Antique Guns Thumbnail photos (Click for closer view) Description Item Code ag0049, Price £985 (GBP) A good quality flintlock double barrelled tap action pistol about 1810 by Richardson of Manchester with sliding top safety catch. Very clean condition and in good working order.    Item Code ag0047, Price £1275 (GBP) A good quality 16B flintlock shotgun by Hickman. Barrel 36" long. Nicely engraved. Very good condition. Engraving crisp. Good bore. The frizzen has been refaced presumably to improve the sparking.    Item Code ag0045, Price £775 (GBP) A Tranter Patent .380 rimfire revolver serial number 55195 made in the last half of the 19th Century. Good condition with some original blue on the barrel and sheltered areas of the frame.    Item Code ag0046, Price £485 (GBP) A .577/450" Martini rifle made by Westley Richards for the ZAR (Boer Republic in the Transvaal) in 1898. This would undoubtedly have been used in the Boer War. The forend has been shortened during it's working life (I understand it was common among the Boers to reduce the weight of the rifle by shortening the forend). There is a hole through the buttstock which could be a bullet hole. Some original blue on the action and all markings clear. A better than average example of these rifles which were given hard service on the South African frontier.    Item Code ag0044, Price £925 (GBP) A rare Princes patent percussion capping breechloading .577 cal. rifle. London proof marks. Twist 28" barrel rifled with three grooves. The bolt underneath is pulled out and forward to allow the barrel to slide forward on rollers so that a paper cartridge can be inserted at the breech. The barrel is than pulled back and swivelled to lock and a percussion cap is placed on the nipple to fire. This sliding breech mechanism was patented by Prince in the 1850's and submitted to the Board of Ordnance for use by the British Army and despite the fact that it outshot the Enfield rifle it was not accepted. Following this rejection a testimonial was published in the Field Magazine in 1859 signed by leading gunmakers of the time (including Manton , Nock , Parker Field , and Tatham ) petitioning the Government to accept this rifle. Unfortunately again this was unsuccessful probably due to the high cost of manufacture of the mechanism. A very interesting rifle and in view of it's military configuration possibly one made for the Ordnance trials. Good condition - the barrel has been rebrowned and there is some pepper pitting on the breech. The hammer has been repaired probably during it's working life.    Item Code ag0034, Price £2650 for the brace or £1450 each (GBP) A brace of 1844 pattern Yeomanry carbines by John Dickson & Son of Edinburgh . Superb sleepy and untouched all original condition. Most of the original bright blue remains on the barrels and the locks retain case colours. Probably a unique opportunity to find carbines like this in this condition.    Item Code ag0042, Price SOLD (GBP) An oak pistol case of small size measuring externally 8 1/8" x 5 1/4" x 2". Missing the upstand and the partitions. suitable for a derringer or small revolver. Good condition with great colour. The lock escutcheon has been replaced with a pearl escutcheon and should really be replaced with a brass one.    Item Code ag0043, Price SOLD (GBP) A good example of an early 19th Century Napoleonic War period Newland pattern British military issue flintlock pistol. Well marked on the stock with various ordnance stamps. Very sleepy dirty good condition and working order. Untouched with a layer of hardened oil or grease. There is the standard service repair on the forend of a brass strip carried out in its working life. The date 1827 is stamped on the butt which would have been when the pistol was either repaired or taken into store.    Item Code ag0041, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare huge flintlock for a swivel mounted Wall piece by Barnett (who was a contractor to the War Department and the East India Co.). Measures a massive 9 inches long. The spring is so strong that I can't cock it. Good untouched condition.    Item Code ag0038, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of Flintlock pocket pistols marked Nock London. Birmingham proof marks so these would have been made in Birmingham and retailed by Nock. Good condition.    Item Code ag0027, Price SOLD (GBP) An extremely rare experimental or prototype .577 cal breechloading rifle stamped T.J. Mayalls Patent (patented in 1865) made presumably to compete with the snider as a conversion of the Enfield muzzle loading rifle to a breechloader. The hammer needs to be half cocked and the bolt action can then be turned an opened. barrel measures 37 inches to the breech. Very sleepy and untouched condition with quite a bit of original blue. Birmingham proofmarks. Good bore 5 groove rifling.    