Antique Guns and Equipment
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**VERY RARE**ONE OF ONLY 900** Un-Altered, 1859 Dated, 32 Bore, Jacob Double Rifled Barrel Percussion Rifle By Swinburn & Son To The Indian Jacob's Rifles Battalion. Sn 14786 - 14786 In the history of firearms, the military double rifle invented by British General John Jacob of the Indian Army was probably one of the most ambitious designs ever devised. General Jacob was a fascinating person, one of those larger than life mid-19th century characters whose career reads more like a novel than fact. He tamed great portions of India’s wild Northwest Frontier & set up civil administrations. As an improvement on the British issue Brunswick Rifle, which fired a belted round ball, he devised a symmetrical conical projectile with studs that mechanically fit in the rifle’s bore, giving far better accuracy than the Brunswick. He continued his work, to include the invention of a bullet with a fulminate nose plug that exploded upon contact that was felt would be great for blowing up enemy artillery at long distances. At about the same time he invented the double rifle, and figured that style would perfectly suit his rifling system. In the mid-1850s Jacob contracted with British gunsmith Swinburn & Son to make the unusual arms. Each rifle had a special patchbox proudly engraved with the proposed unit’s name, “Jacob’s Rifles”. Jacob raised a Battalion of native riflemen and armed them with his double gun. “Jacob’s Rifles,” as the unit was to be called, numbered about 1,000 officers and men, 900 of whom were issued with Jacob’s very expensive rifles. Some time after Jacob's death in 1858, the rifles issued to his troops were put back into stores and the troops were given more conventional long arms. Ultimately the doubles were released from service and sold for large game hunting use, some having either one or both barrels converted to smoothbore to allow a choice of shot or bullet. The firm of Swinburn & Son had its origin in the 1832 partnership between John Field and Charles Philip Swinburn. After John Field passed away in 1834, C.P. Swinburn succeeded to the business at 15 Newtown Row, moving to 14 Weaman Row in St. Mary’s in 1838 and eventually to 17 Russell Street in 1840, where the firm remained until it went out of business in 1883. In 1850 the firm expanded to include #16 Russell Street as well and also added a 14 Weaman Row address, likely as a retail location, in 1853. In 1851, the firm became Swinburn & Son with the addition of C.P. Swinburn’s son to the business, who he had named John Field Swinburn in honor of his old partner. This very rare, excellent, original Jacob double-barrelled rifle by Swinburn & Son to The Jacob’s Rifles has not been altered in any way and retains its original military double rifled barrels which are 32 bore. The barrels measure 24” and the gun’s overall length is 40”. Both barrels are clean and the rifling is crisp and well defined. This weapon has its original military bayonet lug. Its sights are graduated to a very optimistic 2,000 yards. (The 6” long rear leaf was so contrived that to use it at an extreme range it had to be fired from the chest). The rifle's cocking and double trigger firing action work crisply. Its wood work and metal are in excellent condition with just the minor bumps & bruises on the wood to be expected of a weapon of this age. Its hammer plates are both marked 'Swinburn & Son 1859' and its patch box lid, crisply marked 'Jacob's Rifles'. The rifle is complete with original ram rod and sling swivels. The price for this innovative, historic piece which is one of only 900 made includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 14786 £4,250.00 |
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**PROFUSELY SILVER DECORATED BARREL**C1790 Turkish Ottoman / Arabic Form Flintlock Long Pistol Blunderbuss With Short Shoulder & Brass Fittings. Sn 22286 - 22286 This is an attractive, very ornate Turkish Ottoman / Arabic flintlock Long Pistol Blunderbuss With Short Shoulder Stock. It is 19”overall with a 10 ¾” long iron barrel with flared muzzle and attractive profuse crisp silvered decoration. The barrel’s smooth bore has typical staining consistent with age and use. The muzzle opening is approx. 1 ¼” diameter. The all original wood full stock has just knocks bumps and bruises consistent with age. The stock incorporates a short shoulder stock with chequered grip panels at the wrist. The stock has brass fittings consisting of brass butt plate, brass stock plate, brass trigger guard with extended tang and brass ram rod flutes fitted with short wood ram rod. The cock is fitted with flint and the lock cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading flintlock no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22286 £695.00 |
