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Extremely Rare, Original, British, George II Era, Pre Land Pattern, 42 Inch Barrel Brown Bess .75” Musket by Buckmaster of London. Sn - 21851:6 This is an extremely rare pre Land Pattern Brown Bess musket by Joseph Buckmaster, a London gunsmith who traded from 1730. Robert Buckmaster obtained the freedom of Gunmakers Company on 11th July 1727 and his proof piece was accepted in 1730. In 1732, he was in business at Preston’s Yard, Hatchet Alley, Towerhill in London. His makers mark was a star over IB. From 1740, there was increasing mention of a short land pattern musket that had started about 1720. The long pattern had a barrel length of 46 inches and the short pattern had a barrel length of 42 inches. The short pattern was fitted with a wooden ramrod. Very few of these pre Land Pattern muskets survive and most are in museums. This is an unmolested example of the Pre Land Pattern 42 Inch Barrel Brown Bess .75” Musket. This musket has a barrel length of 42 inches and an overall length of 58 inches. The stock is carved round the squared off barrel tang and the breech has the baluster turning in front of the tang. The flat 6 ½ inches by 1 ¼ inches long lockplate is signed BUCKMASTER with two line engraving and a small decoration behind the cock. The lock has an early single bridle for the frizzen and is retained by 2 sidenails from the flat brass sideplate. The barrel is London proofed and carries the makers mark star over IB (Robert Buckmaster) between the proof marks which was Josephs Buckmasters mark. The barrel is retained at the breach by a screw from the trigger guard instead of being secured from the top. The stock has a flat brass butt plate and the trigger guard is solid behind the curled trigger. The brass tipped ash ramrod is retained by 3 ram rod ferrules. Where the ramrod enters the stock, there is no ferrel fitted as on late models, only a plain wooden ram rod channel. The musket is stocked to 2 ¾ inches form the muzzle with a simple small rectangular block foresight. Brass nosecaps were generally added after 1750. There is a blank oval brass escutcheon fitted to the top of the wrist. The barrel is smooth with a nice patina and the bore has staining and residue with use. The lock has a strong and crisp action. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks with only minor knocks and bumps with age and at some stage it has had an contempory old small inlet repair to the fore end top which has been nicely done. At some time the guns original swan necked cock has been replaced with an India pattern ring neck cock usually due to the fragility of the swan necked cock and probably long service of the gun as the sides of the wooden butt have been contemporary decorated with small brass nails with Waterloo on the right hand side and Salamanca on the left hand side. See Great British Gunmakers, 1540 – 1740 by W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, page 453, British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W. Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:6 £7,450.00 |
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19th Century Ottoman Empire 24 Bore Miquelet Lock Rifle With Octagonal Barrel, Tiger Stripe Olive Or Palm Wood Stock, Silvered Hand Tooled Decoration, Action & Barrel Arabic Gunsmith / Family Signatures & Ram Rod. Sn 15226 - 15226 Miquelet lock is a modern term used by collectors and curators, largely in the English-speaking world, for a type of firing mechanism used in muskets and pistols. It is a distinctive form of snaplock, originally as a flint-against-steel ignition form, once prevalent in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkans, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire and throughout Spain's colonies from the late 16th to the mid 19th Centuries. The miquelet may have come to the attention of arms makers in Istanbul & North Africa via long-established trade routes from Italian city-states through the port of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to provinces on the Balkan Peninsula. Other avenues were probably provided by booty from corsair raids and/or from the many Ottoman-Euro conflicts of the period. The muzzle loading weapons were generally handmade weapons, and consequently they widely varied in their construction. They were seen as very personal weapons, and unlike the typical military weapons of the time which were very plain and utilitarian, the weapons tended to be well crafted and were usually intricately decorated. The stocks were handmade and ornately decorated. This is a 19th century miquelet lock musket in the form found in the Ottoman Empire in that era. It measures 48” overall length. It has an octagonal 34" long steel sighted barrel which is 14.93 mm muzzle diameter (approx. 