Antique Guns and Equipment
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Early 1900’s English Cogswell & Harrison London .300 Obsolete Centre Fire Calibre Breech Loading, Side Lever, Break Action Single Shot Rook / Rabbit Rifle With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23663 - 23663 Between 1830 and 1842 Benjamin Cogswell was described as a pawnbroker at 4 Bengal Place. He then takes over at 224 Strand address & advertises himself as “Gun and Pistol warehouse” and later as gunmaker at 224 Strand. In 1863 Benjamin Cogswell (Jnr) takes Edward Harrison into partnership. Cogswell then becomes Cogswell & Harrison at 224 Strand. In 1879 the Strand premises were run in conjunction with new business managed by Edgar Harrison at 142 New Bond Street, London. The famous Cogswell & Harrison still make best quality guns today and are London’s oldest surviving gunmakers. This is a very good Rook / Rabbit rifle by Cogswell & Harrison. It has a 25 ¾” Octagonal rifled barrel. The bore has just staining consistent with age & use & well defined rifling. It has an external hammer, blade foresight, and 3 leaf graduated rear sight 50-100-150 yards with silvered aiming lines. The barrel flats are signed ‘Cogswell & Harrison’, ‘142 New Bond Street & 224 Strand London’ and has calibre detail ‘.300’. The underside of the shoulder stock has impressed number ‘12809’ prefixed by what looks like a letter ‘s’ on its side. The rifle has original undamaged walnut straight wrist stock with chequered pistol grip and chequered fore end. It has a steel butt plate. The loading and firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre Rook / Rabbit rifle no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23663 £975.00 |
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Victorian Era Indian / Afghan North West Frontier 20 Bore Flintlock Jezail Carbine With Late 1700’s / Early 1800’s Georgian Enfield Tower Brown Bess Musket Lock, Wood Stock Ornately Decorated With Polished Bone & Brass Inlays. Sn 23666 - 23666 The Jezail was a simple, cost-efficient and often handmade muzzle-loading long arm commonly used in British India, Central Asia and parts of the Middle East. Jezails were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. Jezails were seen as very personal weapons, and unlike the typical military weapons of the time which were very plain and utilitarian, Jezails tended to be well crafted and were usually intricately decorated. Although Jezails commonly have very long barrels, they also made carbine size variants such as ours. The firing mechanism was typically either a matchlock or a flintlock. Since flintlock mechanisms were complex and difficult to manufacture, many Jezails used the lock mechanism from captured or broken British Brown Bess & other muskets. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated, featuring a distinctive curve which is not seen in the stocks of other muskets. The function of this curve is debated; it may be purely decorative, or it may have allowed the Jezail to be tucked under the arm and cradled tightly against the body, as opposed to being held to the shoulder like a typical musket or rifle. During the Anglo Afghan Wars the Jezail was the primary ranged weapon of Afghan warriors and was used with great effect against British troops. This is an attractive carbine size Indian flintlock Jezail with Enfield Tower Georgian Brown Bess lock. It has a 21” long sighted iron barrel with brass barrel bands. The barrel is approx. 20 bore at the flared muzzle. The smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age. It measures 36” overall length. The English Brown bess musket lock has its original ‘Tower’ and ‘Kings Crown GR’ (George Rex) markings (illustrated). Its wood stock is intricately hand inlaid with pieces of polished bone and brass strips. It has the typical Jezail curved butt. The wood and metal have the wear and patina to be expected of a native Indian weapon of its age. As is common with these native Jezails, the action’s hammer and trigger move under spring tension but it does not cock and dry fire. The price 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 collection or display. Sn 23666 £795.00 |