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C1820 English 54 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Barrel & Folding Sprung Bayonet. Sn 22287 - 22287 This is a nice, English form, steel framed percussion pocket pistol made C1820. It measures 7 ¼” overall (bayonet closed) with a 2 ½” turn off steel barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has just staining & residue consistent with age & use. The action has foliate engraved decoration. The underside of the action & barrel have crisp English proof marks. It has a steel Dolphin hammer and steel trigger guard engraved with flower motif. The pistol is fitted with a 1 ¼” long folding triangular section bayonet blade. The bayonet block has a sprung steel release button to allow the bayonet to fold into the closed position. When closed the tip of the bayonet fits into a notch in the front of the trigger guard. The bayonet is released and flicks open by pulling the sprung trigger guard to the rear. The pistol’s bag shaped walnut grip is undamaged & inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. 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 22287 (drawers office) £595.00 |
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**VERY ORNATE PROFUSELY SILVER WIRE INLAID**C1790 Turkish Ottoman / Arabic Form Flintlock Long Cavalry Pistol Blunderbuss With Short Shoulder & Saddle Bar. Sn 22289 - 22289 This is an attractive, very ornate Turkish Ottoman / Arabic flintlock Long Cavalry Pistol Blunderbuss With Short Shoulder Stock. It is 18”overall with a 9 ¼” long iron barrel with flared muzzle and attractive crisp silver scrollwork decoration. The barrel’s smooth bore has typical staining and residue consistent with age and use. The muzzle opening is just over 1” diameter. The all original tropical hardwood full stock is excellent. The stock incorporates a short shoulder stock and overall the stock is deeply carved with ornate decoration and inlaid with silver wire scroll work as is its iron butt plate. The stock is fitted with iron saddle bar. The cock is fitted with flint and the lock cocks and dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading flintlock no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22289 £975.00 |
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**RARE**FULLY WORKING**British John H. Hall, Station Works, Wigton, Cumbria, 1902 Patent 16 Bore Pin Fire Obsolete Calibre Automatic 12 Shot Gun Clock Bird / Pest Scarer. Sn 22183 - 22183 John H. Hall was a US gunsmith that invented a hybrid breechloading and muzzleloading rifle adopted by the US Army in 1819. But that’s not who we will be talking about. The John Hall we will be talking about was an auto mechanic. He lived in the small town of Wigton, Cumberland (present day Cumbria), in northwest England. Wigton had a population of 4000 people and was designated as a market town which gave it the legal right to hold a weekly market. In the late 1800s and early 1900s there were a lot of agricultural activities in the surrounding area including notable berry farms, livestock farms and many other types of farms. John Hall owned a company called Station Road Works which was located on Station Road and very likely was the building that is the current Station Road Garage. Hall was officially appointed by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland and the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland as an automobile repairer for the Wigton area and listed in their Automobile Handbook. He referred to himself as an engineer and was likely a machinist that could fabricate parts needed to repair automobiles. On April 2nd in the year 1902, Hall applied for a British patent for “Improvements in Apparatus for Scaring Purposes, Especially Applicable for Scaring Birds.” This application for his clock gun mentions existing similar devices that used a clock and had hands attached to levers that would release weights. He mentioned that these devices were very expensive and prone to wear over time. He also mention the dangers of how each barrel was loaded at the muzzle and detonated by a cap and that sometimes people would steal or mess with the powder since everything was loaded from the outside. He highlighted how his use of breech loading pinfire cartridges were easier and safer. The charge could be measured ahead of time and the cartridges were not able to be meddled with from the outside since the whole device could be locked. One of the key aspects was changing the mechanism that allowed the weights to fall and detonate the cartridges. He did this by replacing the hour hand with a razor blade that would cut the strings that held up the weights. In the patent he mentions other methods of this which had a sturdier cord attached to the weights and a spring mechanism that released the cord from the clock rather than cutting it. you would attach the string to whatever 15 minute interval on a 12-hour clock you wanted the charge to go off. You would then tighten it and rest the weight on the string. When the razor hand would cut the string the weight would act as a gun’s hammer and would fall onto the pin of