Antique Guns and Equipment
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C1840 English Form Mortimer 16 Bore Double Barrelled Muzzle Loading Percussion Sporting Shotgun. Sn 23446 - 23446 This is a Victorian era double barrel percussion sporting shotgun by Mortimer (there were several English Gunmakers named Mortimer working in both London & the provinces during the percussion era). It has 26” brown wash steel barrels and measures 41 ¾” overall. The barrels, set side by side have a central flat top barrel rib with bead foresight. The barrel’s smooth bores have just light staining consistent with age & use. It has its original walnut straight hand stock in very good condition with chequered grip panels & German Silver stock mounts. It’s steel butt plate tang, steel trigger guard with extended tang and Pineapple finial, action tang, hammers and action plates have foliate engraved decoration. The action plates are both signed ‘Mortimer’. The shotgun has its ebonised wood ramrod with brass cap & tip which unscrews to reveal a steel worm. The weapon cocks & dry fires crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB. As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this weapon in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23446 £695.00 |
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**PRESTIGIOUS MAKER**C1860’s Victorian English, Harris Holland Rotary Underlever Double Damascus Barrelled Breech Loading 12 Bore Pinfire Obsolete Calibre Sporting Shotgun. Sn 23447 - 23447 In 1870 Holland & Holland did not exist. In fact, it would be six years before the firm’s founder, Harris Holland, was to take in his nephew Henry and create the iconic brand which now graces London’s Bruton Street. Harris Holland was a was a good shot with both rifle and shotgun, regularly competing in live-pigeon competitions at Hornsey Wood Tavern. He appears to have gained enough kudos among fellow shooters for them to start asking him to get them guns and rifles like the ones he used so successfully himself. Seeing a clear business opportunity, Harris ordered guns made to his specification. 98 New Bond Street London was Harris Holland’s address from 1858. His nephew Henry Holland joined him in 1876, when Holland & Holland became the company style. It was not until 1893 that Holland & Holland built their factory on Harrow Road London. This is a nice double barrel sporting pinfire shotgun by H. Holland no doubt Harris before he joined with Henry. It has 29” double Damascus steel smooth bore barrels with flat top barrel rib and bead fore sight (45 ¾” overall length). The barrel’s bores have just light staining consistent with age and use. The barrel rib is signed ‘H. Holland 98 New Bond St London’. Both action plates are signed by the maker ‘H. Holland’. The inside of the action has English black powder proofs and is signed ‘J.Emme’ (possibly a factory inspector’s mark). It has double hammers and double triggers. The shotgun’s cocking and firing actions work crisply. The all original wood stock has just light knocks bumps & bruises to be expected with age and use. The underside of the shoulder stock has an inlaid white metal escutcheon inscribed with stylised monogram. The shotgun’s stock has chequered panels at the wrist and fore stock. It has a steel Trigger guard with extended tang & steel butt plate. The price for this shotgun by a quality maker includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre pinfire shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23447 £975.00 |
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**RARE**ONE OF APPROX 1000**MINT BORE**Massachusetts Arms Company Smith’s 1849 & Leavitt’s 1837 Patents .31 Calibre Cap & Ball 6 Shot Percussion Revolver. Sn 23439 - 23439 The Massachusetts Arms Company of Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts was a manufacturer of firearms and firearm-related products from about 1849 into the early 20th century. The Massachusetts Arms Company Leavitt's patent side hammer percussion revolver is a significant historical firearm manufactured between 1850 and 1851. It was a collaborative design based on patents held by Edwin Wesson and Daniel Leavitt. It utilized Daniel Leavitt's April 29, 1837, patent for a revolving cylinder and Edwin Wesson's August 28, 1849, patent for the bevel gear system. Only approximately 800 to 1,000 units of the original Wesson & Leavitt model were produced before a lawsuit by Colt challenging patent infringements regarding their revolving cylinder mechanisms ceased production, making them scarce today. The cylinder is released for loading by a release catch on the barrel spigot, the hinged barrel is then moved upwards to allow access to the cylinder. This is very good, original, rare to find example of a Massachusetts Arms Smith’s 1849 & Leavitt’s 1837 Patent revolver. The top of the cylinder frame is signed "MASS ARMS CO CHICOPEE FALLS". The inside of the frame has Smith’s 1849 & Leavitt’s 1837 Patent detail and number 685 (of approx. 1000). The action has engraved foliate decoration. It has a brass trigger guard and grip frame, blade foresight and ‘v’ notch plate rear sight. The revolver’s original wood grips have just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age and handling. It has a 4” 2 stage barrel and measures 9 ½” overall. The rifled bore is near mint clean and bright with well defined rifling. Price for this interesting piece of firearms history 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 23439 £1,895.00 |
