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1831 French Model 1822 Challerault Cavalry Pistol Converted from Flintlock to Percussion. A 585. - A 585
An original French Model 1822 Challerault Cavalry pistol converted from flintlock to percussion with a rifled barrel. The pistol has a dark wood stock which has regimental marks stamped into it "122 449 G". The woodwork is excellent. The lock plate is stamped with "Mre Rle de Culle". The barrel is date stamped with "1831" and "M.R." on the right-hand side and "C de 17, 6A C.C." on the left-hand side. The pistol retains the original ramrod / powder measure which is stamped "3387". The pistol's foresight and backsight are original and undamaged. The pistol cocks and dry fires with a strong action. The brass furniture is all original with a good patina and all have the French proof marks stamped inside an oval. The pistol butt has a steel lanyard ring attached to it. This is a fine example of this pistol, substantial and well made. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. A 585. (Fair tray)
£875.00

Early 1800’s English Form Worts & Co 15 Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol. Sn 21036. - 21036
This is a very good flintlock holster Pistol in English form. It is 15” overall with a 9" round steel barrel. The barrel’s smoothbore has just staining consistent with age and use. The barrel has English black powder proofs. It has a plain lock plate & cock fitted with flint. The lock plate is signed ‘Worts & Co’ (we cannot find references to this gunmaker or retailer in our books or online. Possible American?). It has a walnut full stock which has just the light knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age its brass furniture and iron ram rod. Its action works crisply. The price for this pistol worthy of further research regarding the maker or retailer includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21036
£1,450.00

C1800 British Form Thomson Flintlock 15 Bore Coaching / Overcoat Traveling Pistol Stock Marked ‘VII’ With Heavy Brass Fittings, Safety Bolt & Captive Iron Ram Rod. Sn 21393:19 - 21393:19
This is a rugged Flintlock coaching or overcoat traveling pistol in British form by Thomson (there were several British gunmakers named Thomson in London & the Provinces during the flintlock era, several of them being in Scotland). It is 10 ½” overall with a 5” round steel barrel. The barrels’ smooth bore is clean and has black powder proofs. It has a flat stepped lock & cock fitted with flint. The lock plate is signed ‘Thomson’ and has a safety bolt. It has a walnut full stock with brass cudgel butt. The wood has period hand applied Roman numerals ‘VII’ (possibly a coach or weapon number). It has heavy brass fittings including trigger guard with extended tang and fore end cap. It is complete with original captive iron ram rod. Its action works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:19 (Fair Tray)
£1,325.00

QUALITY C1840 English R.S. Clarke 16 Bore Percussion Traveling Pistol with Octagonal Damascus Barrel, German Silver Mounts & Ram Rod. 15033. - 15033
This is a quality made percussion pistol made C1840. It is 9 ½” overall with a 5” octagonal Damascus steel barrel. The barrel is fitted with German silver blade fore sight and grooved action rear sight. The barrel’s smoothbore is clean. The barrel has double inlaid silver lines and the action a silver roundel insert. It’s action plate, Dolphin hammer and trigger guard with extended tang have crisp foliate engraved decoration. The action plate is signed by the maker in stylised script ‘R.S. Clark’. Its original walnut stock has a chequered panel pistol grip. The wood has just light bumps and bruises to be expected with age and use. The stock has German silver fittings (a small piece of one German silver stock mount on the right side of the pistol is absent as can be seen in the images). The pistol has its original wood ram rod with horn end cap. Its action works as it should. The price for this pistol worthy of further research re the maker includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. 15033. (Fair tray)
£895.00

Enfield, 1860 Dated, Snider 2 Band .577 Obsolete Calibre Short Rifle, Chained Nipple Protector & 1 x Inert Deactivated Round Marked to; the 66th Regiment of Foot. - A 1124
This is an excellent Enfield made .577 Snider 2 band rifle. The rifle was originally made as a breech loading percussion service rifle and was later converted to the Snider breechloading system to continue in British service. The rifle has all original wood work in excellent condition with only minor marks from service use. The rifle has the regulation brass fittings with iron barrel bands and ramrod. The barrel retains much of its original blued finish and has an excellent bore with well defined rifling with minor staining and residue from use. The rifle carries Enfield inspection/proof marks. The breech also carries Enfield inspection/proof marks as well as SNIDERS PATENT stamped on the top. The rifle is fitted with the plain style Enfield lockplate and is stamped 1860 ENFIELD, a queens crown over V.R (Victoria Regina) and 2 inspection marks. The total length is 43 inches with a 28 inch barrel. The rifle is fitted with a 2* breech and has the correct hinged cover. The breech has snider’s Patent mark. The stock carries an excellent Enfield roundel to the right hand side ‘R,M ENFIELD WD and a crowfoot. Behind this near the butt plate is stamped D C. the top of the brass butt plate is stamped 66 over 361. (66th [Berkshire] Regiment of Foot which was raised in 1758 and was merged in 1881 into The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s {Berkshire Regiment}), gun number 361. 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. A 1124
£1,295.00