Item Code ag0040, Price SOLD (GBP) An 1851 London Colt Navy percussion revolver. London proof marks. Serial number 36654 all matching. Made in 1855. Very sleepy good condition and working order. Untouched with good screw slots. The areas which were case hardened (frame and rammer) are not pitted and remain crisp but the barrel and cylinder have pitting and patina overall. The grips retain almost all their original varnish. It looks as though the revolver has just layed somewhere with some damp and rusted on the barrel and cylinder but is completely unrestored.    Item Code ag0023, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality 19th Century double barrelled over and under single trigger percussion pocket pistol with superb etched damascus barrels. Liege proof marks. Approximately .34" or 9mm calibre. Excellent crisp condition. The concealed single trigger opens out when the pistol is full cocked and fires the right barrel first and then on second pull the left barrel.    Item Code ag0037, Price SOLD (GBP) A Birmingham proved percussion pistol made for the East India Government in 1869. Extremely well marked with various EIG ordnance stamps. The stock is stamped Isaac Hollis & Sons who were either the makers or stockers. The pistol is stamped FA3 1885 on the butt which presumably was a later storekeepers stamp. Superb untouched all original condition. Lots of the original blue remains on the barrel and the lock has case colours.    Item Code ag0036, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality and unusual percussion travelling pistol by William Mills London c.1830 with turn off barrel and barrel wrench in the butt. This would originally have been one of a pair of pistols and the butt wrench on one would have been used to unscrew the barrel on the other. I have only ever seen this system on pistols by William Mills so this system could be unique to him. Platinum vent plug. The barrel readily unscrews. All the engraving is very crisp. The pistol has a superb high gloss charcoal blue finish and is in fine condition with slight surface rust on one side of the barrel and near the nipple. The silver escutcheon is engraved with a crown and initial. The butt has panels of checkering. A very distinctive and fine pistol which measures 8 1/2 inches overall.    Item Code ag0035, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality 26B percussion sporting rifle by Joseph Lang of London made circa 1845. 34 inch barrel with multi groove rifleing. Set trigger. Superb untouched all original condition. Virtually all the original browning remains on the barrel and the lock retains most of the case colours. Good crisp rifled bore. Lots of original blue on the trigger guard. Cheek piece stock has most of the original varnish. Difficult to find a speciman in better condition. An Investment grade sporting rifle.    Item Code ag0033, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and good quality .380 pinfire single barrelled rook rifle by J. Braddell & Son Castle Place Belfast . Excellent sleepy and untouched condition. Good bore. Remains of colour on the action and lock. Tight action.    Item Code ag0029, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Calisher & Terry 30 bore breechloading percussion rifle retailed by the famous gunmaker George Gibbs of Bristol who specialised in fine quality target rifles. This is the rare full length rifle (most Calisher & Terry guns encountered are of carbine length). Complete with the original clearing/cleaning rod. The butt contains a trap for the tools to fit on the end of the rod but the tools are missing. Borderline engraved. 33 inch barrel rifled with 5 grooves. Good bore. Very good overall condition.    Item Code ag0013, Price SOLD (GBP) An extremely rare DB 70G over and under turnover percussion shotgun with enclosed nipples, presumably to produce a waterproof action. The original steel ramrod is housed down one side. Action and trigger guard marked J.J. Rissack Brevette. Scroll engraved action and furniture. Very good condition.    Item Code ag0014, Price SOLD (GBP) An extremely rare DB percussion cape rifle by John Manton Dover street London with a 12G rifle barrel and a 13G smoothbore barrel. No. 7700 originally made as a flintlock in 1820 and subsequently converted to percussion by rebreeching probably by Manton as the nipples are Manton style. Two folding leaf sights which fold flat to enable a flat sighting plain. The barrels are very thick and I think the smoothbore barrel would have been used for ball. Barrels 30 3/4" to the plugs. Well engraved with stand of arms on the locks and furniture. Very good pretty crisp condition. Ramrod missing.    Item Code ag0031, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality flintlock pistol about 1770 with fancy brass furniture by Elston of Doncaster. Crisp, very sleepy and untouched condition. Cock broken and mainspring missing (a mainspring is included with the pistol which is the correct size and type and needs to be fitted). Well worth carefull restoration.    Item Code ag0028, Price SOLD (GBP) A .43 mauser rifle converted by Kynoch in their Aston gun works from a Gras 11mm service rifle. Profusely marked Kynoch and with Birmingham proofmarks. Excellent condition with most of the original blue.