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**AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ERA**FACTORY NICKEL PLATED**C1860’s Allen & Wheelock Worcester Mass USA 1858 Patent Side Hammer Single Action .32 Calibre Cap & Ball 5 Shot Percussion Revolver With Octagonal Barrel. Sn 23440 - 23440 The firm of Allen & Wheelock was a true powerhouse of American arms manufacturing during the middle of the 19th century. This is an original Allen & Wheelock side hammer revolver in very good condition. It has a 4” octagonal barrel and measures 9” overall. The barrel’s rifled bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. It has a blade fore sight and grooved frame rear sight. One barrel flat is faintly marked with ‘ALLEN & WHEELOCK. WORCHESTER, MASS. U.S ALLEN PTS JAN 13 DEC 15 1858’ (very faint in places). The underside of the barrel has an indistinct number (to faint to photograph). The revolver’s cocking and firing mechanisms work crisply and its captive ram rod which forms part of the trigger guard secured by a small catch on the trigger guard spur works correctly. The metal work retains some of its original factory nickel plate finish has even aged patina. The original wood grips are undamaged. 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 23440 £895.00 |
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Victorian, Snider MK II, .577 Calibre Obsolete Calibre Carbine. Sn 23445 - 23445 This is an original Victorian .577 Snider MK II Carbine with a 4 groove rifled barrel. The carbine was made as a Snider carbine and has a heavy 21 inch barrel with an overall length of 36 ½ inches. Many of these Belgian supplied Snider carbines carry no identification marks and were supplied to the Boers and used in the Boer Wars. The barrel carries Belgian Liege proof marks on the barrel, breach and breach block. The carbine has a fixed foresight, and an adjustable ladder and ramp rear sight with a fine sighting peephole on the sliding blade. The carbine has brass fittings and the barrel is retained by a single solid barrel band. The hinged breech block has a chequered thumb grip and the lockplate has the correct snider hammer fitted. The action cocks and fires as it should. NB As an antique obsolete calibre carbine under section 58(2) weapon, no licence is required to possess if retained as a part of a collection or display. An inert 577 Snider round is included; no licence is required to possess in the U.K. as part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23445 £695.00 |
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Imperial German, Spandau Arsenal, 1886 Dated, 11mm Mauser (11 x 60R) M1871/84, 8 Shot Tube Magazine Obsolete Calibre Rifle. Sn 23443 - 23443 This is an Imperial German, 1888 dated, 11mm (11 x 60R) Mauser Model 1871/84 rifle made at the Imperial German Spandau Arsenal in 1886. The rifle was developed from the single shot model 1871 rifle which was improved and modified into a repeating rifle with the insertion of a tubular magazine enclosed within the fore end to hold 8 rounds of ammunition that was similar to the Swiss Vettrli rifles of the period. This gun was the first magazine fed rifle used by the German army. The design of the rifle, introduced into service in 1884 was quickly superseded by the invention of smokeless powder as a propellant which was vastly superior to the older black powders used on the Mauser M1871/84 and similar rifles. The Mauser Gewehr 1888 quickly superseded the M1871/84 in the German army and gun was regulated to secondary use including use in the First World War. This rifle was made at the Imperial Spandau armoury which is stamped on the barrel together with various proof marks and the serial number 2446 which is repeated on the receiver and barrel. The side of the receiver is stamped I.G.Mod 71/84 4775 on one side and 1886 (manufacturing date) on the other side together with various inspection markings. The top of the butt plate is stamped on the top aG.GR B.4.27 (Garde-Grenadier-Regiment, Guard Grenadier Regiment). The rifles metalwork retains most of its original polished blued finish together with polished metal finishes including the fittings. The woodwork is in excellent condition together with inspection stamps on the right hand side of the stock and the trigger guard. The rifles bore is bright with well defined rifling. The gun has a full length tube magazine, steel butt plate, blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. The weapon’s cocking & firing mechanism work correctly. The bayonet for this rifle is listed separately on our web site. As an obsolete calibre weapon, no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23443 £1,175.00 |
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