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1867 Dated, Tower Snider 2 Band .577 Obsolete Calibre Artillery Carbine. Sn - 21405
This is a Tower Snider 2 Band artillery carbine. The carbine was originally patterned on the 1858 Artillery carbine (see RB 37 below) and will have been converted to a Snider The action plate is stamped With Queens Crown, TOWER and 1869 (date).The wood work is in good condition with the normal bumps and bruises from service use. The carbine is complete with its original brass butt plate, fore end block and trigger guard. The rifle is complete with its early rear sight with one fixed sight and two more on a pivot, blade fore sight, bayonet bar without an extension and the correct Snider square section cleaning rod. The barrel has 3 grooves and has staining and residue from use. The length of the carbine is 40 ½” with a 22” barrel. On the carbines conversion, to a snider Enfield, it was fitted with a snider breach which is stamped on the top SNIDER PATENT. The barrel carries Birmingham proof marks. The cocking and firing actions are crisp. See Section C, Snider Arms, RB 37 on pages 6 & 7, also RB 82 & 82 on page 15, Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. The price for this rifle worthy of further research regarding the Regiment marks includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21405
£795.00

**MINT BORE** Swiss Military Vetterli M.1869/71 10.4 mm Obsolete Calibre Bolt Action Rifle By W.v.Stieger, Thun. - A 1090
The Vetterli rifles were a series of Swiss army service rifles in use from 1869 to circa 1890, when they were replaced with Schmidt-Rubin rifles. Modified Vetterli rifles were also used by the Italian Army. The Swiss Vetterli rifles combined the American M1866 Winchester rifle's tubular magazine and a bolt system derived from the German Dreyse. Due to the Swiss Federal Council's early 1866 decision to equip the army with a breech loading repeating rifle, the Vetterli rifles were, at the time of their introduction, the most advanced military rifles in Europe. This is an excellent M1869 / 74 Vetterli bolt action rifle in 10.4mm UK obsolete calibre. The metal work has even patina. It has all original, wood furniture with chequered grip panel on the fore stock. The wood work is in excellent condition and retains the original polished finish. The stock and the fore end are stamped with military ‘Swiss Cross’ mark. The action is signed by the maker W.v.STEIGER, THUN and serial number 31379 which is repeated on the barrel and underside of the action. The bolt has un-matching number. The rifle has an adjustable rear sight, block & blade foresight, steel butt plate and original cleaning rod. The rifle is 51” overall length with a 33” barrel. The barrel’s bore is near mint, clean & bright with crisp rifling. The loading & firing actions are crisp. 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. A 1090
£795.00

Imperial German, 1888 Dated, 11mm Mauser (11 x 60R) M1871/84, 8 Shot Tube Magazine Obsolete Calibre Rifle. Sn - 21393:32
This is an Imperial German, 1888 dated1, 11mm (11 x 60R) Mauser Model 1871/84 rifle. The rifle was developed from the single shot model 1871 rifle which was improved and modified into a repeating rifle with a the insertion of a tubular magazine enclosed within the fore end to hold 8 rounds of ammunition that was similar to the Swiss Vettrli rifles of the period. This gun was the first magazine fed gun in the German army. The design of the rifle, introduced into service in 1884 was quickly superseded by the invention of smokeless powder as a propellant which was vastly superior to the older black powders used on the Mauser M1871/84 and similar rifles. The Mauser Gewehr 1888 quickly superseded the M1871/84 in the German army and gun was regulated to secondary use including use in the First World War. This rifle was made at the Imperial Spandau armoury which is stamped on the barrel together with various proof marks and the serial number 1440 which is repeated on the receiver. The side of the receiver is stamped I.G.Mod 71/84 on one side and 1888 (manufacturing date) on the other side. The rifles barrel and actin retains most of its original blued finish. The barrel’s rifling has staining & residue consistent with age & use. The gun has a full length tube magazine, steel butt plate, blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. The weapon’s cocking & firing mechanism work correctly. The rifle has the usual bumps and bruises with service use. The rifle has its original Proof Exemption Certificate dated 29/5/2002. The bayonet for this rifle is listed separately on our web site. NB. As an obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:32
£1,275.00

**MINT BORE** Victorian, c1868 British Officer’s Private Purchase Snider .577 Obsolete Calibre, 2 Band Rifle. Sn - A 1089
This is a British Officer’s Private Purchase .577 Snider Patent 2 band rifle in excellent condition. This Snider rifle has a 36 ½” round steel barrel with near mint bore clean and bright with well-defined 3 groove rifling. The gun has iron fittings including an iron butt plate, fore end block & trigger guard with a single line border engraving. The metalwork has even patina throughout and are retained by screws with engraved heads. The original wood has a chequered wrist and forend and undamaged with just light bumps and bruises to be expected. The mark III breech is fully functioning with a locking bolt and has inspection marks including III (mark III locking breech) stamped into it as well as inspection marks on the barrel. The rifle has 4 sling swivels, the 2 extra ones would have been fitted for a target shooting sling, cleaning rod, fixed foresight and a 1300 yard adjustable rear ladder sight with fine V grooves. The action works crisply. The rifle comes with a single Inert Deactivated Round of .577 Ammunition. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique, obsolete calibre weapon no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. A 1089
£1,250.00