the pinfire cartridge and detonate it. Hall debuted this new invention at the 63rd annual Royal Agricultural Show hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society of England. This July 1902 show was held in Carlisle which was only about 20 minutes away from Wigton. His clock gun won a silver metal (the only type of medals the society awarded) for “new and improved implements.” On December 4th, 1902, his clock gun patent was finally granted and given patent number 7756. This is an excellent rare to find fully functioning Hall’s 1902 Patent clock gun (reproduced in the images are copies of period Hall’s advertising and instructions for use). The galvanised steel case with hinged lid has the correct 4 fixed legs, carry handle and latch for padlock (not included). The inside of the lid has original instructions for use adhered. The case with legs when closed measures 19” Height, 11 ½” Width & 8” Depth. The exterior of the case has the correct Hall’s Station Works paint markings and ‘Danger’ warning at the rear muzzle vents. Inside the case it has all of the correct components including mounted clock with glazed face and knife hand, brass mechanism with winder, 12 removable tube shaped iron weight hammers, draw strings, wood pegs and iron ‘breech bar’. The mechanism works as it should (NB WE HAVE INSERTED A PIECE OF CARD INTO THE CLOCK MECHANISM TO STOP THE CLOCK MOVEMENT. IF THIS IS REMOVED THE MECHANISM WILL MOVE AND CUT THE FIRING STRINGS’. All of the chambers are empty but included is a single inert deactivated 16 Bore Pin Fire cartridge for display / demonstration purposes. The price for this interesting rare to find piece includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique pin fire clock gun if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22183 (floor storeroom near shells) £695.00 |
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**MINT BORE**Marlin Safety Model 1892 .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Lever Action Rifle, Octagonal Barrel & Tube Magazine. Sn 22258 - 22258 This is an increasingly hard to find Marlin Model 1892 lever action rifle in UK obsolete calibre .32 RF. It has all original undamaged woodwork. The metalwork has even aged patina to its all original blue finish which has aged to a nice plum colour in areas. The rifle’s action has a removable steel plate which can be removed to allow access to the actions working parts for inspection / cleaning. The plate is removed by unscrewing a screw bolt with knurled lug on the side of the action. The rifle cocks and dry fires crisply. Its 23 ½” barrel has a near mint bore, clean & bright bore with well defined rifling (40 ½” overall length). The top of the barrel is marked with the Marlin Fire-Arms Co. New Haven address & patents for 1878- 1892. It has an external hammer & full length tube magazine. The top of the action is marked 'Marlin Safety'. The underside of the frame is stamped with number '80136'. It has a curved steel butt plate, blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. The price for this excellent rifle 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. Sn 22258 £1,975.00 |
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1831 Georgian British Enfield Tower Board Of Ordnance 39” Barrel India Pattern Brown Bess .750 Musket Calibre Flintlock Musket. Sn 22129 - 22129 India Pattern Brown Bess muskets were the standard British Infantry Musket between 1797 & 1854 (see 32-35 of British Military Long Arms 1715-1815 by Bailey where India pattern muskets are described & illustrated). 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. 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 & residue consistent with age & use. Its lock plate is marked with ‘crown GR’ (King George Rex) together with ‘Tower’ (Enfield) across the tail of lock. The top of the barrel has crisp English black powder proof marks. The musket has standard British military ordnance pattern brass fittings including butt plate, trigger guard with extended tang, fore end cap & brass ramrod pipes. The butt plate has period hand applied initials 'T.E' (unknown). Its all original Walnut stock has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age and service use. The wood has British Board of Ordnance ‘BO with Boad Arrow’ inspection mark and ‘1831’ date. The Musket has its original iron ramrod & 2 sling swivels. The musket cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this historic piece includes UK delivery. N.B As an antique flintlock musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22129 £2,250.00 |
