Victorian Rook & Rabbit Rifle
This is a decent little Victorian Rook & Rabbit rifle in obsolete 297/230 calibre.
The folding leaf sights are extant and are 50 , 100 and an ambitious 150 yards! All finish has matured to a plum brown patina and there is a neat butt repair that was expertly made in antiquity that can be seen. Action works fine and the rifle has a horn butt cap.
As an obsolete calibre this rifle ... read more
475.00 GBP
Good Winchester 1901 10 Gauge Obsolete Calibre
This is another nice Winchester 1901 Shotgun. The gun has a good shiny bore, with some decent original finish. Although these shotguns were designed for nitro powders many were used with black powder and often the bores suffer as a result but not this one. It has the original steel butt plate which was sometimes removed and replaced with a rubber "anti flinch" pad to extend the length of pull... read more
2750.00 GBP
Winchester Model 1897 16 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun
This is a decent Winchester Model 1897 in 16 gauge full choke.
Designed by the famous American firearms inventor John Moses Browning and introduced in November 1897 it has been used by hunters, police and the military since its introduction. In World War One it was used with a shortened barrel as a trench gun and has the distinction that the German government made diplomatic overtures to... read more
2250.00 GBP
"Dead Presidents" Shattuck Revolver
The Shattuck pocket revolver is seldom encountered as it was manufactured in very limited quantities and was one of the first revolvers with a swing out revolver ever produced in the USA. Patented on Nov 4, 1879 as stamped on the barrel, it was manufactured in rather small quantities by CS Shattuck of Hatfield, Mass.
Iver Johnson bought the patent for this system from Andrew Hyde after t... read more
1200.00 GBP
English Civil War Harquebuster's "Lobster Tail" Helmet circa 1640.
English Civil War Harquebusier's “Lobster Tail” Helmet circa 1640.
I am privileged occasionally to handle artefacts of historical significance that may send a shiver down my spine. This is one of those artefacts!
This is an English Civil War period iron Harquebusier's Helmet commonly known as a Lobster Tail helmet because of the truncated neck guard which looks like a lobster’s... read more
3500.00 GBP
Magnificent Officers Presentation Pistols by T Mortimer Edinburgh
I don’t think I have used the accolade magnificent before in describing guns but quite simply, this presentation pair of belt pistols are magnificent.
This is a superlative cased set of 16 bore belt pistols with extraordinary provenance manufactured by the famous gunsmith Thomas Mortimer with a precise manufacturing date of 1849.
Thomas Elsworth Mortimer was born on 9 September 18... read more
22000.00 GBP
Cased Pair of London Proofed 3rd model Thuer Derringers.
This is a good pair of London Proofed Colt 3rd Model Thuer 41 calibre rimfire revolvers in their fitted case. The case is lined with blue beige and contains six inert cartridges. The case lid has a vacant brass shield escutcheon. These popular derringers were manufactured by Colt for 40 years from 1872.
Oddly, they were advertised in the Illustrated London News before being advertised ... read more
3750.00 GBP
Super Kerr Side Hammer Revolver US Civil Ware Era
This is an outstanding cased single-action, Kerr’s Patent single action percussion revolver made by the London Armoury Company of London. This company exported these sturdy, five-shot revolvers to the Confederacy in large numbers during the Civil War. Considered a secondary issue sidearm in the South, the cap and ball percussion revolver was also privately purchased by many Confederate officers... read more
7250.00 GBP
Scarce Civil War Bacon 2nd Model Revolver
The Bacon Arms Company was established by Thomas K Baker (1813-1873) in 1859. Baker was a machinist. Bacon manufactured parts at first for another well-known gun maker, Ethan Allen, before establishing his first company between 1847 and 1850. The production was small and total employees never exceeded about fifteen, and it failed around 1856. In 1859 the second company was born, Bacon Manufact... read more
Civil War Smith and Wesson Revolver No 1.5 1st issue
This is a really nice evenly toned Civil War Civil War revolver .
The first issue of the Model 1+1⁄2 can be identified by its smooth cylinder (lacking fluting), and the square shape of the grip butt. Models were available in blued or nickel-plated finishes, and the majority were produced with 3+1⁄2-inch barrels as is this one.
Carried as a defensive side arm there are several icon... read more
1000.00 GBP