Antique Pistols and Revolvers
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C1800 English William Ketland London 54 Bore Brass Action & Turn Off Brass Barrel Flintlock Pocket Pistol. Sn 22313 - 22313 William Ketland, Senior, established a gunsmithy at Birmingham in 1740, and after his death his eldest grandson, William Ketland, carried on the business until his death in 1804. During this period they operated under the name of Ketland & Co. It is not definitely known when they opened the London shop but it is believed to be about 1760, and were one of the first Birmingham gunmakers to compete with London gunmakers of fine workmanship. The Ketlands arms mark later developed into the Birmingham Proof Mark. William Ketland II's brother-in-law, Thomas Izon continued to operate the company under the name Ketland & Co until 1831. Ketland guns are often marked London. This is a nice, C1800 brass flintlock pocket pistol by William ketland. It measures 6 ¾” overall with a 2 ¼” screw off brass barrel. The brass action is signed ‘W. Ketland’ within engraved martial banners on one side and the reverse ‘London’ within martial banners. The underside of the action and barrel have crisp English proofs. It has a steel cock fitted with flint, frizzen pan and steel trigger guard decorated with stylised star motif. 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 22313 (drawers office) £395.00 |
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C1840 English Proofed Rigby 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 22316 - 22316 This a good percussion pocket pistol made C1840. It is 6 ¼” overall with a 1 ¾” screw off barrel. 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 side has a central banner with faint name that looks like ‘Rigby’ (There were only a few English Gunmakers named Rigby in our books operating in the Flintlock era and in the late 1800’s therefore this pistol is possibly by the Irish Dublin gunmakers William and John Jason Rigby operated the business as W. & J. Rigby from circa 1820 to 1865). 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 22316 (drawers office) £195.00 |
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**LEE ENFIELD CONNECTIONS**American 1870’s Lee Arms Company ‘RED JACKET No 4’ .32 Rim Fire Calibre 5 Shot Single Action Revolver. Sn 22333 - 22333 James Paris Lee (August 9, 1831 - February 24, 1904) was a Scottish-Canadian and later American inventor and arms designer, best known for inventing the bolt action that led to the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield series of rifles. The Lee Model 1879 rifle was his first successful magazine-fed rifle, which was adopted by China and the US Navy, and two later designs - the Remington-Lee M1885 and the Winchester-Lee or Lee Navy M1895 - were also adopted militarily and sold commercially. It is a portion of the Model 1879 that earned Lee his place in the pantheon of arms designers. Lee designed the first practical detachable box magazine - an item that would become an absolute requirement for military arms of the future. His bolt and magazine design was investigated by the British and in 1889, after extensive trials and tests, the British Army decided to adopt the Rifle, Magazine, Lee-Metford as a standard issue arm. This in turn developed into the Rifle, Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield (or SMLE), the British service arm for many decades. In 1864 James Paris Lee established the Lee Arms Company. Known as the ‘Red Jacket No4 ’ Model, this revolver is one of many revolvers based on S&W and Colt Patents produced in the 1860’s through to the late 1870s with dynamic or quirky names to attract sales. This is an excellent original example of the ‘Red Jacket No4’. The metal work has even aged patina. It has a 2 ¾” octagonal steel barrel ( 6 ¾” overall). The barrel’s rifled bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The underside of the barrel has faint number which looks like ‘8 or 6 71’. The top barrel flat is crisply marked ‘RED JACKET No 4’. The top of the frame is crisply marked 'The Lee Arms Co Wilkes Barre Pa'. It has a shrouded trigger, steel hammer and undamaged gutta percha hard rubber grips. The pistol has a brass blade fore sight and grooved frame rear sight. The pistol’s single action firing mechanism works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rim fire revolver no licence is required to own this pistol in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22333 (drawers office) £525.00 |
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**MINT BORES**QUALITY**C1850 English Wm Hayes Double Octagonal Barrelled 40 Bore Percussion Overcoat Pistol With Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 22314 - 22314 This is a quality made, percussion double barrel pistol made C1850. Its side by side barrels are 4" in length in 40 Bore ( 9 ¼” overall). The pistols smooth bores are near mint clean & bright. The bottom of each barrel have small English proof marks. It's steel frame is undamaged and has quality tooled foliate decoration. The pistol has double triggers and is fitted with captive steel ram rod. It has 'v' notch rear sight and brass post fore sight. It's trigger guard, Dolphin hammers, barrel muzzles and action tang are also quality engraved with foliate tooled decoration. The action tang also has a panel with engraved maker or retailer’s name ‘Wm Hayes’ (we cannot find this man in our books). The pistol has an excellent finely chequered walnut grip with void white metal escutcheon. The steel butt cap has a hinged trap and quality tooled foliate decoration. The pistol cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for this desirable pistol worthy of further research regarding the maker 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 22314 (drawers office) £645.00 |