24 Bore). The bore has staining consistent with age and crisp well defined rifling. The barrel & action have Arabic roundels most likely gunsmith and or family name. It has steel barrel bands. The hammer and action have ornate silvered decoration. The weapon has its original steel ram rod. Its original Olive or Palm wood stock has an attractive Tiger stripe hue and bone or Ivory inlays. The stock has old stable repairs. It has a steel ball end trigger on the underside of the stock. The butt is mounted with decorative metal plates. The wood and metal have the wear and patina to be expected of a native weapon of its age. The rifle cocks and dry fires but due to age and condition it is advised that this action is not performed to avoid damage to the action. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique miquelet musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 15226 £895.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** Extremely Rare, Original, Quality, British, Henry Nock, Screwless Lock. Duke of Richmond’s Pattern Musket, Short Land Pattern, 39 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket. Sn - 21851:5 This is an original, Quality, unmessed with British, Henry Nock Short Duke of Richmond’s Pattern Short Land Pattern Musket, 39 inch barrel Brown Bess .75 inch calibre musket fitted with a Nock Screwless Lock. This musket is modelled on the Duke of Richmond’s pattern musket made between 1794 and 1797 in 2 variations with 42 inch barrels. This musket measures 55 inches overall with a barrel length of 39 inches. The barrel has and has 2 London proof marks stamped on side of the breach with HN (Henry Nock) stamped between them. The breech plug also has a sighting groove in it. The patent Nock lock lockplate is engraved on the side H NOCK and has 2 line engraving round it. The original muskets were made with 4 ram rod tubes. This is a short land pattern Brown Bess musket made to the Short Land Pattern with 3 ram rod tubes and a steel ramrod. The barrel is retained by 3 flat steel wedges instead of round pins. The butt is fitted with the short land pattern butt plate and the lock is retained by a flat side plate with 3 screws in it. The cocking and firing mechanism work as they should with a strong spring pressure. The bore has staining and residue with use. The quality walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks and has only minor knocks and bumps with age. This is nice untouched example of an Henry Nock screwless lock Brown Bess short land pattern musket. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. New evidence from surviving prototypes illustrates the development of the rare musket that has become known as the ‘Duke of Richmond’s Musket’. The need for large quantities of arms to fight the wars with France resulted in the abandonment of this excellent gun in favour of the lower quality but much faster to make India Pattern Musket, and afterwards many Duke of Richmond Muskets were converted to conventional locks and then lost in the Tower of London fire of 1841. Only a handful of examples exist today. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:5 £5,750.00 |
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**AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WARS & NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** Original, British, Pre 1785, Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess .75 inch Calibre, Smooth Bore Musket with 4 ram Rod Tubes. Sn - 21851:4 This is an original, unmessed with early British Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch barrel Brown Bess .75 inch calibre musket. The musket measures 58 inches overall with a barrel length of 42 inches. The barrel has and has Crown & GR proof marks stamped on top of the breach which dates it to pre 1785. After that date, the proof marks were stamped on the side of the breech. The lock has the early swan necked cock and is fitted with the double bridal, a modification introduced after 1760. The swan neck lock and the lockplate both have double line engraving. The lock plate measures 7 x 1 ¼ inches is nicely engraved with TOWER GR (George Regina) and an inspection mark. The cock clamp screw is both screwed and slotted. The steel frizzen spring has the correct finial next to the mounting screw. The stock has 4 brass ram rod pipes, the top one has the trumpet shape and the second one has a coned front of the early muskets. The bottom two pipes are parallel is form. The stock is carved round the squared off barrel tang and the breech has the baluster turning in front of the tang. All of the screws and fittings are in good condition with little signs of wear. The butt is fitted with the short land pattern butt plate and has the blank brass escutcheon at the wrist