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SOLD SOLD (24/04) **MINT**1841-1878 Edwin Ladmore Hereford & Birmingham 6 Shot 7mm Calibre Double Action Spurless Hammer Side Gate Loading Pinfire Pepperbox Pocket Revolver With Folding Trigger. Sn 22364 - 22364
Edwin Ladmore was a Hereford & Birmingham based gunsmith between 1841-1878 with premises at Widemarsh Street, Hereford and High Street, Caroline Street and St Paul's, Birmingham during his career. This is a near mint pepperbox pocket revolver by Edwin Ladmore. The small revolver measures just 4 ¾” overall and has a barrel cluster length of 1 ¾”. The steel frame is engraved with foliate decoration. The grip frame is signed by the maker ‘Edwin Ladmore’. The fluted cylinder has Birmingham proofs. The revolver has excellent undamaged walnut grips with chequered panels. It has a folding trigger, spurless hammer and the butt has a screw in steel extractor rod. The revolver's barrels have clean bores and it's double action firing actions work crisply. NB As an antique pinfire pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22364 (drawers office)
£0.00

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

**ALL MATCHING NUMBERS**MINT BORE** Cased, C1870’s-1880’s American Eli Whitney, Whitneyville Armoury USA 1871 Patent Factory Nickel Plated Brass Framed .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Pocket Revolver With Octagonal Barrel & Accessories. Sn 22410 - 22410
This is a nice original nickel plated brass framed .32 Rim Fire 5 shot revolver made by Whitneyville Armoury USA (founded 1798 New Haven Connecticut USA by Eli Whitney). These American pocket revolvers were produced in the 1870's into the 1880's. The pistol has a 3 ¼” nickel plated steel octagonal barrel. The barrel’s bore is near mint, clean with crisp rifling. The top barrel flat is marked ‘Whitneyville Armory CT USA’ together with 'Pat May 23 1871'. The grip frame butt is stamped with serial number '6340B’. Matching numbers ‘340’ are stamped on the underside of the barrel, cylinder and cylinder spigot. The revolver has a sheathed trigger and the pistol's single action firing mechanism works as it should. The cylinder is quickly removed for speed loading with a preloaded cylinder by pressing a small button on the underside of its frame and removing its cylinder spigot which doubles as a clearing rod. The smooth walnut grips are excellent and undamaged. The pistol is contained in its associated fitted wood case lined with felt. The case has compartments to fit the pistol and accessories which consist of a white metal oil container with screw top lid and integral oil applicator tool, a small wire cleaning brush and steel cleaning rod. The case has a hinged lid and brass push button clasp fastener which works correctly. The inside of the lid has a paper trade label Frederick J. Smith & Co Birmingham manufacturer of guns. The top of the lid has a brass plaque inlaid which is marked ‘No.194 W.H. Harling London’ above indistinct struck out mark. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rim fire revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22410
£675.00

C1880’s Cased, American Hopkins & Allen Arms Company ‘ELECTRIC’ Model Factory Nickel Plated .32 Rim Fire Obsolete Calibre 5 Shot Pocket Revolver With Empty Eley Bros London Cartridge Box. Sn 22409 - 22409
Hopkins & Allen Arms Company was a U.S. firearms manufacturing company based in Norwich, Connecticut that was founded in 1868 by Charles W. Allen, Charles A. Converse, Horace Briggs, Samuel S. Hopkins and Charles W. Hopkins. The Hopkins brothers ran the day-to-day operations of the company until it went bankrupt in 1916 and was subsequently bought by Marlin-Rockwell. Known as the ‘XL’ range of pistols, these derringers & revolvers were one of many revolvers based on S&W and Colt Patents produced in the 1860’s through to the late 1870s with dynamic or quirky names to attract sales. This is an excellent nickel plated .32 Rim Fire 5 shot revolver most likely made by Hopkins & Allen. The pistol has a 2 1/2" nickel plated steel barrel (the muzzle is absent its blade fore sight). The barrel’s bore is clean with crisp rifling. The top of the barrel is marked with model name ‘Electic’ (in America electricity use was introduced in 1882 and the model name ‘Electric’ was no doubt used to attract sales as the society changing roll out of the electricity use in the USA began, which would have been a main talking point in the public & media of the day). The grip frame butt is stamped with serial number '3001’. The revolver has a sheathed trigger and the pistol's single action firing mechanism works as it should. The cylinder is quickly removed for speed loading with a preloaded cylinder by pressing a small lever on the underside of its frame and removing its cylinder spigot. The smooth walnut grips are excellent and undamaged. The pistol is contained in its period fitted wood case lined with felt. The case has compartments to fit the pistol and has a separate compartment which contains an empty cardboard Eley Bros Ltd London labelled .32 RF calibre cartridge box. The case has a hinged lid and brass lock (key absent). The top of the lid has a brass plate engraved with initials ‘R.C’ (most likely a previous owner’s initials). The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique obsolete calibre rim fire revolver no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 22409
£595.00

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
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