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**MINT BORE**1862-1869 Cased, Victorian Griffiths & Worsley Manchester Tranter's Patent, Double Action 80 Bore 5 Shot Percussion Revolver With Accessories. Sn 22317 - 22317 Griffiths & Worsley were English Manchester based gunmakers recorded as working between 1862 & 1869 at 2 St Mary’s Gate (see page 79 of of English Gunmakers by Baily & Nie).The Tranter revolver is a double action black powder cap & ball revolver invented around 1856 by English firearms designer William Tranter (1816 - 1890). Originally operated with a special dual-trigger mechanism (one to rotate the cylinder and cock the gun, a second to fire it) later models employed a single-trigger mechanism. This is an excellent example of the single trigger double action Tranter Patent revolver by Griffiths & Worsley. The pistol has a 4 ½” octagonal barrel which has a post foresight and notch 'v' frame plate rear sight. The barrel’s bore is near mint clean & bright with crisp rifling. The top of the frame is signed by the makers ‘Griffiths & Worsley Manchester’. The loading arm and frame are marked ‘Tranters Patent’. The frame also has a small factory inspector’s mark ‘HH’ and is numbered ‘21399T’ . It's finely chequered Walnut grip is in excellent undamaged condition. The barrel and cylinder have English black powder proofs. The weapon’s firing mechanism works correctly in both single and double action. The blued steel trigger, grip frame and butt cap have floral scroll engraving . Its spur hammer has a side push lever safety. The pistol is contained in its Mahogany case. The case is lined with felt and has compartments which snugly fit the weapon with additional compartments for accessories. The inside of the lid has its original Griffiths & Worsley trade label with their 2 St Mary’s Gate Manchester address. The accessory compartments contain : a priming powder flask with darkened, bag shape copper body, brass top with exposed spring, adjustable nozzle maker marked ‘ Dixon & Sons Sheffield’, a wood handled nipple key, wood handled screwdriver and 2 white metal oil bottles with screw top applicator tool lids, steel wad punch marked ‘3/8 I. Sorby, Sheffield’ & a quantity of moulded lead balls & conical bullets. The case with hinged lid is undamaged. It has a brass lock (key absent) and 2 brass hook fasteners. On top of the lid, in its centre, is a void brass roundel. The price for this quality Tranter set includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22317 £1,595.00 |
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Early 1800’s Spanish 32 Bore Miquelet Lock Percussion Belt Pistol With 2 Stage Cannon Barrel & Ram Rod. Sn 22288 - 22288 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. Miquelet is often "loosely" used to describe a gun lock with the mainspring mounted on the outside of the lock plate versus inside as in more traditional flintlock and percussion guns. This is a Miquelet lock percussion belt pistol in Spanish form made sometime in the early 1800’s. The percussion miquelet lock appears to be a genuine non-converted lock. It is 7 ¾” overall length with an 3 ½” 2 stage round to octagonal barrel which has tooled foliate decoration. It is approx. 32 bore. Its smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The action with percussion hammer works as it should. The original Walnut full stock has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age & use. The stock has a brass trigger guard and ram rod flute. It has its original iron ram rod and belt bar. It has typical Spanish form iron grip back strap incorporating rounded butt cap. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique Miquelet lock percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22288 (drawers office) £295.00 |
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**MATCHING NUMBERS INCLUDING CYLINDER**MINT BORE**AMERICAN CIVIL WAR**1865 Colt New York Pocket Model of 1849 .31 Calibre, Cap And Ball, 5 Shot, Single Action, Revolver With Cylinder Scene & Octagonal Barrel. Sn 22304 - 22304 The family of Colt Pocket Percussion Revolvers evolved from the iconic 1860 Army and 1851 Navy Revolvers and were produced between 1849 and 1872. This original U.S. Colt .31 Calibre Cap and Ball, 5 shot Pocket Model of 1849 Revolver is in very good condition. The pistol has the correct conical brass fore sight and notched hammer rear sight. The metal work retains its original blue finish It has an undamaged American Walnut grip. The top of the 4" octagonal barrel is correctly marked 'Address Col Saml Colt New York US America'. The bore is near mint, clean & bright with crisp well defined rifling. It has all matching serial numbers '277216 / 7216' stamped on its frame, barrel, grip frame, cylinder and butt which dates its manufacture to 1865. The cylinder is marked 'Colt's Patent’ which is repeated on the frame. The cylinder has correct faint engraved ‘Stage Coach hold Up Scene’. The brass grip frame has ’31 cal’ (calibre detail). The weapon's single action firing mechanism and captive steel ‘lever’ ram rod work crisply. The price for this historic Samuel Colt percussion revolver includes UK delivery. NB As an antique cap and ball revolver, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22304 (in pocket pistols drawers office) £1,275.00 |
