Historic Guns & Militaria

HISTORIC GUNS & MILITARIA

ANTIQUE GUNS, CURIOSITIES OR ORNAMENTS

Guns advertised in this section may be owned without a FAC or SGC provided they are held in accordance with Section 58(2) of the 1968 Firearms Act (as a curiosity or ornament) and not fired. If the intention is to fire them, they must be brought onto the appropriate certificate beforehand.

Stock No.	Image	Description	Category	Price
C032		BSA .310 Cadet cal Martini action rifle in very good condition with an excellent bore. Retaining much of its original finish, the receiver is marked ‘Commonwealth of Australia’ and has the usual kangaroo motif stamped on the top of the action. A figured hardwood full stock with marks for the Queensland military cadet force.	No Licence Required	£650 Sold to Mr M


C037		A .297/.230 Martini-action cadet rifle by A. Francotte. Plain blued action-body with Francotte patent action. Figured stock with steel butt-plate, sling-swivels, military-style forestock secured with two barrel-bands. The barrel with leaf-sight graduated from 50 to 500 yards and block-mounted bead-foresight. Belgian Black Powder proof. With later steel clearing-rod.	No Licence Required	£399
C037			No Licence Required	£399
C045		A .300 Sherwood Martini action take-down sporting rifle by Westley Richards. 27½” round barrel signed 'Westley Richards & Co. London’ and marked 'Patent No.9711 Detachable Barrel 679.' Blade fore-sight, block-mounted rear-sight of one standing and four folding leaves calibrated to 500 yards. Blued action signed 'Westley Richards Sherwood Rifle' on the left side and marked 'Patent Removable Action' on the right side, 14½” figured stock with chequered grip and fore-end.	No Licence Required	£875 Sold to Mr L
C045			No Licence Required	£875 Sold to Mr L
C048		.577 cal Snider Enfield Mark 2** Short Rifle in good condition. 30.75" five groove barrel (externally lightly pitted but with a very good bore) with side lug for 23" sword bayonet. Tower lock (externally pitted) with Crown visible. Early Snider's breech block (without locking latch), rifle is fitted with modern leather sling.	No Licence Required	~~£600~~ Sold to Mr T


C050		A good BSA .300 'Extra Long' (otherwise known as .300 Sherwood) Martini action take-down sporting rifle. 25” round barrel with a good shooting grade bore, signed 'Made by the Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd. England, Cartridge .300 Extra Long'. Dovetailed bead front sight, rear-sight of one standing and two folding leaves calibrated 50, 100 & 200. Blued action with BSA piled arms trade mark. 13½” figured stock and fore-end. A very pretty obsolete calibre rifle for sensible money.	No Licence Required	£775



C051		American civil war period Colt model 1860 'Army' .44 cal percussion revolver. Serial number 31267 for 1862. New York address on barrel, faint battle scene on cylinder. Nice patina, good bore.	No Licence Required	£1100
C052		Whitney 'Navy' (second model) .36 cal percussion revolver. Serial number 32862 for the early 1860's. Fair bore, repaired grips. Interestingly, this gun bears London Proof marks.	No Licence Required	~~£800~~ Sold
C053		American civil war period Colt 1851 'Navy' (fourth model) .36 cal percussion revolver. Serial number 108192 for 1861. Good New York address on barrel, faint battle scene on cylinder. Good bore.	No Licence Required	~~£1200~~ Sold
C054		.44 cal Remington 1858 New Model 'Army' percussion revolver. Serial number 71867. Good address on barrel, unusual NJ (New Jersey) stamp on barrel and frame. Good patina overall, good bore.	No Licence Required	£1200
C055		Quite rare, American civil war period Savage-North, lever cocking .36 cal 'Navy' model percussion revolver. Serial number 9289 for the mid 1860's. Nice patina overall, good bore. Right hand grip repaired.	No Licence Required	£1100
C056 New		Colt model 1849 .31 cal percussion Pocket revolver. 4" octagonal barrel with clear New York City address and a good bore. Ivory grips, silver plated grip-strap & trigger guard. Very good 'stagecoach holdup' scene on the cylinder. Frame and barrel have serial number 108310 for 1852 and grip-strap/trigger guard have serial number 110310 also for 1852. The pistol is in very good condition and has been lightly re-touched. Comes with what appears to be it's original leather holster.	No Licence Required	Sold
C057		Colt model 1855 .31cal Side-hammer percussion Pocket Revolver (model 5), commonly known as the Colt 'Root' model. 3.5" round barrel with good bore, nice patina overall. Serial number 3166 for the early to mid 1860's (American civil war period). Action at fault (mainspring missing).	No Licence Required	£700
C058 New		Belgian copy of a first model, double trigger 54 bore Tranter percussion revolver. Refinished overall with good wood to grips and a lion mask butt plate. Rifling has been polished out. Good working order.	No Licence Required	£500
C059 New		A good percussion Saloon (or Zimmer) pistol by the Belgian maker Jansen of Brussels. 100mm tip down octagonal barrel (excellent bore) of approx 7mm cal, with in line percussion nipple. Plain action with signature AD JANSEN ARO^erBREVETE DU ROI BRUXELLES on top flat. One piece hardwood stock with traditional fluted grip. Short ramrod inside grip. A nice clean Zimmer pistol in good condition throughout.	No Licence Required	~~£399~~ Sold to Mr H
C060 New		A rare percussion underhammer pistol by J Taratt of London. 6" Damascus steel ocatagonal barrel of approx .42 cal (60 bore) with deep 6 groove rifling, signed 'London' on the top flat. Boldly engraved German silver lock and furniture, signed J.Taratt - London. Steel underhammer and trigger. Integral steel ramrod. Chequered one piece rounded hardwood grip with vacant oval and ball trap in butt. A pretty English underhammer pistol in good original condition.	No Licence Required	£749



C061 New		A rare percussion underhammer pistol by A Roosa. 7" steel ocatagonal to round barrel of approx .40 cal (70 bore) with deep 7 groove rifling, signed 'A Roosa' on the top flat. Steel hammer and trigger. One piece maple wood grip (minor splits) with German silver trigger plate.	No Licence Required	£449
C062 New		A 14 bore double barrel percussion shotgun by T W Loyd & Son, Montreal. 32" very heavy Damascus twist barrels with excellent pit free bores and massive wall thicknesses of 55 thou plus, in each. Engraved back action locks and hammers. Figured 13.75" hardwood stock with boldly engraved German silver trigger guard and furniture. Complete with original brass tipped ramrod.	No Licence Required	£649

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