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Victorian Rook & Rabbit Rifle

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

Code: 50707

475.00 GBP

Good Winchester 1901 10 Gauge Obsolete Calibre

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

Code: 50706

2750.00 GBP

Winchester  Model 1897 16 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun

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

Code: 50691

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

Code: 50696

1200.00 GBP

English Civil War Harquebuster's

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

Code: 50496

3500.00 GBP

Magnificent Officers Presentation Pistols by T Mortimer Edinburgh

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

Code: 50680

22000.00 GBP

Cased Pair of London Proofed 3rd model Thuer Derringers.

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

Code: 50685

3750.00 GBP

Super Kerr Side Hammer Revolver US Civil Ware Era

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

Code: 50686

7250.00 GBP

Scarce Civil War Bacon 2nd Model Revolver

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

Code: 50679

Reserved

Civil War Smith and Wesson Revolver No 1.5 1st issue

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

Code: 50700

1000.00 GBP