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**MINT BORE**QUALITY**1826-1855 English, Edward & William Bond London, 50 Bore Percussion Overcoat Pocket Pistol With Screw Off Fluted Barrel, Concealed Folding Trigger & White Metal Lion’s Head Butt Cap. Sn 22426:16 - 22426:16
A large family of English Gunsmith’s named Bond had premises at various London addresses including at 108 Leadenhall Street, 45 Cornhill and at 'The Golden Blunderbuss' 59 Lombard Street, between 1762 & 1879. The Bond's made and supplied firearms to The British East India Company. A member of that family Edward Bond is recorded at 45 Cornhill 1826-1855 (see page 143 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). William Bond is also recorded as working with Edward Bond at 45 Cornhill 1826-1855 and Northumberland Alley London 1871-1879 (see page 143 of British Gunmakers Vol 1 by Brown). This is an excellent overcoat percussion pocket pistol by Edward & William Bond made at their Cornhill premises 1826-1855. The pistol is 6 ½” overall with a 2” screw off fluted barrel which has a near mint clean & bright smooth bore. The left side of the steel action is engraved 'E & W Bond Cornhill London’ . The right has foliate engraved decoration. It has a sliding safety, folding concealed trigger and Dolphin hammer. The action works crisply. It has crisp black powder proofs on the underside of the action. Its excellent undamaged walnut grip has fine chequering and is inlaid with a void white metal escutcheon. The butt has a well crafted Lion’s head plate. The price for this attractive pistol by famous makers 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. Sn 22426:16 (drawers office)
£675.00

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

C1840 Scottish Alexander Martin Of Glasgow (Edinburgh Aberdeen & Stirling)Steel Frame 38 Bore Belt Pistol With Octagonal Barrel, Butt Trap, Belt Bar & Captive Ramrod. Sn 22362 - 22362
Alexander Martin (established 1778) was a Scottish gunmaker with various addresses in, Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen & Stirling. The Company traded until 1988 when it was taken over by John Dickson & Sons (see pages 281-282 of British Gunmakers Vol.2 by Brown). This is a nice steel framed percussion belt pistol by Alex Martin Glasgow. It is 10” overall length with a 5” octagonal sighted steel barrel which has British black powder proofs. The barrel’s smoothbore has just staining & residue consistent with age. The top of the barrel is signed by the maker ‘Alex Martin Glasgow’. The action, Dolphin hammer & trigger guard have foliate engraved decoration. It has a steel belt bar butt plate with hinged trap and captive steel ram rod. The action works crisply. The Walnut grip with fine chequering is excellent & undamaged. The back of the grip is inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. 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 a part of a collection or display. Sn 22362 (drawers office)
£675.00

**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

Victorian, C1840’s British WD Swinburn Birmingham Military Contract .650 Carbine Calibre Percussion Pistol with Captive Steel Ram Rod & Brass Furniture. Sn 21977:6. - 21977:6
C. P. Swinburn was a gunmaker located at 16-17 Russell Street in Birmingham, England, beginning in the 1840s. This is a very good British WD Light Dragoon Cavalry pistol by Swinburn of Birmingham most likely made under a British WD contract. It is 14” overall length with an 8” sighted blued barrel. The barrel has British ordnance inspection marks. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. The original Walnut stock is a nice deep brown with regulation brass furniture & has just the bumps & bruises to be expected with age and service use. The wood is impressed ‘Swinburn’ and with Birmingham roundel. It has its original captive steel ram rod. The brass butt plate is holed for lanyard ring. The action plate is marked ‘Birmingham' and has Crown above WD arrow indicating made for the British WD. The action functions crisply. As an antique percussion pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a display or collection. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21977:6.
£975.00

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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