Antique Rifles and Long Guns
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C1830 English Jabez Bloxham Welch Banbury Nipple & Drum Percussion Converted from Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss With Integral Folding Bayonet & Ram Rod. Sn 22697:1 - 22697:1 Jabez Bloxham Welch was an English gunmaker recorded as working in the market town, Banbury on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire between 1829 & 1852 (see page 105 of English Gunmakers by Bailey & Nie). We can find no other gunmakers named Welch working in the flintlock / percussion era in Banbury. This is an excellent Blunderbuss no doubt by Jabez Bloxham Welch and is of the type favoured by Coach drivers for self protection against Highwaymen. It is 28 ½” overall (bayonet closed) with a 12 ½” round steel barrel which is a large 1 ¼” width at the muzzle opening. The smooth bore has just light staining consistent with age & use. The underside of the barrel beneath the wood has initials ‘E.B’ most likely Welch’s barrel maker. The top of the barrel has English black powder proofs and is signed ‘Banbury’. The blunderbuss, originally a flintlock was period nipple & drum converted to percussion. It has a Dolphin hammer & steel lock plate which has foliate engraved decoration and is signed by the maker ‘Welch’. The action also has part of a sliding safety bolt probably from when it was a flintlock. The safety slides but does not lock the percussion hammer to safety. It has all original Walnut full stock with chequered wrist panels and steel mounts. The top of the wrist is inlaid with void brass shield escutcheon. The wood has just light age and handling related bumps and bruises. The trigger guard with extended tang and finial & butt plate tang have light foliate engraved decoration. a sliding safety bolt that works as it should. It has an ebonised wood ramrod with brass end cap and tip which unscrews to reveal a 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 9 ½” 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 percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a private collection or display. Sn 22697:1 £1,950.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 11/10) **MINT BORE**. Victorian, British Volunteers .577 Calibre 2 Band Sergeants Short Rifle Enfield Antique Muzzle Loading Rifle by Wilkinson of London. Sn - 22975 Henry Wilkinson was a successful and famous gunmaker with premises on Pall Mall in London. The company was renown for making quality guns and swords. This is an original British .577 Enfield pattern 2 band sergeants short rifle made by Wilkinson of London made privately for the Volunteer regiments with a mint bore. This rifle has a 33” round steel 3 grove rifling barrel with a mint bore and crisp rifling. The rifle is fitted with the correct all steel furniture with sling swivels fitted to the butt and the top barrel band. The bayonet bar is stamped W S 70. The rifle is fitted with the correct ramp and ladder sight sighted to 1100 yards. The double lined lock plate is engraved WILKINSON, LONDON. and has a crisp action. The rifle has its original woodwork and is stamped on the left hand side of the butt with the name C.Sherpe. The rifle is fitted with the bayonet bar, cleaning rod, nipple protector with brass link chain, fixed foresight and adjustable 1,100 yard rear ladder sight. The rifles metalwork has a patina finish and the woodwork has some bumps and bruises due to its service life. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique, muzzle loading rifle, no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22975 £0.00 |
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FOR DISPLAY Turkish, c.1873, American Peabody Martini Action Turkish Government Contract 11.3x59R (.45 Turkish) Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Service Rifle Captured by the Montenegrins at the Siege of Scutari, April 1913. Sn - 22918 The Peabody & Peabody Martini variations were the development of Henry O. Peabody of Boston, Massachusetts. Commencing in 1873 the Turkish Government bought from the United States 600,000 Peabody Martini action Rifles and bayonets manufactured by the Providence Tool Company & the weapons saw service in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. On instruction from the Turkish Government who wanted the finest weapons to arm Ottoman Empire Forces, the weapons were identical to the Martini Henry action service rifles, apart from features such as the calibre/cartridge, chequered butt plate design, sling swivel sizes and sight marks. This is one of the Peabody Martini rifles purchased by the Turkish Government. The rifle in 11.3x59R calibre known in the USA as .45 Turkish calibre measures 49” overall with a 33” rifled barrel. The rifle is fitted with a museum plaque on the right hand side of the butt engraved CAPTURED FORM THE TURKS BY THE MOUNTENEGRINS AT THE SIEGE OF SCUTARI APRIL 1913. The siege of Scutari took place from 28 October 1912 to 23 April 1913 when the army of the Kingdom of Montenegro defeated the forces of the Ottoman Empire and invaded Scutari. This is one of the guns captured by the Montenegrins after the siege and eventually put on display in a museum. Although the gun cocks and dry fires, the rifle was unnecessarily deactivated in 1991 by having the barrel blocked and the chamber cut to deactivate the rifle before it became an obsolete calibre. The rifle has a good walnut stock with the ladder rear sight with Turkish range markings on it and the correct ramrod. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this extremely rare rifle includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22918 £895.