Antique Guns and Equipment
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C1840 English 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Turn Off Barrel. Sn 19687 - 19687 This a good English percussion pocket pistol made C1840. It is 6 ½”overall with a 2 ¼” screw off barrel (a tool is required to turn off the barrel, we do not have the tool). 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 on both sides with foliate panels. There is no visible makers name. It has its original bag shaped wood grip. The back of the grip is inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. 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 19687 £295.00 |
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**QUALITY**Victorian C1840 J. Clemson, 7 Bore Percussion Muzzle Loading Single Barrel Live Pigeon Sporting Shot Gun. Sn 19664 - 19664 This is a superb large calibre, English form, live pigeon sporting shotgun made C1840. This type of gun were popular at live Pigeon shooting competitions before the invention of ‘clay Pigeons’ when live Pigeons were released from cages to be shot by competitors and for hunting use. It is a large 7 bore but well balanced and designed to be fired from the shoulder rather than from a punt or bank as many other guns of this bore were made for. It has a 32” blued steel barrel. It measures 48 ½” overall length. The smooth bore is clean with no pitting. It has all original undamaged walnut furniture with chequered wrist and fore stock. The fore stock has a polished horn end cap. The top of the wrist is inlaid with void silver escutcheon. The action has best quality tooled foliate decoration featuring hunting dogs and game birds in the field. It has a steel butt plate. The action and barrel are signed by the maker or retailer ‘J. Clemson’ (unknown). It has a heavy Dolphin hammer. The barrel has a small brass bead foresight. Its cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display. Sn 19664 £2,450.00 |
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**MINT BORE**C1880 Victorian British George Gibbs Bristol Volunteer’s Private Purchase Martini Henry .577x .450 Short Lever Rifle. Sn 19376 - 19376 Founded in Bristol in 1830 as J & G Gibbs ( who are also listed as “wire drawers at 4 Redcliff St ) and renamed in 1835 as G Gibbs . The firm has gained an impressive record of innovation, adaptation and tenacity, making muzzle loading guns and rifles of the highest quality including Samuel Bakers first 4 bore heavy charge rifle, under the direction of the founder George Gibbs Snr. the firm developed and expanded with the help of his sons G.C. and Herbert to embrace the breech loading era with a series of crucial partnerships and designs. The firm finally consolidated in 1858 at 29 Corn St and this address changed to 39 Corn St in 1880 when St Werbergs church , further along Corn St , was dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere in the city . The Church was taken down during 1877 and replaced with 10 new shop premises , the buildings finally re numbered around 1879/1880. The Gibbs business is still thriving today. This is a Victorian Volunteer’s private purchase Martini Henry, short lever rifle by George Gibbs of Bristol. It has its original woodwork throughout which has just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age and service use. It has a block & blade fore sight, flip up ladder rear sight, steel butt plate, sling swivels, cleaning rod & bayonet lug. The 33” steel barrel’s bore is near mint clean and bright, the rifling sharp and well defined. The barrel has British proof marks. The metal work has even patina and has numbers (illustrated). The action works crisply. The top of the barrel is signed by the maker ‘George Gibbs 39 Corn Street Bristol’. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an Antique, obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 19376 £1,675.00 |
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Victorian 1886 Dated MK IV Enfield Martini Henry .577x .450 Long Lever British Service Rifle With British WD & India Arsenal Marks. Sn 19472 - 19472 This is an original MK IV. 1886 dated .577x .450 Martini Henry, long lever Service Rifle. It has its original woodwork throughout. The wood has Enfield roundel and other ink marks (illustrated). The metal work has British WD and India arsenal marks and ‘N.E.P’ , N.S’ Nepalese Native Service stamps (illustrated). It has a block & blade fore sight, flip up ladder rear sight, steel butt plate, sling swivels, cleaning rod & bayonet lug. The 33” steel barrel’s bore has staining consistent with age & sharp, well defined multi groove rifling. The metal work has even patina. The action works crisply. The action is stamped on the right side Crown VR (Victoria Regina) Enfield, ‘Mark IV I’ model designation and dated '1886' together with WD arrow. As an Antique, obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19472 £1,475.00 |
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Victorian C1850 English Westley Richards, 16 Bore, Double Barrel Muzzle Loading Percussion Shotgun. Sn 19512 - 19512 The renowned English Gunsmiths Westley Richards & Co have been making unique and best quality shotguns and rifles for over 200 years. This is a Victorian era 16 Bore double barrel shotgun made by Westley Richards in good condition. It has Walnut furniture with finely chequered wrist and fore stock. The wood has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use. The stock has an inlaid void silver escutcheon. The shotgun with double 27 ¼”, steel barrels, has double hammers & triggers. It measures 44 ¼” overall. The barrel rib has a bead fore sight. The action plates, action tang and trigger guard with extended tang have foliate engraved decoration. The action has an inlaid silver band and silver roundels are inlaid at the breech of each barrel. Both action plates are signed ‘Westley Richards’. The cocking & firing actions of the weapon work crisply. The barrels smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age. The gun has its original ebonised wood ram rod with brass end cap and brass tip. 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 a collection or display. Sn 19512 £595.00 |
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1888 Dated MK II Enfield Martini Henry .577x .450 British Service Rifle With Later South African WD Marks & Leather Sling By Edward Day Canada. Sn 19470 - 19470 This is an excellent original MK II .577x .450 Martini Henry, British Service Rifle with later South African WD marks. It is fully British ordnance stamped and has its original woodwork throughout. The wood has an ink Enfield rifle and struck out dates. It has block and blade fore sight, flip up ladder rear sight, steel butt plate, sling swivels fitted with leather sling which is impressed ‘Edward Day Made In Canada’, cleaning rod & bayonet lug. The steel barrel's bore is clean & has crisp rifling. The metal work retains its original blue finish. The action works crisply. The action is stamped on the right side Crown VR (Victoria Regina) Enfield, Mark II model designation and dated '1888'. The barrel has several Victorian and British WD proof inspection marks and ‘C Broad Arrow G’ South African Government marks indicating reissue to South African Forces after British service. 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. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19470 £1,675.00 |
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