern 1842 .750 Musket Bore Calibre Sea Service Musket. Sn 21877 - 21877 Regulation Enfield Tower Pattern 1842 Muskets were originally smoothbore but orders for rifling smoothbore muskets were issued in 1852 and 1854. All conversions were completed by May 1855. These muskets were aboard ship and equipped Naval brigades ashore during the Crimean war and Indian Mutiny amongst others into the 1860s (see page 66 plates 61, 62 & 63 and page 67 of British Military Longarms 1815-1865 by Bailey where sea service muskets & rifled muskets are illustrated). Naval officer’s often privately purchased smoothbore 1842 pattern sea service muskets, which were considered better quality than the regulation issue. Private purchase weapons escaped conversion to rifled barrels by the War department unlaess the Officer privately commissioned rifling of their musket barrels. Thomas Williams & Samuel Powell were English Gunsmiths based in Liverpool. Their business was established in 1780 and the Company traded under that name until C1909 (the original partnership lasted until 1846). The original partnership is recorded as having premises at various Liverpool addresses including 10 Pool Lane Liverpool, South Castle Street. Later addresses after 1846 include Thomas Street, Old Hall Street, 25 & 27 South Castle Street, Old Hall Street & Finally C1909 1 Exchange Street West (see page 368 of Brown’s book ‘British Gunmakers Vol. 2’).This is a scarce, Williams & Powell Naval Officer’s private purchase sea service musket, that has avoided conversion to rifled bore. The action plate of this example has the makers name ‘Williams & Powell Liverpool’. It has Crown VR (Victoria Regina) Tower (Enfield) & 1866 date. The undamaged, all original, Walnut stock has regulation pattern brass furniture. The 30” barrel has a smooth bore which has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The barrel has crisp proofs. The weapon measures 46” overall length. It has a shallow blade fore sight, sling swivels & original iron ram rod. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21877 (NB WE HAVE A RIFLED BARREL CONVERSION EXAMPLE OF THE REGULATION PATTERN 1842 AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE STOCK NUMBER, A 1112) £975.00 |
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Victorian British Reilly London Volunteer Officer’s Private Purchase 2 Band .577 Obsolete Calibre Snider Rifle. Sn 21881 - 21881 This is an original Snider .577 calibre rifle, no doubt a private purchase item for a volunteer / militia Officer. The action plate is signed with manufacturer’s name ‘Reilly London’ (most likely, Edward Michael Reilly an English Gunmaker who between 1861 & 1869 had premises at 315 & 502 New Oxford Street, London, operating as E.M Reilly & Co, see page 195 & 196 of English Gunmakers Vol.1 By Brown). The breech cover is stamped with Snider’s patent ‘arrow through S' mark and the breech cover has a knurled lever locking catch. It has all original wood work with chequered panels at the wrist and fore stock, steel butt plate, fore end block and trigger guard. The wood has just knocks bumps and bruises to be expected. The rifle has its original bayonet bar, iron ramrod, ladder rear sight, block and blade fore sight, military heavy hammer & sling swivels. The barrel’s bore has staining consistent with age and use and well defined rifling. The barrel has proof inspection marks. Total length is 49" with a 30 ½” barrel. The gun is serial number 11418 which is stamped on the trigger guard tang. The cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB as an antique obsolete calibre rifle no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21881 £1,195.00 |
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Manton & Co, Gunmaker Calcutta & Delhi, Pattern 1860, 2 Band, 19 Bore Smoothbore Rifle. Sn - 21839 Manton & Co, Gunmaker Calcutta & Delhi were a high class of quality guns in India in the 19th and 20th centuries. Manton only sourced quality guns and they were made in England. This is a quality 19 bore smoothbore Enfield pattern 1860 Short rifle that was manufactured and proofed as a 19 bore smooth bore gun for patched ball. The gun has a barrel length of 32 inches and an overall length of 47 ½ inches. The gun has the correct military rearsight graduated to 1100 yards, foresight with the correct iron furniture and Baddley barrel band. The breech of the barrel is stamped MANTON & CO GUNMAKER CALCUTTA & DELHI. There are also 2 British Victorian black powder proof marks either side of a number 19 which is the old Victorian proof for 19 bore (.630 inches) which means that it was originally proofed as a 19 bore smoothbore gun for use in India. These proof marks are the original proofing marks which would have been applied at its original proofing of the gun at 19 Bore. The top of the tang is stamped MADE IN ENGLAND. The gun carries the serial number 53870 on the bottom of the trigger guard and the top of the barrel. The action cocks and dry fires. The barrel and lockplate retain much of their original blued finish and the woodwork has minor bumps and knocks with use. The bore is clean and bright. See pages 74 & 75, British Military Longarms 1815-1865 by D.W. Bailey, British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21839 £895.00 |
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British, Military Stocked, Percussion 13 Bore, 4 Groove Rifle with 20” Heavy Barrel. Sn - 12851:11 This is a Birmingham made, short, percussion, 13 bore, 4 groove, heavy barrelled rifle with a 20 inch barrel measuring 35 ½ inches overall. The rifle is stocked with Brown Bess musket fittings with a plain lockplate with single line engraving in the shape of a flintlock Brown Bess percussion lockplate. The rifle is stocked to within ¼ inch of the muzzle. The lock plate has a large hammer and is retained by 2 sidenails through a flat brass sideplate which is engraved Bore 13. The 4 groove, 20 inch barrel has Birmingham proof marks stamped at the breech and a simple post foresight. The steel ramrod has a large button head at the top. The military stocked rifle has brass Service furniture including butt plate, trigger guard, fore end and 2 ram rod tubes. The gun has its original walnut stock which has minor knocks, bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use. The round steel ramrod has a large button head. The metal work has even patina throughout and the 4 groove barrel has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21851:11 £1,450.00 |