19th Century British Sykes Sheffield Pocket Pistol Size Plain Category Copper & Brass Black Powder Flask with Sprung Nozzle Charger. A 596 - A 596
Decoration of powder flasks varied dramatically with plain utilitarian examples and ornate examples with hunting, game animals, foliate, village, military and marine scenes & were made of a wide variety of materials. This tiny pocket pistol size flask falls into the ‘Plain category’ described in the ‘Plain Flasks’ chapter (page 271) of, ‘The Powder Flask’ book by Riling. Similar small copper and brass plain flasks are illustrated at plates 125 of Rilings book page 272 & 274 along with other forms from the period Sykes catalogue. Riling states that these plain flasks “should receive special attention from the new collector and form an important part of any collection”. This tiny flask measures 3 ½” overall length and is 1 ½” at its widest. The brass sprung charger works correctly and has a removable screw in nozzle. The copper body is faintly stamped by the manufacturer ‘Sykes’. The copper has a few minor dents but no cracks or splits. The price includes UK delivery. A 596
£195.00

C1830 Liege Belgium 38 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Damascus Steel Rifled Barrel & Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 22426:47 - 22426:47
This is a nice percussion pocket pistol made in Liege Belgium C1830. The pistol’s action has foliate engraved decoration all around. The side of the breach has a Liege ‘ELG’ roundel proof / inspection mark and the underside a small indistinct inspection mark (illustrated). The pistol measures 7” overall & has a just under 2 ¾” turn off Damascus steel barrel. The barrel’s rifled bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & undamaged fluted and foliate carved ebony grip with ornate foliate engraved steel butt plate. The pistol’s cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique percussion pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:47 (drawers office)
£375.00

C1830 Liege Belgium 50 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Rifled Barrel, Folding Concealed Trigger. Sn 22426:46 - 22426:46
This is a nice percussion pocket pistol made in Liege Belgium C1830. The pistol’s action has foliate engraved decoration all around. The barrel is numbered ‘73’ and the action has a Liege ‘ELG’ roundel proof / inspection mark (illustrated). The pistol measures 6 ¼” overall & has a just under 2 ¼” turn off barrel. The barrel’s rifled bore has just staining consistent with age & use. It has a concealed folding trigger & undamaged fluted and foliate carved ebony grip with ornate foliate engraved steel butt plate. The pistol’s cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique percussion pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:46 (drawers office)
£375.00

*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

Victorian Era 2nd Scinde Irregular Horse Enfield Pattern .650 Carbine Calibre Percussion Cavalry Pistol Retailed By Garden London With Captive Steel Ram Rod & Brass Lion’s Head Butt Cap. Sn 22426:25 - 22426:25
The Scinde Irregular Horse was raised at Hyderabad on 8 August 1838. It was named after the province of Sind now in Pakistan, where it was raised to protect the trade route from the Bolan Pass to Sukkur on the Indus River and fight against the marauding Baluchi warriors. It later expanded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Scinde Horse. These three regiments were absorbed into the regular forces after the Mutiny of 1857 and became the 35th Scinde Horse and the 36th Jacob's Horse. They saw active service in Northern and Central India, Persia, Afghanistan on the North West Frontier and, during World War I, where they served in France and Palestine. The two Regiments were amalgamated in 1922, as the present 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse which served in World War II. Hugh garden is recorded as an army accoutrement and saddle maker at 200 Piccadilly London 1826-51 , the company became Garden & Son at the same premises 1878-88 (see page 161 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown).This is an original private purchase cavalry pistol marked to the 2nd Scinde Irregular Horse retailed by Garden London. Its original wood full stock is undamaged with just bumps and bruises to be expected. The metal work has even patina. It has a heavy military percussion hammer and the action plate is marked ‘2nd Scinde Irregular Horse’. Its 9” barrel with flat top (15” overall) has a smooth bore which has staining & residue consistent with age. The top of the barrel has faint retailer name ‘Garden 200 Piccadilly London’. It has fixed sights and under barrel captive swivel steel ramrod. The pistol has brass fittings including a Lion’s head embossed butt plate. The pistol cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22426:25
£975.00
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