Antique Rifles and Long Guns
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*MINT BORE* *RARE*. Danish, Model M1848/65 Snider Conversion (17.5x28R) of the Model1848 Bagladeriffel Pillar Breech Percussion Obsolete Calibre Rifle. Sn - 22426:33 This is a rare Danish Model M1848/65 (1851 dated) Snider converted rifle that was converted from the Model 1848 Bagladeriffel pillar breech percussion rifle. The rifles were converted in 1865 to the Snider breechloading mechanism at the Copenhagen Arsenal. The rifle has a mint bore with sharp rifling. The lockplate is stamped with the Danish royal cypher over MD 1848 1851-45 (indicating a Model MD-1848 manufactured in 1851) serial number 45. The rifle has a full walnut stock which is in a lovely condition with only minor marks to it. The rifle has a brass butt plate, trigger guard and side plate. There are three iron barrel bands, the lower one held by a spring clip, the middle one retained by the screw through the sling swivel and the top one which has the foresight fixed on the top. The lower sling swivel is attached to the rifles lower butt. The iron patchbox from the muzzle loading rifle is retained. The rifles rearsight adjustment is by releasing a side screw and sliding the rear sight in an arced track near the breech for elevation. The breech is opened by pushing in a button on the left hand side of the breech and flipping the block over. Extraction is in the usual Snider manner by pulling the breech block back and turning the rifle upside down. The serial numbers on the rifle are matching, 45 for the original muzzle loading rifle and 4924 for the Snider conversion. The woodwork is in very good condition with only minor bumps and bruises expected with service use. The rifle retains its original sling swivels. At the time, the Danish rifle fired the worlds largest diameter rimfire rifle cartridge. The weapon’s loading, cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. As an obsolete calibre antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:33 £1,375.00 |
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Enfield, Pattern 1858, Native Sergeants, Smoothbore .650” Percussion Musket, Marked to the Excise & Salt Protectorate. Sn - 22426:14 This is nice, original Enfield Pattern 1858 Native Sergeants smoothbore Pattern 1858 .650” percussion musket. This was the first pattern 2 band smoothbore Indian pattern musket issued to Sergeants after the Indian Mutiny. These muskets were made for the Indian army after the Indian Mutiny where Indian soldiers were only given smooth bore weapons. This musket was the equivalent of the Enfield Sergeants rifle, only smoothbore and could only accept a socket bayonet. The musket is fitted with 2 barrel bands, with a barrel length of 33 inches with an overall length of 49 inches. The lockplate is stamped with the Queens crown over V.R and the Enfield inspection mark over 1870 (date) ENFIELD. The barrel is retained by a Baddley band to the middle, a standard barrel band to the fore end fitted with a sling swivel and has a nice patina finish. The musket has a smooth bore with a diameter of .650 inches and minor staining and residue due to age and service. The musket is fitted with a v notch rear sight, a block foresight, 2 sling swivels, the correct ram rod and a leather sling. The barrel has Enfield proof marks to the breech and is stamped N.S (Native States) next to it for issue to the Gurkha Regiments. The musket has a walnut stock with nice smooth woodwork with the correct brass furniture with only minor bumps and bruises due to service life. The left hand side of the butt is fitted with a brass roundel stamped EXCISE & SALT.D. 18. (Excise & Salt Protectorate, gun number 18). Salt was taxed by the British East India Company when it began to establish its rule over provinces in India. In 1835, special taxes were imposed on Indian salt to facilitate its import. In 1858, the Crown took over the administration of India from the Company and the taxes were not revoked. This musket was later issued for the enforcement of the taxes. See RB 45 on page 8, 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 22426:14 £795.00 |