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East India Company Type B .75” Musket Bore Percussion Musket. Sn - 21851:9 This is an East India Company type B percussion musket. This musket was an early percussion conversion of the EIC flintlock gun by fitting a new breech plug with an integral nipple that replaced the earlier breech plug. The musket retained the original profile lock of the flintlock which was changed on the model C. The gun measures 54 inches in length. The 39 inch round steel barrel has a block foresight and a V back sight. The original percussion lock plate is held in by three side pins with a flat brass sideplate. The lockplate is stamped with the EIC rampant lion and cocks correctly. The gun has its original walnut stock which has the knocks, bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The gun has brass furniture including butt plate, trigger guard, fore end and ram rod mounts. The round steel ramrod has a round rammer head. The metal work has even patina throughout and the barrel has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The price includes UK delivery. 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 21851:9 £895.00 |
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Scarce, Dublin, Preventative Water Guard, PWG, (Pre 1822 Coastguard), Quality, Rigby of Dublin .650” bore Flintlock Carbine. Sn - 21851:8 John Rigby is a famous gunmaker of quality guns founded in Dublin in 1775. During the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), smugglers were extremely active in the waters around the southern and eastern coasts of Ireland. In an effort to deal with this problem, the British Government established the P.W.G. (Preventative Water Guard) in 1809. The Guard operated small boats along the shore to intercept smugglers who had escaped the larger Revenue cutters out at sea. Despite also having Customs Officers on land, this response proved to be inadequate and smuggling continued to thrive. By 1819 the Commissioners of Customs in Dublin were forced to look for help from the Controller General of the Water Guards deputy, General James Dombrain who went to south-west Cork where he set about re-organising the Water Guard. In 1822, the Preventative Water Guard, Revenue cutters and Customs Officers were all amalgamated into the Coast Guard under the Board of Customs who set about building a line of stations around the coast of Ireland. This is a flintlock carbine with a captive ramrod made Rigby of Dublin. The carbine has a 21 ½ inch damascus barrel an overall length of 37 inches. The top of the damascus .650 “ bore barrel is stamped DUBLIN P.W.G (Port Water Guard) and has a rearsight forged into the top of the tang. The lockplate is stamped RIGBY and has a chamfered border. The lockplate is held on by 2 sidenails that are screwed through 2 recessed brass ferules. The barrel has a captive ramrod on a recessed mount which is stamped with the number 1765 on the left hand side where a bayonet could be carried and fixed to the bayonet stud that also acts a fore sight. The carbine has a fine walnut stock which has minor knocks and bumps with use. The damascus 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. NB As an antique carbine 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 21851:8 £1,495.00 |
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**Napoleonic War Period**. Scarce, British Officers .75” Bore, 28 inch Barrel, Pattern 1796 Harcotts Heavy Dragoon Flintlock Carbine by P.Bond of London. Sn - 21851:7 In addition to various types of swords the cavalry was armed with pistols and carbines. As with swords, 1796 saw the introduction of several new standard firearms. This carbine of 0.76 inch calibre was shorter than the infantry musket, which made it easier to use when mounted. The carbine could be fitted with a bayonet. The barrel is nearly full stocked, ½ inches from the muzzle and has a brass nose cap and two brass ramrod pipes that retain a steel ramrod. The pattern 1796 heavy dragoon carbine had the same calibre as the infantry musket making ammunition supply easier. This is a Napoleonic War period British officers .75” bore Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry Carbine made by P. Bond of London. Edward Bond had a gunsmiths shop at 59 Lombard Street, from 1774 to 1794. He became master of the gun-makers company in 1780 and died in 1790. His son Phillip Bond took over his company until 1810. Philip Bond also had a workshop at 45 Cornhill London between 1800-1816 when he died in 1816. The carbine has a 28 inch barrel which is the barrel length of the Harcourt Carbine of 1793 with an overall length of 44 inches. The Harcourt carbine was made in a limited production by Henry Nock called the pattern 1796 Harcourt carbine and was replaced in 1798 by the heavy Dragoon Carbine Pattern 1796. This would date the weapon to pre 1798. The lockplate is engraved P BOND and has a bevelled edge and is retained by 3 sidenails from the flat brass side plate. The barrel is London proofed and carries the makers mark star over PB (Philip Bond) between the proof marks which was Philip Bonds mark. The barrel is retained at the breach by a screw at the tang and 3 flat barrel wedges. The musket has a simple small rectangular block foresight that also serves as a bayonet lug. The carbine has a tapered button heads steel ramrod which fits nicely in the pipes. 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. See pages 58 & 59 British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W. Bailey, British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore, Chapter 5 in British Cavalry Carbines & Pistols of the Napoleonic Era by Barry Chisnall and Geoffrey Davies & British Gunsmiths by Nigel Brown, Page 143. 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. The price includes U.K. delivery. Sn 21851:7 £2,750.00 |
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