Antique Rifles and Long Guns
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C1850 Victorian English Thomas Norfolk Bury St Edmunds Suffolk 14 Bore Double Damascus Barrelled Muzzle Loading Percussion Shotgun & Research Documents Regarding The Maker. Sn 21274 - 21274 Thomas Norfolk was an English Suffolk based gunmaker recorded as working between 1843 & 1883 at Bury St Edmunds 1843: 26 Angel Street, 1844-48 8 Butter Market, 1852 9 Corn Market & 1854-83 9 Meat Market (see page 296 of Brown’s book British Gunmakers Vol 2). This gun is accompanied by a quantity of research about this Gunsmith & other Suffolk Gunmakers. This is a nice 14 Bore double barrel muzzle loading percussion shotgun by Thomas Norfolk. It has all original Walnut furniture which has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age and use. The wrist is inlaid with white metal escutcheon and has chequered grip panels. The shotgun with double 26 ½”, Damascus steel barrels, has double hammers & triggers. It measures 46 ½” overall. The barrel rib has a bead fore sight. The action plates, action tang and trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial have foliate engraved decoration. The action plates are also signed ‘Norfolk’. The barrel rib is faintly signed ‘Norfolk Bury St Edmunds’. The cocking & firing actions of the weapon work crisply. The barrel’s smooth bores are clean. The gun has an ebonised wood ram rod with brass end cap and brass tip which unscrews to reveal a worm. 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 21274 £595.00 |
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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 |
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**RARE**1866 British BSA Snider MK II Naval Pattern 2 Band .577 Obsolete Calibre Short Rifle With Chained Nipple Protector & 1 x Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 21337 - 21337 This is an excellent, rare to find example of the Snider MK II Naval Pattern 2 band rifle. The action plate is stamped by the manufacturer ‘BSA Co’ and dated 1866. It has all original wood work in excellent condition. It has the correct steel fittings. It has its original bayonet bar, sling swivels, steel cleaning rod, ladder rear sight and block with blade fore sight. The barrel’s bore has just light staining consistent with age and service use and well defined rifling. The Total length is 44 ¾” with a 26 ½” barrel. The breech has the correct MK II type hinged cover without locking catch. The breech has snider’s Patent with ‘arrow’ mark and BSA Co mark. The rifle also has British proofs. The action is fitted with link chained nipple protector. The cocking & firing action work crisply. The rifle comes with a single Inert Deactivated Round Of Kynoch .577 Ammunition. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rifle no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21337 £1,395.00 |
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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. 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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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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C1845 Irish Kavanagh Dublin .750 Musket Bore Percussion Musket With Regulation Brass Furniture Irish Registration Marked ‘S6007’ (County Sligo) & Ram Rod. Sn 21271 - 21271 William Kavanagh & Sons; Wm & Jas Kavanagh; William Kavanagh & Son, Dublin, Ireland was a Gun, Pistol & Rifle Maker, Gunpowder Merchant from 1796-1928 Although established in 1796, William Kavanagh was first recorded in 1817 at 6 Anderson's Court, Greek Street, Dublin. In 1822 he made his sons (William and James) partners in the business. While he moved to 4 Upper Ormond Quay to trade as William Kavanagh, his sons traded at 11 Dame Street as William Kavanagh & Sons. By 1840 William Kavanagh was trading at 4 Upper Ormond Quay as a gunpowder merchant. In 1847 William Kavanagh & Sons took additional premises at 12 Dame Street into which they moved relinquishing 11 Dame Street later that year. In 1849, James Kavanagh was recorded trading on his own as a gunmaker at 4 Upper Ormond Quay. William Kavanagh (& Son?) was recorded at 12 Dame Street. William II appears to have managed the business. In 1853 William Snr retired or died and William and James took over to trade as Wm & James Kavanagh, gun makers and gunpowder merchants. They exhibited at the Dublin exhibition in that year. In 1872 it appears that James retired or died because William continued at 12 Dame Street with a factory in Dame Lane. It may have been at this time that William (II) made his son a partner and that the business became William Kavanagh & Son, Gun Makers and Gunpowder Merchants, in 1881 they were recorded as such. This is an, original, percussion musket by Kavanagh