GUNS AND SHOOTING
ANTIQUE FIREARMS (no licence required) AND EQUIPMENT
Made by Webley & Scott Ltd. Birmingham.
German-made post-war air rifle.
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Rifle dated 1887. Has several stamps into the stock and was issued to the Indian Army at some point.
Very good rifling in the barrel. Obsolete calibre.
Belgian manufacture. Stamped K19540 on barrel. 27 cm barrels.
Compartment in butt for spare ball.
Barrel marked on top: "DEANE & SON 30KING WILLIAM STT LONDON BRIDGE". Also on barrel is a crown above V and the letters L.A.C. (London Arms Company). On side of gun is engraved: "Patent R15810" this over "No.31487R". Also on side is a shield with a crown above and LAC in the shield.
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Lock plate from a Brown Bess and bearing the lion holding a crown - the mark of the Honourable East India Company. This has been fitted into the gun which has then been decorated with mother of pearl (Chinese gaming counters, etc) inlaid into the woodwork. Brass bands.
Engraved R. COGSWELL STRAND LONDON. Proof marks on barrel. German Nickle Silver, Engraved decoration on body and trigger guard.
Overall approx. 8 inches long, barrel 3 inches.
Large brass barrel with 1 3/4 inch muzzle flare. Walnut stock with brass mounts. French-style trigger guard with pillar post bow. Replacement ramrod. No name or proof marks. Overall 12 inches long. circa early-1800.
Overall length approx. 61 inches. Purchased by a British diplomat in Saudi Arabia 60 years ago.
Overall length approx. 66 inches. Purchased by a British diplomat in Saudi Arabia 60 years ago.
No maker's name. 17 cm long
Stamped Bartram & Co. 19 cm long
Metal part stamped Dixon & Sons, Patent. 20 cm long.
Stamped G & JW Hawksley. 19 cm long
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No markings. but a customer thinks because of the brass on the pan and the triger configuration it is of French manufacture?
No licence required.
Label on each side: 'The Diamond Grain Gunpowder made only by Curtis & Harvey, Hounslow and London.'
The other side shows a musket and a dead bird. Top pulls off. Some wear to black painted finish.
Measures 7.5 cm by 14 cm. Unusual. Flash from camera obscures the label.
£40
POWDER MEASURES
1. Marked Shot 1 up to 1½ OZ Price: £35
2. For a pistol, flat end acts as rammer. Marked Powder Dram 2½ up to 3½ Price: £55
3. Marked Powder Dram 2½ up to 3½ Price: £35
for a 12 bore
Price: £40
Marked RBG2. 8D/2538.
Price: £40
Bottom: double shot measure 1.25 and 1.5 oz Price: SOLD
Brass and ebony, made by G.& O Mawsley
Price: £50