Antique Rifles and Long Guns
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MINT BORE. British Tower, 1859 Dated, Snider Conversion MK III .577 Obsolete Calibre, Pattern 1853, 3 Band Rifle by Thomas Turner, Birmingham, Pattern 1853 Bayonet & 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn - 22764 TURNER, Thomas (1861-1879) was an English gunmaker with a shop at 8 Fisher Street, Birmingham. Thomas Turner made top quality guns and supplied weapons to the Tower Armoury under government contracts. The rifle is in excellent condition and retains all of its original woodwork and metal throughout. The stocks wrist and forend are nicely chequered. The barrel measured 36 ½ inches with the Snider conversion with an overall length of 55 inches. The double lined steel lockplate is stamped TOWER 1859 (date) a queens crown over VR (Victoria Regina) with 2 tower inspection stamps. The barrel carries Birmingham proof house proof marks. The rifle has a regulation brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap. The barrel has a mint bore with three groove rifling. The rifle has been converted using the mark III Snider hinged breech block with a knurled locking catch and is stamped SNIDER PATENT with the Snider monogram. The rifles barrel is retained by 3 barrel bands, the front one having a sling swivel fitted. The rifles stock carries 2 roundels to the stock. The first is THOMAS TURNER BIRMINGHAM TRADE MARK with the castle trade mark in the centre. The second has BIRMINGHAM round it together with other small stamps of a crown G1 and 1 over 1878. The rifle has the military block and blade fore sight, 900 yards ladder rear sight and a heavy military hammer. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. The rifle comes with a Pattern 1853 spike bayonet which measures 20½” overall with a 17 ¼ ” blade and a 3” long socket. The rifle comes with a single inert deactivated Kynoch .577 Snider round. The price includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique, obsolete calibre weapon and no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22764 £1,295.00 |
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VERY RARE.1855 Colt .56 inch Calibre Percussion 5 Shot Matching Numbers, Model 1855 BRITISH CONTRACT Revolving Rifle. Sn 22715 - 22715 The Colt revolving rifle was patented by Samuel Colt as the Model 1855. The guns were made in various calibres and barrel lengths. This is an exceedingly rare matching numbers Colt revolving rifle in the military calibre .56 inch. The rifle is a Colt Model 1855 with a 5 shot fluted cylinder, fully walnut stocked to 5 inches of the muzzle together with its original iron cleaning rod. The gun bears full London proof and viewing marks to the cylinders and barrel. The walnut forend is held on by 2 screw clamping barrel bands, one of which retains the original front sling swivel. The walnut stock is fitted with an iron butt plate with an integral sliding cover originally holding a cleaning jag. The 31 ¼ inch barrel has 7 groove rifling with a near mint bore with only minor staining from storage near the muzzle. The barrel is round in profile except for a 3 ½ inch octagonal section where it meets the frame. The top of the side hammer frame is stamped COL. COLT HARTFORD CT.U.S.A. The side of the frame is stamped COLTS PATENT NOV 24th 1857 under the cylinder clamping screw. The fluted cylinder is stamped in one of the flutes PATENTED SEPT.10th 1859. The serial number 9369 is stamped into the trigger guard and on the underside of the barrel beneath the fore end. The serial number is also written in black ink in the woodwork in the stock beneath the trigger guard and the forend below the rear part of the barrel (illustrated). The rear sight consists of two leaves dovetailed into the rear of the barrel graduated at 300 and 600 yards. The forend has a brass nose cap which is retained by 2 iron barrel bands, one of which retains its original sling swivel. The rifle has the correct pear shaped steel ramrod. The walnut woodwork is in good condition and the metalwork has a nice patina to the surface. See Colt Firearms (from 1836) by James E. Serven, Colt full Stocked Rifles on pages 343 – 345 and the rearsight on page 335. The price includes UK delivery. As an antique percussion firearm, no licence is required to own in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22715 £9,750.00 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1854-1858 English Richard Wallas Wigton Cumberland Single Damascus Barrel 10 Bore Muzzle Loading Percussion Sporting / Hunting Shotgun. Sn 22681 - 22681 The British gunsmith Richard Wallas is recorded as having premises at Water Street, Wigton, Cumberland between 1854-1858 (see page 356 of British Gunmakers Vol 2 by Brown). This is an excellent percussion sporting shotgun by Richard Wallas. It has a 31 ¼” round Damascus steel barrel stepped to octagonal (48” overall). The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The top of the barrel is faintly signed ‘Wigton’ & has a bead fore sight. It has a walnut stock with German Silver stock mounts, steel butt plate with extended tang and trigger guard with extended tang and acanthus bud finial. The all original wood work has just light bumps, and bruises to be expected with age. The action plate is signed ‘Rich’d Wallas ’ and has foliate engraved decoration together with game bird in the field scene. The breech has a gold band. The shotgun is complete with original wood ramrod with brass end cap. It’s cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display. Sn 22681 £795.00 |
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1905 To 1915 Marlin USA Model ’92 (1892) .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Lever Action Rifle, Octagonal Barrel & Tube Magazine. Sn 22566 - 22566 This is an increasingly hard to find Marlin Model ‘92 (1892) lever action rifle in UK obsolete calibre .32 RF. It has all original woodwork which has just light bumps and bruises to be expected. The metalwork has even aged patina to its all original blue finish. 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” octagonal barrel has a clean bore (40 ½” overall length). The top of the barrel is marked with the Marlin Fire-Arms Co. New Haven address & patents for 1878- 1892 and the action tang ‘Marlin ‘92’ (the model designation was changed in 1905 from model 1892 to just the model 92. The model 92 rifles were available until 1915). It has an external hammer & full length tube magazine. The underside of the frame is stamped with number 'A 6828’. It has a curved steel butt plate, German Silver blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. 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. Sn 22566 £1,895.00 |
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Victorian C1860 English Form 13 Bore Double Barreled Muzzle Loading Percussion Sporting Shotgun. Sn 22618 - 22618 This is a Victorian era double barrel percussion sporting shotgun in English form. It has 29 ¾” steel barrels and measures 46” overall. The unsighted barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib. The barrel’s smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age and use. It has its original walnut straight hand stock in very good condition with chequered grip panels & inlaid white metal void escutcheon on the underside of the stock. It’s steel butt plate tang, steel trigger guard with extended tang and acanthus bud finial, action tang, hammers and action plates have light foliate engraved decoration. There are no external maker marks on this gun. The shotgun has its wood ramrod with brass cap. The weapon cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB. As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22618 £575.00 |
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