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (29/09) American, Elegant, 19th Century, Hudson’s Bay Company ‘IMPERIAL SPECIAL’ 26 Bore Percussion Trade Gun. Sn - 22955 The Hudson’s Bay Company was founded by a royal charter, issued by King Charles II, granting the company the right of sole trade and commerce within the borders of which were based on the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The company controlled the fur trade throughout English and later British North America, until it relinquished control of the land to Canada in 1869. THE Hudson’s Bay Company introduced its own line of guns called the Imperial range. This is a Hudson’s Bay Company 26 bore percussion gun which has a 31 inch barrel with an overall length of 47 ½ inches. The gun bears English proof marks for 26 bore stamped under the barrel and is of light weight construction. The barrel is engraved on the top IMPERIAL SPECIAL and is retained by a single barrel wedge . The lock plate is stamped HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY and has foliate engraving on it which is duplicated on the fine elegant hammer. The gun has a one piece walnut stock which has fine chequering to the wrist and foe end. The stock has a gun metal fore end tip and an estuchon the bottom of the stock. The 31 inch barrels bore is smooth with minor staining from use and starts off octagonal at the breech for 9 inches and then has a round profile with a gunmetal bead foresight. The brass tipped wooden ramrod is retained on the barrel by 2 iron ramrod pipes. The trigger guard has a pineapple finial at the front and foliate engraving underneath. Both the woodwork and metalwork and in good condition with only minor bumps and knocks with use. The price for this elegant Hudson’s Bay Company antique percussion gun includes U.K. delivery and no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22955 £0.00 |
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**VERY RARE**1801 Dated Irish Dublin His Majesties Mail Coach Guard’s Brass Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss By Teray Dublin With Matching Coach Or Weapon Number B/9. Sn 22902 - 22902 The early 18th century saw the introduction of regular public horse drawn stage coaches in Ireland with one of the 1st recorded services operating between Dublin & Kilkenny in 1728. Dublin mail coaches in the 1800s became part of a sophisticated network for mail and passenger transport, operating on routes to major Irish towns and across the Irish Sea to mainland Great Britain. These Royal Mail coaches, introduced to Ireland in 1789, were reliable services with standardized livery, though independent contractors ran them for the General Post Office. The Mail coach journeys were particularly hazardous as highway men and outlaw gangs would take any opportunity they could to rob Royal Mail transports. To counter attacks Mail Coach guards were armed with pistols and Blunderbusses. The mail service evolved with improved roads, the introduction of timetabled services in the 1820s, and by the mid-1800s, the transport of mail was increasingly taken over by the new railway system. An Irish Gunmaker named only as Teray is recorded working in Dublin circa 1790 (see page 95 of English Irish & Scottish Firearms Makers by Carey). This is an excellent very rare original brass barrelled Dublin Mail Guards flintlock blunderbuss by Teray. It is 29” overall with a bell mouth 14” long brass 2 cannon barrel. The barrel has crisp proofs, hand engraved ‘B/9’ most likely either a weapon or Mail Coach number which is repeated on the shoulder stock and is engraved ‘Dublin Mail 1801’. The muzzle opening is 1 ½” wide. The smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. A nice feature of this gun is that the rim of the muzzle is engraved ‘***HIS MAJESTIES MAIL*** It has a steel lock signed by the maker ‘Teray’, cock fitted with flint, all original Walnut full stock which has just knocks bumps and bruising consistent with age & coaching use. The wood has chequered grip panels at the wrist. It has brass mounts including butt plate with extended tang, trigger guard with extended tang & ram rod flutes. It’s ram rod is wood with a brass end cap and steel worm. The price for this excellent very rare Irish Mail Coach blunderbuss worthy of further research regarding the maker and Coach / weapon number 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 22902 £3,450.00 |
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C1870 German J.J. Reeb In Bonn 16 Bore Pin Fire Obsolete Calibre, Double Damascus Barrelled, Under Rotary Lever Break Action Breach Loading Shotgun. A 1113 - A 1113 Johann Jakob Reeb (1843-1924) started his business in 1870 at Josephstrasse 49 in Bonn, taking over the business of Ewqld Becher. In 1872 he was located at Dreieck 6 in Bonn and in 1877 added an additional workshop and major retail business with guns and accessories in 1877. In 1883 he moved to Munsterplatz 17 and is listed as Hofbuchenmacher since 1887 and as a gun manufacturer. Reeb outfitted two expeditions for the Africa explorer Schilling. He retired from the business in 1909. This is a nice pin fire obsolete calibre double barrel shotgun by J.J. Reeb In Bonn. It has an under lever rotary break action and original Walnut furniture. The shotgun with double 31”, Damascus steel barrels set side by side, has double Dolphin hammers & double triggers. It measures 46 ½” overall. The barrel’s smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age. The barrel rib has a brass bead fore sight and the underside of the rotary lever and inside of the action are marked ‘16’ (bore). The inside of the action also has small proof inspection marks (illustrated). The barrel rib has the maker’s name in gilt ‘J.J. Reeb In Bonn’. The gun is fitted with later addition sling swivels. The action, lever, trigger guard with extended tang and butt plate tang have ornate foliate engraved decoration. The break action, cocking and firing actions of the weapon work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique pin fire shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1113 £675.00 |