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C1800 English, Barnett Minories London Brass Barrelled Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss. A 700 - A 700 The London based Barnett family of Gunsmiths are recorded at various addresses in London from 1796 to 1908 starting with Thomas Barnett at 134 Minories (see page 140 of Brown’s book British Gunmakers Vol.1). This an excellent original brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss by R. Barnett Minories London. These types of Blunderbuss were favoured by Coachmen for protection against attack from Highwaymen. It is 31 ½” overall with a bell mouth 15 ¾” long brass cannon barrel. The barrel has crisp black powder proofs and is signed ‘Minories London’. The muzzle opening is 1 ¼” wide. The smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age & use. It has a plain lock plate signed ‘R. Barnett’, Swan neck cock fitted with flint, Walnut full stock and brass mounts including butt plate with extended tang, side plate, trigger guard with extended tang & ram rod flutes. It has its wood ram rod with brass end cap. The price for this antique blunderbuss 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. A 700 £1,875.00 |
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Early 1900’s BSA Martini Action .300 Obsolete Calibre Take Down Rook Rifle With 3 Leaf Graduated Rear Sight Folding Ring Fore Sight & Additional BSA 1909 Patent Folding Aperture Sight. Sn 23637 - 23637 This is an excellent and sought after C1900 .300 Antique Obsolete Calibre Birmingham Small Arms, Martini Action Rook Rifle. It has a 25" round barrel which has a clean bore with well-defined rifling and it measures 40 ½” overall. Its Martini Action works crisply. The metal work retains its original blue finish. It has all original undamaged stock with chequered panels at the wrist & and fore stock. The stock has forward & mid-section sling swivel lugs and rear sling swivel. The action can be removed for cleaning / inspection by turning off a screw bolt on one side of the action. The rifle has a shrouded, folding ring foresight, 3 leaf rear sight graduated to 50-100-150 yards with silvered aiming lines and additional folding aperture rear sight marked ‘BSA P.Pat 21332-09’. The top of the barrel is signed with the manufacturer's name 'Made By The Birmingham Small Arms Co Ltd England Cartridge .300’ together with proof marks & number ‘11229’. The action has the BSA Piled Arms trademark & it has a steel butt plate. The price 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 23637 £1,275.00 |
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C1870’s Auguste Francotte (AF) Liege Belgium 6 Shot .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre Double Action Revolver & Period Leather Holster. Sn 23655 - 23655 Auguste Francotte & Co was a Liege gunmaker. His company was founded in 1810 and was most active between 1860 and 1914. It had premises at Rue Mont Saint Martin 61, in Liege. This is a Belgian Liege 6 shot double action rim fire revolver by Francotte made C1870’s. It has a 4 ¾” octagonal sighted barrel. The barrel’s bore has staining consistent with age & use & well defined rifling. The frame and cylinder have Francotte’s “AF” with Crown marks and has other Liege inspection marks (illustrated). It is side gate loading & has a captive ejector rod. The metal work in the white is undamaged. The Walnut grips are undamaged. The weapon’s cocking and firing action works correctly in both single and double action. The pistol comes with its period brown leather holster which has a full flap cover secured by a brass lug, tooled decoration to the front edges and rear, riveted belt loop. The rear of the leather has numbers ‘745’ above ‘25’. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre, rim fire weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23655 £850.00 |
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C1750 Continental Form 20 Bore Double Barrel Flintlock Sporting Shotgun With Bearded Mask Carved Stock & Ram Rod. Sn 23639 - 23639 This is a mid 18th Century Continental Form 22 Bore Flintlock Double Barrel Sporting Shotgun. It has all original wood, half length stock with steel reinforced fore end, a portrait of a bearded mask carved to the underside of the stock. The gun has a horn capped wood ramrod. The gun has 35 ½” barrels with chiselled decoration to the breeches, the locks are fitted with roller frizzens. The barrel’s smooth bores have residue & staining consistent with age & use. The gun is 51” overall length. The action works. The price includes UK delivery. NB as an antique flintlock shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display Sn 23639 £795.00 |