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**MASSIVE**ORNATE**C1790 Indian North West Frontier Match Lock 22 Bore Musket Wrapped With Plates & Foliate Formations Of Mother Of Pearl & Ram Rod. Sn 22407 - 22407 The matchlock was the first mechanism, or "lock" invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm. This design removed the need to lower by hand a lit match into the weapon's flash pan and made it possible to have both hands free to keep a firm grip on the weapon at the moment of firing and more importantly, to keep both eyes on the target. These weapons were prized by Native Warriors, and heavily personalised with ornate decoration. This is a C1790 Indian matchlock musket as used against British troops on the North West Frontier. It has a 43 ¼” long barrel (approx. 28 bore) and measures a massive 5’ 3” overall length. The barrel has a blade fore sight. The bore has typical heavy residue and staining consistent with age & use. It has a wood stock fully wrapped with hand crafted plates & foliate formations of Mother Of Pearl (just a few plates along the edges of the barrel absent but does not detract from the attractiveness of this gun). The barrel has white metal wire barrel bands and typical wood block butt (old stable secure chipping to one edge). The barrel is numbered ‘106’. It has a metal bar press trigger on the underside of the stock which correctly moves the 'match holder' arm to the metal powder pan and it has its iron ram rod. The metal has even patina to be expected of a native Indian weapon of its age. As an antique matchlock musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. NB Due to length delivery of this matchlock will be UK only & by arrangement at cost. Sn 22407 £395.00 |
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British, Martini Henry MK II, 1888 Dated, Rifle .577x .450 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Service Rifle by B,S.A & M Co & P1876 Pattern Bayonet. Sn - 22335 The Martini Henry mark 1 rifle was approved for service on the 17th July 1874. This is a Martini Henry mark 2 rifle. The action is stamped on the right side Crown VR (Victoria Regina) B,S.A & M Co (Birmingham Small Arms & Metal Company) 1888 (manufacture date) II (Mark II). The rifle carries many military inspection and proof stamps including the action trigger, trigger guard, operating lever, butt plate and barrel bands. The top of the receiver is stamped S-X for the strengthened extractor fitted to aid extraction of the cartridge case. The wood furniture has minor bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The rifle measures 49 ½” and the 33 ¼” steel barrel's bore is clean with crisp rifling. The metal work has many WD ordnance inspection marks (illustrated). The action works crisply and fittings retain much of its original blued finish. After British service when the British Arm adopted the .303 Lee Metford rifle, surplus Martini Henry rifles were supplied to the Gurkhas who themselves were unable to re arm quickly. Quantities of surplus British Martini Henry rifles were sent to them from 1894 including further batches sent between 1906 and 1909. The rifle is neatly stamped to the left hand side of the rear sight NS NEP Native Scouts, Nepal. The butt is stamped with a roundel BIRMINGHAM over a crowfoot WD roundel over stamped with a Fort William, Calcutta Roundel . The rifle comes complete with its as found 1876 Pattern Martini Henry rifle socket bayonet and scabbard. The bayonet is marked on the ricasso with a crowfoot over WD and various other stampings including . See section D, Martini arms, RB 93 - 96 on page 18 and 19 of the Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office and chapters 2 to 4 together with the plate on page 49 in The Martini-Henry for Queen and Empire by Neil Aspinshaw and 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 As an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22335 £1,750.00 |
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*QUALITY**MAKER**C1800 English John Manton London, 14 Bore, Single Barrel Muzzle Loading, Flintlock Later Period Converted To Percussion Shotgun With 2 Stage Damascus Steel Barrel. Sn 21276 - 21276 The famous English gunsmiths John Manton (1752-1834) & Son, George Henry (1789-1854) worked at Dover Street Piccadilly London. Between C1833 to 1844 George Henry Manton went into partnership with the Gunsmith William Hudson. The partnership continued to trade under the name Manton & Son (see page 170 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). This is an excellent muzzle loading shotgun by John Manton London made C1800 and later period converted to percussion. It has a 32 ½” 2 stage sighted Damascus steel barrel and measures 49” overall. The top of the barrel has a gold signature ‘---MANTON * LONDON---‘. The smooth bore has just staining consistent with age. The shotgun has its original walnut stock with steel butt plate. The wrist has quality chequering and the fore stock has a polished horn cap. It has a Dolphin hammer and a plain steel action plate faintly signed ‘Manton’, steel trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial. There is no visible serial number on the trigger guard. The underside of the barrel has number ‘3471’ and English proofs (illustrated). It has a wood ramrod with brass end cap. The weapon cocks & dry fires crisply. The price for this quality antique shotgun by the famous maker Manton 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 21276 £1,475.00 |