held in place by a single screw through trigger guard. The musket is fitted with the correct steel mushroomed head ramrod. There is not much wear to the musket and the lock works nicely. The barrel has a nice patina and the bore has staining and residue with use. The walnut stock is in a nice condition with no cracks with only minor knocks and bumps with age and at some stage had an old contempory repair to the stock and fore end which has been nicely done. This is nice untouched example of an early Tower, Short Land Pattern, 42 inch Barrel, Brown Bess. See British Military Longarms 1715-1815 by D.W.Bailey and British Military Firearms 1650-1850 by Howard l. Blackmore. Delivery is to the U.K. mainland by arrangement and at cost. Sn 21851:4 £3,450.00 |
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**AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WARS & NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**1763-1799 Georgian British Wheeler (London) 39” Barrel India Pattern Brown Bess .750 Musket Calibre Flintlock Musket. Sn 21851:3 - 21851:3 India Pattern Brown Bess muskets were the standard British Infantry Musket between 1797 & 1854. Some were in use pre-1797 purchased from the East India Company for use in Egypt (see 32-35 of British Military Long Arms 1715-1815 by Bailey where India pattern muskets are described & illustrated). This is an original British India Pattern Brown Bess flintlock. It has a standard 39” barrel (55” overall) with a fixed iron foresight (the very earliest production Brown Bess muskets had a 46 or 42 inch barrel). The barrel's bore has just light staining consistent with age & use. Its lock plate is marked with a crown and the letters GR (King George Rex) together with ‘WHEELER’ across the tail of lock (Robert WHEELER had a work shop in Birmingham circa 1763-1799, he also made weapons for the HUDSONS BAY COMPANY). The top of the barrel has crisp English black powder proof marks. The makers name denotes that the lock was privately made but was manufactured to British military specifications. The musket has standard British military ordnance pattern brass fittings including butt plate, trigger guard with extended tang, fore end cap & brass ramrod pipes. Its all original Walnut stock has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age and service use. The Musket has its original iron ramrod & 2 sling swivels. These famous flintlock Brown Bess muskets were used in many wars and conflicts throughout history, including the American Revolutionary War of independence & The Napoleonic Wars as well as many others. The price for this historic piece includes UK delivery. N.B 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 21851:3 £3,450.00 |
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**RARE** Crimean War 1854 Dated, Land Transport Corps Pattern .650” Percussion Carbine. Sn 21823 - 21823 This is a Crimean War Period Land Transport Corps Pattern carbine which was introduced as an emergency measure of the Crimean War (1854-1856). Due to the inadequacies of the Commissariat in Bulgaria and the extreme difficulty of transporting supplies from Balaklava to Sevastopol became a scandal. The transport Corps of the army numbered approximately 9.000 men at that time and to protect them from marauding Cossacks, the smoothbore Pattern 1840 Constabulary Carbine fitted with the Lovell Pattern 1842 Percussion Lock was supplied as an emergency issue firearm. Designated the Land Transport Corps Carbine. The carbine fired a spherical ball contained with powder in a paper cartridge and was issued with the standard Constabulary Pattern triangular bayonet, which was secured with the Lovell bayonet catch in the same way as the Pattern 1842 Musket bayonet. This is an early example of the carbine, most being manufactured in 1855 and is dated on the lockplate1854 above TOWER. The lock plate is engraved with the Queens crown over VR and a ordnance issue stamp. The carbine has a 26 ½ inch smooth bore .65 inch calibre barrel and carries ordnance marks at the breach. The carbine measures 42 ¼ inches long and has two sling swivels fitted to the stock. The brass butt plate is engraved LTC (Land Transport Corps) over M over 1. The wood opposite the lock plate is also stamped LT in large letters. The wood behind the brass trigger guard also carries 2 crowned inspection stamps. There is a nice B.O. Storekeepers stamp to the right side of the butt. The Land Transport Corps was officially established in 1855. The stock has an old but stable repair to the neck. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and use. The carbine cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion carbine no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21823 £945.00 |
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