Nepalese Made .577 Enfield 2nd Model 3 Band Rifle. Sn - 21393:31
This is a scarce Nepalese made, .577 second model, 3 band Enfield rifle which is a copy of the British 3 band .577 Second Model Enfield rifle where the barrel is held in by three solid barrel bands retained by spring clips inset into the walnut stock. British made 2nd model rifles were made between 1855 and 1858 and the Indian models mirrored this date in manufacture so it is possible that this rifle saw action in the Indian mutiny in 1857. In 1858 the .577 3 band rifle was replaced by the 1st model Indian .700” Musket which was one of these rifles bored out to .700” with a smooth bore, a v notch rear sight and a block foresight. The rifle differs to the British made guns in that there are no markings on the lock plate, the rear sight is marked in Nepalese script and the lower sling swivel is the Pattern 1842 musket one. The top of the barrel is stamped in Nepalese script and the barrel near the breech plug has a circular mark near to the joint. The 3 grooved rifled barrel is clean with some staining from residue. The butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap are made of brass, the trigger guard and tang of the butt plate carry Nepalese script. The walnut stock carries the usual bumps and knocks from service. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. See Section A, Muzzle Loading Arms on pages 5 & 6 , item RB 33 for the similar Enfield made rifle made between 1855 and 1858 in Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own this musket in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:31
£875.00

British Pattern 1859 3 Band Musket (2nd model Indian .656” Musket). Sn - 21393:29
This is a nice example of a British Pattern 1859 musket also referred to as the 2nd model Indian Musket which was approved for service on the 7th May, 1859. This pattern was approved at Enfield after the Indian Mutiny, when the P1853 rifles issued to Indian soldiers were converted into muskets, in order to put them at a disadvantage if they ever fought British troops, again. The effective range with the musket was reduced from 500 yards to 50 yards. The musket differs externally from the Pattern 1853 rifle, in that the rear sight is a simple V with no provision for adjustment and a block triangular foresight. The musket was originally approved as the pattern 1858 musket with a bore of .700” but with the thinness of the barrel. With this, the pattern 1859 was approved with a reduced bore of .656” to correct the defect. The lock plate is stamped with the Queens crown and ENFIELD together with an inspection mark. The stock has a nicely stamped roundel with a crown over RM II with an inverted crowfoot and ENFIELD. The left hand side of the stock opposite the lock plate is stamped with a crown over E5. The top of the barrel carries inspection marks of a crowfoot, a crown over 61 and a crown over a crowfoot. The tang of the butt plate carries an inspection mark of a crown with a crowfoot. The barrel is shiny and smooth with a few staining marks. The muskets barrel retains much of its original blued finish including the barrel bands. The original walnut stock has minor mumps and bruises through service. The musket has brass butt plate, trigger guard and nose cap together with both sling swivels. See Section A, Muzzle Loading Arms on page 8, item RB 44 in Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own this musket in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:29
£795.00

British East India Company Pattern F Percussion .750 Musket Calibre Muzzle Loading Percussion Infantry Musket. Sn - 21393:12
This is a British East India Company Pattern F percussion .75” infantry musket. The musket has a 39 inch smoothbored barrel with London proof marks. The barrel is clean and has staining consistent with use. The musket has all original woodwork with the correct Brunswick pattern scroll trigger guard, three rammer pipes, the unique pattern E.I.C. spring bayonet catch protruding through the nose-cap. The musket is complete with the correct and original E.I.C. pattern ramrod. The lockplate is stamped with EIC’s Rampant Lion trademark with a double line border. The musket measures 55 inches in length with a 39 inch barrel the bore having just light staining consistent with age. The F type musket was produced between 1845 and 1851. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. Muskets such as this saw service and action in many Indian campaigns from 1845 including the 2nd Sikh War, and the Great Indian Mutiny it was used by both sides. Many of these muskets were returned to this country from the Nepal Royal Armoury. During the Mutiny Nepal sent a contingent in support of the British on arrival in India they were armed with muskets such as this and upon return to Nepal together with Indian Mutineers who were disarmed and the weapons kept by the Nepal authorities for issue to its forces. This musket bears Nepalese regimental stampings under the trigger guard and on the top of the butt plate showing re issue to Nepalese troops. See pages 32 - 36 & 123 - 128 including the plates in Guns of the Gurkhas, (The lost arsenal: pistols, rifles and machine guns of the Royal Nepalese Army, 1816 – 1945) by John Walter. The price includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique muzzle loading percussion musket and no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:12
£1,195.00