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**SCARCE** C1880’s J. Squires London Webley .30 Rim Fire Six-Shot Webley Pocket Revolver, Side Gate Loading With Captive Extractor Lever. Sn 23653 - 23653 James Squires was an English, London based Gunsmith with premises at Mile End Old Town, 612 Castle Street and 14 Newcastle Street between 1847-1892. Not to be confused with the similar, but more common, Tranter examples Squires utilised Webley-patented frame designs / components. He also made other revolvers, producing and retailing sporting guns, percussion pistols, and cartridge firearms. The pistol has a 2 ¾” sighted octagonal barrel (7” overall). The barrel’s bore has just light staining consistent with age and use and well defined rifling. The top of the cylinder frame is engraved ‘J. SQUIRES LONDON’. It has English proofs on the barrel and removable cylinder. The pistol has a side loading gate and ejector lever mounted on the right side. It has a sheathed trigger, and undamaged chequered walnut grip. The pistol’s metal work is excellent and undamaged with original blue finish and its correct single action cocking and firing mechanism works crisply. The price for this scarce pistol includes UK delivery. Sn 23653 (drawers office) £975.00 |
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Victorian, British, 1859 Dated, TOWER Pattern 1856, .577 Calibre 2 Band Sergeants 3 Groove Short Percussion Rifle. **. Sn 23657 - 23657 This is an original British, 1859 dated, .577 TOWER Enfield pattern 1856, 2 band Sergeants 3 groove short rifle. The rifle is fitted with a double line TOWER lock plate which is stamped with the queens crown 1859 (date) TOWER and an inspection stamp. The barrel has a nice smooth browned finished barrel and is fitted with the correct 1100 yard backsight, a foresight on a block and a bayonet bar with a forward extension. The sergeants rifle always had iron furniture and this is fitted with the correct iron fittings, trigger guard, butt plate, nose cap, barrel bands and sling swivel fitted to the rear of the trigger guard. This rifle has a 33” round steel 3 grove barrel with a length of 49 inches. The bore has 3 groove rifling with just the staining from service use. rifle has all original woodwork which is in excellent condition. See page 73 & plate 75, British Military Longarms 1815 - 1865 by D.W. Bailey. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion rifle, no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23657 £795.00 |
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C1750 Continental Form 22 Bore Single Barrel Flintlock Sporting Shotgun With Brass Fittings & Ram Rod. Sn 23640 - 23640 This is a mid 18th Century Continental Form 22 Bore Flintlock Sporting Shotgun. It has all original wood which is in very good condition with figured cheek piece, horn fore end block and inlaid veneer star device to one side of the shoulder stock. The gun has wood ramrod, forward sling swivel and sling swivel lug on the underside of the shoulder stock. The 2 stage 28” octagonal to round sighted barrel has a smooth bore which has residue & staining consistent with age & use. The gun is 43” overall length. It has an iron cock, frizzen pan and brass furniture. The action works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB as an antique flintlock shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display Sn 23640 £595.00 |
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Norwegian Model 1774 .750” Caliber Jager Flintlock Antique Rifle. Sn 23635 - 23635 This is a Danish Model 1774 Jager rifle retaining the original curved doglock lockplate where the dog was removed and a later 2 stage half cock tumbler installed. The rifle has a .75 inch bore barrel was rifled with 5 grooves with a quick twist. The rifle was fitted with a two position flip over rear sight with range /windage cut outs. The lockplate has an early dog lock swan necked cock and is fitted with a brass frizzen pan. The rifle carries 3 brass ramrod tubes, trigger guard, butt plate and a riveted on nose cap. The right hand side of the butt is fitted with a sliding wooden lidded patch box which carries the spare flint. The rifle has two sling swivels, one near the nose cap and one at the rear of the trigger guard. The rifle has an improvised bayonet bar which has an integral one piece foresight with two narrow sockets to clamp it to the barrel. The right hand side of the barrel carries the number T560 on the right and the letters of the barrel maker PSG in a cartouche on the left. The tang carries the number T560 and the barrel has a proof mark and the letter K. The heavy ramrod is made of steel with a cup on the top for ramming the bullet. most of these rifles were later converted to the percussion system with a pillar breech. The action works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB as an antique flintlock rifle no licence is required to own this rifle in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23635 £1,275.00 |
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