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1856 Dated, Tower, 2 Band .577 Calibre Artillery Carbine. Sn - 22349 This is a 2 Band .577 calibre artillery carbine made in 1856 made at the Tower. The action plate is stamped With Queens Crown over V.R TOWER and 1856 (date). The carbine is complete with its original brass furniture, with ramrod and is fitted with a bayonet bar which is stamped 111, the bayonets issue number. The carbine is complete with its ramp and ladder rear sight. The top of the brass butt plate is stamped KW 494 which is probably King William College established in 1668 in the Isle of Man. The carbines barrel has 3 groove rifling with staining and residue form service use. The length of the carbine is 40 inches and the 24 inch barrel carries Tower proof marks. The wood work is in good condition and carries the normal bumps and bruises from service use and is stamped on the right hand side of the butt with a crowfoot over WD and 2. The price for this carbine 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 22349 £975.00 |
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British Martini Henry MK II, 1887 Dated, Rifle .577x .450 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Service Rifle by B,S.A & M Co & P1853/72 Pattern Bayonet. - 22334 The Martini Henry mark 1 rifle was approved for service on the 17th July 1874. This is a Martini Henry mark 2 rifle. The action is stamped on the right side Crown VR (Victoria Regina) B,S.A & M Co (Birmingham Small Arms & Metal Company) 1887 (manufacture date) II (Mark II). The rifle carries many military inspection and proof stamps including the action trigger, trigger guard, operating lever, butt plate and barrel bands. The top of the reciever is stamped S-X for the strengthened extractor fitted to aid extraction of the cartridge case. The wood furniture has minor bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The rifle measures 49 ½” and the 33 ¼” steel barrel's bore is clean with crisp rifling. The metal work has many WD ordnance inspection marks (illustrated). The action works crisply and fittings retain much of its original blued finish. The rifle comes complete with its as found 1853/72 Pattern Martini Henry rifle socket bayonet which is marked on the ricasso u K. After British service when the British Arm adopted the .303 Lee Metford rifle, surplus Martini Henry rifles were supplied to the Gurkhas who themselves were unable to re arm quickly. Quantities of surplus British Martini Henry rifles were sent to them from 1894 including further batches sent between 1906 and 1909. The rifle is neatly stamped to the left hand side of the rear sight NS NEP Native Scouts, Nepal. The butt is stamped with a faint FORT WILLIAM ARSENAL roundel. See section D, Martini arms, RB 93 - 96 on page 18 and 19 of the Catalogue of the Enfield Pattern Room, British Rifles, published by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office and chapters 2 to 4 together with the plate on page 49 in The Martini-Henry for Queen and Empire by Neil Aspinshaw and 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 As an antique obsolete calibre rifle and no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22334 £1,745.00 |
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C1850, English Thomas Conway, Manchester Double Barrel Side By Side Muzzle Loading Percussion Combination Cape Rifle (.600 Calibre Rifled Barrel & 12 Bore Smoothbore Shotgun Barrel) With Walnut Stock & Ramrod. Sn 14949. - 14949 This is an excellent Double barrel percussion Cape rifle made C 1850. It has 30" browned steel barrels and measures 47 " overall. The barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib. The rifle barrel is .600 calibre, and the bore is clean with well-defined rifling. The shotgun barrel is smooth 12 bore. The bore is clean. It has its original walnut stock with chequered panels at the fore stock and wrist. It has a steel butt plate with extended tang and trigger guard with extended tang. The metal work has nice foliage engraving to the action plates, breach tang, Dolphin hammers, trigger guard and butt plate. The action plates are both signed by the manufacturer 'Conway' (most likely Thomas Conway an English Gunsmith with premises in Manchester at 179 Chapel Street, 3 Market Street & 43 Blackfriars Street, Deansgate between 1803-1852). Both barrels have silver roundel inserts at the breech. It has double triggers and the weapon cocks & dry fires perfectly as it should. The shotgun is fitted with blade foresight & 3 leaf flip up rear sights each with silver sighting lines. The stock has 2 sling swivel lugs, and it has its original brass tipped and capped wood ramrod. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion muzzle loading Cape rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 14949 £1,175.00 |