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Tower, 1857 Dated. Antique, Indian .577’’ Rifle Pattern 1853 Percussion Rifle Converted Post Mutiny to .65’’ Musket. Sn - 22901:1 The Indian army prior to the Mutiny was arme with the same 3 band Enfield rifle as the British troops. After the Mutiny of 1857, the Indian troops were armed only with .65 inch smoothbore muskets with a simple V rear sight and a block foresight. This is an original Tower produced 1853 Pattern .577 rifle dated 1857 that was modified after the Mutiny by removing the ladder rear sight and boring the barrel to a smoothbore .65 inch. The gun however retained the original rifles fore sight and brass nose cap. Boring the barrel made the barrel week and prone to bursting as in the Indian pattern 1858 musket and this was rectified with the improved Pattern 1859 Indian musket. This is an example of a 2nd pattern Enfield rifle with the spring and solid barrel bands made at the Tower armouries in 1857 that after the 1857 Mutiny was modified to the 1858 Pattern including the straight ramrod and with exception to the foresight for re issue to Indian troops. The double lined lock plate is engraved with the queens crown over VR (Victoria Regina) TOWER 1857 and the board of ordnance inspection mark. The inside of the lock plate carries tower marks and the underside of the barrel also carries tower marks with the barrel makers initials JT. The barrel also carries Tower proof marks to the left of the breech. The woodwork harries several repairs in its hard service life and the bore has some staining and residue from use. The musket is fitted with an original leather sling. . See RB 43, 44 & 33, in the Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. The price for this rare, rifle converted to musket bore post Mutiny prior to the 1858 Indian pattern musket includes UK delivery. NB As an antique musket. no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22901:1 £495.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (10/11) c.1880s, English, Midland Gun Company, Birmingham and London, 12 Bore Double Barrelled Antique Percussion Sporting Shotgun. Sn - 22445 The Midland Gun Company was established in Birmingham around 1888 making various good quality sporting guns. This is a 12 bore double barrelled percussion sporting gun made by the Midland Gun Company. The shotgun has heavy 32 inch blued barrels, each with a smooth clean bore and the gun has an overall length of 49 ½ inches. The shotgun has is fitted with a one piece walnut stock with a chequered wrist. The stock is nicely coloured with a steel butt plate and is in good condition with only minor knocks and bumps from use. The lock plates are lightly engraved with flat sided hammers. The shotgun has double triggers and has a pineapple finial at the front of the trigger guard and on the ramrod pipe. The shotguns barrel rib is faintly stamped MIDLAND GUN Co BIRMINGHAM & LONDON and the trigger guard carries the serial number 5879. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22445 £0.00 |
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c.1860s, English, W & C Scott & Son, London, 13 Bore Rotary Underlever Double Damascus Barrelled Breech Loading Pinfire Obsolete Calibre Sporting Shotgun. Sn - 18212 W & C Scott & Son was a London based gunmaker founded by William Charles Scott in Birmingham, which later became a prominent London firm known for its high quality firearms. In 1897, W & C Scott & Son amalgamated with P Webley & Son to form the Webley & Scott Revolver & Arms Company. This is a quality double barrel sporting pinfire shotgun by the acclaimed makers W & C Scott & Son of London. The shotgun has 30 inch smooth bore fine Damascus barrels with rounded top barrel rib with clean bores. The barrel rib and both action plates are engraved W & C Scott & Son of London. The action, locks, and hammers have fine foliate engraving. The rib has a German silver bead foresight and the gun has double hammers and double triggers. The shotgun’s cocking and firing actions work crisply. The shotgun has a finely figured walnut stock and has the serial number 11144 engraved to the trigger guard and also stamped on the action. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre pinfire shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 18212 £875.00 |
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British, Flintlock, 1761 Dated, .65” Calibre Brown Bess Cavalry Carbine with 20“ Barrel Marked to the 2nd Dragoon Guards. - A 1107 Various cavalry carbines were based on the Brown Bess rifle were used by the British army with various barrel lengths and lighter stocks/metalwork. Various guns were made for the 7 years war between 1756 and 1763 and the Birmingham gunsmith Grice made several types of them. The carbine has a short barrel length of 20 inches with an overall length of 35 inches. This carbine is marked on the top of the brass butt plate 2 D G (2nd Dragoon Guards) C over 56 (the rack and gun number). The musket is fitted with a lock plate nicely engraved 1761 GRICE (the gunmaker) Crown over GR (George Regina) and an ordnance inspection mark. The bevelled lock plate has double lined engraving and is fitted with a nice early swan necked cock with 2 line engraving to the borders and mild engraving to the side. The carbine is fitted brass furniture wit 2 cross pinned ramrod pipes, the front one being bell mouthed. The cavalry carbine is fitted with the correct pinching to the front of the trigger guard with no hole for a sling swivel. The carbine has a ring and saddle bar fitted between the side plate using one of the side plate screws and attached to the forend by a cross screw. The barrel is secured by 2 cross pins and a screw at the tang. The barrel is fitted with a captive ramrod retained by a lug under the muzzle of the barrel and a pair of ramrod swivels. The metal work has an even patina throughout and the barrel has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The brass fittings are in good condition and the woodwork is in good condition with the normal knocks and bumps from service use. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. 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. A 1107 £2,995.00 |
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