of Dublin. It is 55 ¼” overall length with a heavy 39 ¼” browned Damascus steel sighted barrel. Its smooth bore has just staining & residue consistent with age & use. It has its original action plate crisply signed by the maker ‘Kavanagh Dublin’. It has all original walnut stock with, iron ramrod and regulation type brass furniture. The butt plate tang has the Irish registration mark ‘S6007’ for County Sligo (these Irish County identification marks were introduced by the short lived Arms Act of 1843). The metal work has even patina throughout and the musket cocks and dry fires crisply. The price for includes UK delivery. N.B As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK as part of a collection or display. Sn 21271 £975.00 |
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Dutch Beaumont Model 1871 11x52R Beaumont Obsolete Calibre Single Shot Bolt Action Carbine By P. Stevens Maastricht. Sn 18196:1 - 18196:1 The Beaumont is a turning bolt action rifle who's major distinctive feature is the arrangement of the mainspring which is housed inside the large, hollow, bulbous two-piece bolt handle. The rifle was designed by a Dutch engineer from Maastricht, from whom it gets is name. Apparently inspired by the French Chasspot, forerunner to the M1874 French Gras & similar to its early single shot bolt rifle contemporaries such as the German M1871Mauser. The rifle chambers the UK obsolete calibre11x52R Beaumont cartridge. P. Stevens of Maastricht was contracted to produce the majority of Beaumont rifles. This carbine variant example is in excellent condition. It has original undamaged wood furniture. The metal work in the white is clean and undamaged. The barrel length is 19 ¾” and it measures 38 ¾” overall. The rifle has numbers ‘451’ on the breech and bolt and other un-matching numbers. The barrel has inspection marks and ‘1871’ model designation. The breech is stamped by the maker ‘P. Stevens Maastricht’. It has an adjustable rear sight, block & blade foresight, sling swivels, cleaning rod & steel butt plate. The bore is clean with crisp rifling. The loading & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an obsolete calibre antique carbine no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 18196:1 £750.00 |
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C1800 English, Field London Brass Barrelled Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss. Sn 21342 - 21342 This an excellent original brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss signed ‘Field London’ (there were several English Gunmakers named Field working in Lonon & Birmingham in the flintlock era). These types of Blunderbuss were favoured by Coachmen for protection against attack from Highwaymen. It is 29” overall with a bell mouth 14” long brass 2 stage cannon barrel. The barrel has crisp black powder proofs. The muzzle opening is 1 ¼” wide. The smooth bore has just staining & residue consistent with age. It has a plain steel flat lock signed ‘Field’, Swan neck cock, all original Walnut full stock and brass mounts including butt plate with extended tang, side plate, trigger guard with extended tang & ram rod flutes. The top of the barrel is signed ‘London’. The underside of the shoulder stock near the butt plate has an old period, stable repair. It’s ram rod is wood with a polished horn end cap (the ram rod is firmly stuck in the flutes, to avoid risk of damage we have not attempted to remove it). The price for this excellent blunderbuss worthy of further research regarding the maker 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 21342 £1,575.00 |
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East India Company Type F .75” Musket Bore Percussion Musket. Sn. 16416:16 - 16416:16 This is an East India Company type F percussion musket. The gun measures 54 ¾ inches in length. The 39 inch round smooth steel barrel which has staining and residue consistent with age and use. It is also fitted with a pattern F bayonet catch. The barrel has British black powder proof marks and has a block foresight and a v back sight. The original percussion lock plate is crisply marked with the EIC rampant lion and cocks correctly. The gun has its original walnut stock which has the knocks, bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The round steel ramrod has a round rammer head with a short section under it being square. The gun has brass furniture including butt plate, trigger guard, fore end and ram rod mounts. The gun retains its original iron sling swivels and barrel is attached to the stock with 3 steel wedges. The metal work has even patina throughout. The gun has Nepalese markings on the top of the butt plate. 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. Sn 16416:16 £975.00 |