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**MINT BORE**Remington USA W.S. Smoot’s 1873 Patent 1st Model Factory Nickel Plated .30 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Single Action Revolver With Captive Steel Ejector Rod & Gutta Percha Grips With Original 1877 Dated Remington Illustrated Catalogue. - 22300 The Remington-Smoot revolver was intended to compete with Colt's metallic cartridge pocket revolvers. These five-shot pistols are typically seen with a nickel-plated finish, although a blued finish was also offered. This is an excellent example of the Smoot 1st Model revolver (1st Models had a more curved grip frame rather than the flat grip frame butt found on 2nd models). It has its original factory nickel plated finish which has just light areas of surface wear to be expected with age. The revolver has a 3” octagonal barrel with top rib (7” overall). The top of the barrel is crisply engraved 'E.Remington & Sons, Ilion.NY Pat W.S. Smoot Oct 21 1873' (illustrated). The bore is near mint, clean and bright with well defined rifling. It has a shrouded trigger, fluted cylinder, German Silver blade fore sight and grooved notch frame rear sight. The single action firing mechanism works crisply. The original gutta percha hard rubber grips with chequered panels are excellent, secure and undamaged. The pistol is complete with original sprung ejector rod on the right side of the frame. The butt of the grip frame has a faint indistinct number possibly including ‘49’. The pistol comes with an original period Remington paper Catalogue titled ‘Remington’s Breech Loading Rifles, Shot Guns, Revolvers, Repeaters & Ammunition Gun Mounting & C. 1877’. The catalogue printed by ‘Citizen Steam Printing Ilion NY 1877’ describes & illustrates Remington’s Breech Loading Rifles, Shot Guns, Revolvers and includes factory finish options and price lists. The Smoot’s patent 1st model features on page 24 of the catalogue (illustrated). The booklet has 41 pages and measures 7 ½”x 5 ½” x ¼”. The pages are clean and undamaged. At some point in its life a previous owner has applied a cellophane cover to protect it during storage. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22300 (drawers office) £795.00 |
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C1820 Continental Form 80 Bore Overcoat Percussion Pistol With Octagonal Barrel & Iron Ram Rod. Sn 22285 - 22285 This is a C1820 Continental Form 80 Bore Percusssion Overcoat Pistol. It is 7 ¾” overall with a just under 4” unsighted octagonal iron barrel which has tooled decoration to the barrel flats. The barrel’s smooth bore has just staining & residue consistent with age and use. The action is fitted with percussion hammer and its action plate has tooled decoration. It has a wood stock with plain rounded butt. The wood has just light bumps & bruises consistent with age. It has iron fittings including trigger guard which also has tooled decoration and iron ram rod. It's action works. There are no externally visible, maker, date marks or proofs on this pistol. 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 22285 (drawers office) £295.00 |
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**RARE**Cased, British WD Inter War 1919 Dated Prideaux Patent 6 Round ‘Rapid Loader’ For Webley .455 Calibre Service Revolvers With 6 Inert Deactivated Rounds Of .455 Calibre Ammunition. MISC 1024 - MISC 1024 Developed just before WW1 by William de Courcy Prideaux, these speed loaders designated ‘Rapid loaders’ were all steel construction & were an improvement to his Patent of 1914 and were used for speed loading the Military .455 Revolvers (see page 245 of Webley revolvers by Bruce & Reinhart’ where a Prideaux rapid loader with a case the same as ours is illustrated). By exerting downward pressure the cartridges are released into the chambers. Our example is in excellent condition with no rust or damage and is fully functional. Commercial versions had Prideaux patent information stamped on the handle. Our British War Dept version is correctly without Prideaux patent detail and has correct markings ‘ WD arrow P-L2 & Crown 55B inspection mark’ together with 1919 date. The 6 inert deactivated .455 calibre rounds have brass cases and conical lead bullets. The head stamps are clear (illustrated). The loader and rounds are held in their original brown leather case with hinged lid, retaining strap that fastens to a brass stud and rear belt loop. All leather and stitching of the case are clean and intact. The price for this rare piece includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own the loader or inert deactivated rounds in the UK. Overseas purchase can only be without the inert rounds as we are unable to ship them internationally MISC 1024 (corridor shelves near cannon balls) £675.00 |
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