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**CRIMEAN WAR ERA** Model 1828/44 Imperial Russian Army Percussion Rifle Converted From Model 1828 Flintlock With Izyetsk Arsenal Regulation Brass Fittings & Original Iron Ram Rod. Sn 22357 - 22357 The M-1828 musket was based substantially upon the French Pattern 1822 musket, as well as the earlier Russian M-1808 musket. It was a flintlock, smoothbore musket with a 41 ¼” long barrel and an overall length of 51 ¼”. In 1841, with the adoption of the percussion cap for ignition, the Russians began the process of converting their flintlock muskets to the percussion system, thus the designation of Model 1828/44, a percussion conversion of the Model 1828 musket. These converted flintlocks were issued to the bulk of the Russian army during the Crimean War. This is an original 1839 dated Imperial Russian army Model 1828 flintlock musket period converted to Model 1828/44 percussion. It has the correct heavy curved military hammer and brass pan. Its all original wood stock has just the knocks, bumps and bruises consistent with age and service use. The metal work has even patina. The lock plate is dated 1839 and has a Russian Izyetsk arsenal mark in Cyrillic script . 1838 and 1839 dates are repeated on the brass fittings which also have Cyrillic script arsenal inspection marks (all illustrated). The brass butt plate tang has crisp Imperial Russian Double headed Eagle crest and indistinct weapon number. It has a blade fore sight and grooved action tang rear sight. The smooth bore of the rifle’s round steel barrel has light staining consistent with age & use and has a bayonet lug near to the muzzle. The rifle has its original iron ram rod and sling swivels. The weapon’s double cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22357 £1,375.00 |
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Victorian British Volunteer Officer’s Thomas Turner, Birmingham Snider MK III .577 Obsolete Calibre 3 Band Match Prize Rifle With Presentation Plate To ‘JOHN R. SURR 6 LRV’(6th Battalion Lancashire Rifle Volunteers) & 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 22351 - 22351 TURNER, Thomas [1861-1879] was an English Gunmaker with a shop at 8 Fisher Street, Birmingham. He made percussion sporting guns and Under Royal Government contract made Army metallic cartridge Snider Patent rifles (see A. Merwyn Carey’s book English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers). The Volunteer Force was raised in 1859 under the provisions of the 1804 Yeomanry Act. The majority of the Volunteer units were riflemen, but there were also artillery, engineer and cavalry (light horse) formations. Members of the Volunteer Force were exempt from service in both the regular Army and the Militia. The 6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Battalion had eight companies: 'A' Company - Liverpool 'B' Company - Liverpool 'C' Company - Liverpool 'D' Company - Liverpool 'E' Company - Liverpool 'F' Company - Newton-le-Willows 'G' Company - Liverpool This is a militia / volunteer officer’s private purchase .577 Calibre Snider, MK III 3 Band Match prize Rifle by Thomas Turner made at his Fischer Street premises awarded as a match prize to a member of the 6th LRV. It has all original woodwork and metal throughout. Its steel action plate is signed by the maker ‘THOMAS TURNER FISCHER STREET BIRMINGHAM’. The barrel has proof / inspection marks. It has a brass butt plate, trigger guard & fore end block. The rifle measures 55” overall with a 39” barrel. The stock is very good and has chequered grip panels. The underside of the shoulder stock has a military match presentation white metal disc engraved to ‘JOHN R. SURR 6 LRV (6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers)’ The barrel’s bore has just light staining consistent with age and use & well defined rifling. The hinged breech has the correct MK III knurled locking catch. The rifle is complete with sling swivels, ram rod, block and blade fore sight, ladder rear sight & heavy military hammer. Its cocking and firing actions work crisply. 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 item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22351 £975.00 |
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