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**ORNATE**Early 19th Century North African / Turkish Ottoman / Moroccan/ Arabic 22 Bore Snaphance Or Snaphaunce Lock Musket With Decorated Furniture & Ram Rod. Sn 22137 - 22137 A snaphance or snaphaunce is a type of lock for firing a gun or is a gun using that mechanism. The name is Dutch in origin but the mechanism cannot be attributed to the Netherlands with certainty. It is the mechanical progression of the wheellock firing mechanism, and along with the miquelet lock and dog lock are predecessors of the flintlock mechanism. It fires from a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan to ignite the priming powder which fires the gun. Examples of this firearm can be found through Europe, Turkey, North Africa, and the Middle East. 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. They usually had very long barrels. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated, featuring a distinctive curve which is not seen in the stocks of other muskets. The function of this curve is debated; it may be purely decorative, or it may have allowed the weapon to be tucked under the arm and cradled tightly against the body, as opposed to being held to the shoulder like a typical musket or rifle. This is an early 19th century Snaphance or Snaphaunce lock musket. It measures 5 Feet 2 Inches overall length. It has a 49”round steel barrel which is approx. 22 Bore. The bore has heavy staining and residue consistent with age. The barrel has a small blade fore sight and notched block rear sight. The musket has a full stock, the woodwork has silver decorated panels and stud work decoration, brass trigger guard with silver overlay and multi sheet decorated silver barrel bands. One side of the stock is mounted with colourful glass jewels. The musket has a steel ram rod stuck firmly in place (to avoid possible damage we have not attempted to remove it). The weapon has the wear and patina to be expected of a native weapon of its age. As is common with these weapons the action does not cock and dry fire but the hammer and trigger move. Due to size delivery of this item will be by arrangement, at cost & within the UK only. NB As an antique muzzle loading musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22137 £625.00 |
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**FACTORY NICKEL PLATED**American Wild West Remington Elliot’s 1865 Patent .41 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Over & Under Double Barrelled Derringer. Sn 22216 - 22216 The design of the Remington double derringer was little changed by Remington during a production run of nearly 70 years. This is an excellent, original, fully functioning example. The pistol has two 3" barrels set over & under and measures 5" overall making it easy to conceal and therefore popular with period Wild West Gamblers. The top of the barrel rib is stamped 'E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION N.Y.' & 'ELLIOTS PATENT DEC 12 1865'. The underside of the bottom barrel is numbered '168'. It has a sheathed trigger & undamaged wood grips. The pistol retains most of its original factory nickel plated finish. The barrels rifled bores are clean and its loading cocking and firing actions work crisply. Often the hinges on these derringers are found with cracks, our examples’ hinge has no cracks. The price for this iconic piece of American Wild West 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 part of a collection or display. Sn 22216 £895.00 |
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**QUALITY**1837 Pair Of J. Tarratt London Gentleman’s 40 Bore Percussion Presentation Belt Pistols With Stock Plates Engraved `Presented To Oliver Powell By The Members Of The 1st Company Nassau Guards Brooklyn (New York USA) July 4th 1837'. Sn 22208 - 22208 Internet resources indicate the gunsmith J. Tarratt is listed in the "Dictionary of London Gunmakers 1350 - 1850" as marking his guns 'London' circa 1830 -1840. Frank Sellers' American Gunsmiths lists Tarratt as an unlocated maker of half stock percussion guns in the USA, with markings of either J. Tarratt or J. Tarratt & Sons indicating that he worked in America during his career). This is an excellent pair of Gentleman’s percussion belt pistols by J. Tarratt London. They have 5 ½” sighted octagonal steel barrels, original undamaged walnut grips with chequered panel grips, steel trigger guards, Dolphin hammers, belt bars and captive ram rods. The top of each grip have void German Silver escutcheons inlaid & one side of each grip are mounted with curved white metal plates engraved `Presented To Oliver Powell By The Members Of The 1st Company Nassau Guards Brooklyn July 4th 1837'. The Pistol’s German Silver actions and frames have foliate tooled decoration. The German Silver butt caps of each pistol have hinged traps. The top of each action is signed by the maker ‘J. Tarratt’ and the top barrel flats ‘London’. The barrel’s smooth bores are clean. Their cocking and firing actions are crisp. The price for this pair of pistols worthy of further research regarding the Regiment and the named presentation recipient includes UK delivery. NB as antique percussion weapons no licence is required to own these pistols in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22208 (drawers office) £1,875.00 |
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