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British 1863 Dated Enfield Tower 1853 Pattern .577 Calibre 3 Band Presentation Rifle ‘PRESENTED BY G H WHALLEY ESQ MP TO BENJAMIN LLOYD LEWIS OF NANT YR HENDY FOR HIS MANLY AND CORRECT CONDUCT IN THE AFFAIR OF THE 7TH SEPT 1863’ P1853 Bayonet & Scabbard - 21273 George Hammond Whalley (22 January 1813 – 8 October 1878) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He was the eldest son of James Whalley, a merchant and banker from Gloucester, and a direct descendant of Edward Whalley, the regicide. George was educated at University College London, gaining a first class degree in Metaphysics and Rhetoric. He entered Gray's Inn in 1835, and was called to the bar in 1839. He was an assistant tithe commissioner between 1836 and 1847, writing over 200 articles for the Justice of the Peace between 1838 and 1842. In 1838 and 1839 he published a pair of treatises on the Tithe Acts, which were expanded and published in 1848 as The Tithe Act and the Whole of the Tithe Amendment Acts. During the Great Famine in 1847 he established several fisheries on the Irish west coast. In 1852 he was made Sheriff of Caernarvonshire, a deputy lieutenant of Denbighshire and a captain in the Denbighshire Yeomanry. He unsuccessfully stood for Parliament at the 1852 general election in Montgomery and was returned to Parliament on his second attempt at a by-election in December 1852[ for the City of Peterborough. There were reports of irregularities in the election, which had been heavily influenced by Earl Fitzwilliam, and his election was voided on 8 June 1853. A second by-election was held on 25 June 1853, when Whalley was re-elected. Another election petition was lodged, and a Committee of the House of Commons was established in July 1853 to investigate the case. The committee determined that he had not been legitimately elected, and reinstated his opponent, Thomson Hankey. He was once again elected, however, in the 1859 general election. An Anglican, Whalley was persuaded to lead the parliamentary campaign against Roman Catholicism, taking over from the ailing Richard Spooner. His principal aim was to abolish the Maynooth Grant, claiming that Britain was paying for the creation of Catholic priests whose goal was to turn Britain into a "citadel of Popery". His three motions for the creation of a committee to consider repeal of the grant were all defeated in 1861, 1862, and 1863, and he experienced difficulty in getting his anti-Catholic speeches heard due to opposition from the numerous Irish MPs. In 1866 he claimed to have evidence that Vatican machinations had caused the defeat of British troops in New Zealand, that Cardinal Cullen, the Irish primate, intended to place a Stuart pretender on the throne of England, and that the Pope had taken control of the British artillery corps, the police, the telegraph office, and railway companies. He was also a zealous supporter of Arthur Orton, the notorious Tichborne Claimant, and was eventually jailed by Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, who tried the case, for contempt of court. He died insolvent in 1878, still in office (a period portait photogra of GH Whalley MP is illustrated in the images). This is a very good British Enfield Tower 1853 pattern percussion rifle presented by Whalley to BENJAMIN LLOYD LEWIS OF NANT YR HENDY (North Wales) most likely for his assistance in Whalley’s 1861, 1862, and 1863 committee motions to repeal the Maynooth grant. It has a 39” barrel and measures 55” overall. The barrel’s bore has crisp rifling and just light staining consistent with age and use. It has its original undamaged walnut stock and regulation brass fittings. The stock is mounted with a white metal presentation plate engraved ‘PRESENTED BY G H WHALLEY ESQ MP TO BENJAMIN LLOYD LEWIS OF NANT YR HENDY FOR HIS MANLY AND CORRECT CONDUCT IN THE AFFAIR OF THE 7TH SEPT 1863’ It has a heavy military hammer, block & blade fore sight & adjustable ladder rear sight. The action plate is crisply marked with Queen’s Crown, ‘Tower’ (Enfield) and ‘1863’ date. The barrel has proofs. The rifle has sling swivels and iron ramrod. The rifle has a strong cocking and firing action. The rifle is accompanied by an original period British P1853 socket bayonet. The bayonet measures 21” overall length and has a 17 ½” triangular blade. It has the correct swivel locking catch at the socket. The bayonet has staining consistent with age but no rust. The blade has inspection marks and indistinct makers name. The bayonet has its original brass mounted leather scabbard in very good condition. The price for this nice P1853 rifle presented by a controversial British MP worthy of further research regarding the circumstances of the presentation and the named recipient 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 collection or display. Sn 21273 £1,895.00 |
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