**LARGE & HEAVY** C1860 English Sanderson (Possibly ‘Elephant King‘ George P. Sanderson) 4 Bore Black Powder Big Game Percussion Elephant Gun For Use With ¼ Pound Lead Ball Of 1” Diameter. Sn 21370 - 21370
A substantial 4 Bore sporting gun by Sanderson c.1860 suitable for hunting elephant and other dangerous big game. Until the late 1870s, with the advent of large calibre breach loaders - and ultimately the nitro express double rifles at the end of that century - the single barrel smooth bore muzzle loading 4 bore was the most potent manageable option for hunting elephant, firing a quarter pound lead ball of one inch diameter. By default these big sporting pieces became known as "Elephant guns", but were actually multi-use weapons that could be used for shooting anything. Large smooth bores were favoured by the best known big game hunters of the era such as George P. Sanderson in India, Frederick Selous, William Finaughty and Sir Samuel Baker - and before that, Petrus Jacobs, a legend among the earlier Boer Elephant hunters who were armed with similar smooth bores - initially flintlocks and later percussion. Between 1874 and 1876 Selous killed 78 Elephant with a 4 bore muzzle loader. George Peress Sanderson (1848– 5 May 1892, Madras) was a renowned British big game hunter, later naturalist who worked in the public works department in the princely state of Mysore. He began a system for capturing wild elephants that were destructive to agriculture so as to use them in captivity. He was known in the popular press as the "Elephant King" and wrote a book on his life in the forests of India. Rudyard Kipling is believed to have modelled the character "Petersen Sahib" in his Toomai of the Elephants after him. With such primitive guns it was necessary for the hunter to shoot from very close range, so sights and rifling were of no advantage, and smooth bores were generally favoured by professional hunters. These could be reloaded more quickly than early rifles, kicked less, penetrated more and didn't twist in the hand. Early on, elephants were typically shot from horseback, enabling the rider to escape from a wounded animal to reload, often requiring multiple shots for a kill. This back action percussion smooth bored example has a 35" barrel with a sighting plane and bead foresight and weighs in at around 13lbs. The bore has light staining & residue consistent with age & use. The gun is in very good overall condition. It is surprisingly wieldy for such a massive gun, quick to point and balances nicely. The gun measures 52” overall length. The all original Walnut wood furniture with chequered wrist & fore stock and polished horn fore end cap are excellent. The stock has a steel butt plate. The action plate, heavy hammer, trigger guard with extended tang & Pineapple finial have excellent foliage engraved decoration. The action plate is also signed ‘Sanderson’ (we cannot find a period maker named Sanderson in our books, could this gun have been owned by the famous ‘Elephant King’ George Peress Sanderson?). The gun has a wood ram rod with white metal end cap. The price for this quality piece worthy of further research regarding the signature on the action plate includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre black powder weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21370
£1,945.00

French St Etienne & Tulle Arsenal Marked Model 1842 Light Infantry .73” Calibre Percussion Musket Carbine Regiment Marked ‘2G’. A 1082 - A 1082
Model 1842 Musket was developed from the preceding Model 1840. The arms were the first percussion weapons adopted for general service in the French army. The Model 1842 barrel is forged with an integral bolster that is flush with the barrel. The Model 1840 was not produced in any quantity before being replaced. Both models were produced in two lengths, one for the regular infantry and a short version for light infantry. The French Model 1842 percussion musket was bought and used by both the Union and Confederate Army in small quantities during the American Civil War. The weapons were the first to employ a back-action lock. This is a very good original French Light Infantry Model 1842 Tulle & St Etienne Arsenal marked .73” Calibre Percussion Musket Carbine. It has even patina to the metal work throughout. It has a heavy military percussion hammer and the action plate is signed with St Etienne Arsenal detail. Its 29 ¾” sighted barrel (44 ½” overall) has a smooth bore. The bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The regulation brass fittings have proof/inspection marks. The wood has inspection marks including Tulle arsenal mark. It has its original iron ramrod. The brass butt plate is Regiment or Unit marked ‘2G’ possibly 2nd Garde Regiment. The rifle cocks & dry fires crisply. The price for this musket worthy of further research regarding the regiment mark includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion muzzle loader no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 1082
£795.00

C1840 English Thomas Conway Manchester Single Barrel 10 Bore Muzzle Loading Single Barrel Percussion Sporting / Hunting Shotgun With Damascus Steel Barrel. Sn 20859 - 20859
Thomas Conway was an English Gunsmith with premises in Manchester at 179 Chapel Street, 3 Market Street & 43 Blackfriars Street, Deansgate between 1803-1852. (see page 196 of Brown’s book British Gunmakers Vol.2).This is a single barrel percussion shotgun made C1840 by Thomas Conway Manchester. It has a 30” browned sighted Damascus steel barrel & measures 55 ¼” overall. The barrel’s smooth bore staining & residue consistent with age and use. It has all original walnut stock which has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use (there is a small piece of wood absent from the fore stock and an old stable & secure fine crack). It has a steel butt plate with extended tang, steel trigger guard with extended tang & Dolphin hammer. The action plate has foliate engraved decoration and is signed ‘Conway’. The top of the action tang is crisply signed ‘Conway Manchester’ The breech has gold lines and gold inlaid cartouche which looks like ‘Bixvers or Beavers Patent’. The shotgun is complete with ebonised wood ramrod which has a 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 20859
£475.00
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