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CRIMEAN WAR ROYAL NAVY SEA SERVICE PISTOL

Andy — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:51:02 +0000

CRIMENA WAR PERIOD EAMPLE DATED 1855 WITH CROWNED V.R., TOWER MARKED LOCK. IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, HARD TO IMPROVE ON. LOCK AND HAMMER WITH ITS ORIGINAL CASE HARDENING. ORIGINAL BLUED FINISH TO THE BARREL. STILL WITH ITS BELT HOOK AND CAPTIVE RAMROD. EXCELLENT STOCK WITH MAKER MARK TO THE SIDE. PERFECT ACTION. SIX INCH BARREL

OBSOLETE STEVENS TAKE-DOWN RIFLE

Andy — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:57:14 +0000

ANTIQUE AMERICAN STEVENS .25 R/F DROP BREECH RIFLE. OVERALL LENGTH, 36.5 INCHES. LEVER BELOW THE BRECH TURNS TO RELEASE THE BARREL. ACTION IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. METALWORK TO A DARK BROWN PATINA

PRE-WAR HANENEL AIR GUN

Andy — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:45:11 +0000

HANENEL MODEL “XX” OF 1934. NICKEL PLATED SHEET STEEL. BARREL MARKED, – MADE IN GERMANY. SOME LIGHT RUST. NO DAMAGE. GOOD WORKING ORDER. 873 MM LONG WITH A SMOOTH BORE .177 BARREL, 360 MM LONG

CIRCA 1700 QUEEN ANNE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY BARBAR

Andy — Thu, 01 May 2025 13:41:21 +0000

A NICE AND VERY RARE EARLY PISTOL BY LOUIS BARBAR OF LONDON. A TRUE EXAMPLE OF A “QUEEN ANNE” TYPE PISTOL, A TERM WHICH REFERS TO CANNON BARREL PISTOLS WITH SIDE LOCK ACTION OF WHICH SIMILAR PISTOLS CONTINUED TO BE MADE TILL THE 1780′S, THIS BEING THE ORIGINAL DESIGN, DIFFERENT TO LATER EXAMPLES HAVING A HOLSTER PISTOL TYPE BUTT CAP, IN THIS CASE IN SILVER. FOR A PISTOL WELL OVER 300 YEARS OLD IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, AND SURPRISINGLY, NO REPLACED PARTS, THE COCK, JAW, AND SCREW THE ORIGINAL. TURN-OFF 18-BORE CANNON BARREL. ACTION IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. SILVER BUTT CAP WITH LONG SPURS AND GROTESQUE MASK TO THE BASE. NICE EVEN LIGHT GREY PATINA. LONG SPUR TRIGGER GUARD, AS PER THE EARLY 1700′S PERIOD. LONDON PROOF MARKS TO THE BREECH AND BARBAR’S ”IB” MARK. 13.25 INCHES LONG. FRAME MARKED “BARBAR LONDINI” BARBAR WAS ACTIVE IN LONDON FROM THE LATE 1600′S AND APPOINTED GENTLEMAN ARMOURER TO KING GEORGE 1ST IN 1717. SILVER ESCUTCHEON TO THE STOCK WITH, ALTHOUGH A LITTLE FADED NOW, A DUCAL CORONET WITH FIVE TERMINALS, SO MADE FOR AN EARL OR A DUKE. THIS PROBABLY RELATES TO, GENERAL JOHN, 2nd DUKE OF MONTAGU (1698-1778) WHO BECAME MASTER OF THE ORDNANCE IN 1740. THE DUKE WAS A VERY REGULAR CUSTOMER OF BARBAR’S, AND COLLECTOR OF FIREARMS. MUCH OF HIS COLLECTION IS STILL INTACT, AND INCLUDES AROUND 60 GUNS MADE FOR HIM BY BARBAR. DETAILS OF THE COLLECTION, AND THE DUKE CAN BE FOUND BY COPY / PASTING THE TWO LINKS BELOW.

https://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/17394/1/BUCCLEUCH_PROJECT_Royal_Armouries_version_2_5_FinalProofEDIT.pdf

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1969-09-32-1

CIRCA 1700 QUEEN ANNE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY BARBAR

Andy — Thu, 01 May 2025 13:40:06 +0000

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1ST TYPE 54 BORE BEAUMONT-ADAMS REVOLVER

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:34:50 +0000

THE VERY RARE 1ST MODEL DOUBLE ACTION BEAUMONT-ADAMS REVOLVER USING BEAUMONT’S 1856 DOUBLE ACTION PATENT. MADE CIRCA 1856, AND SOON REPLACED BY THE COMMON BEAUMONT-ADAMS WITH THE LARGE SWELL BELOW THE BARREL TO HOLD THE SIDE BARREL FITTING KERR PATENT RAMMER. THIS FIT TYPE FITTED WITH THE SIDE FOLDING RIGBY PATENT RAMMER. IN SUPERB CLEAN CONDITION. RETAINING A GOOD 90%+ OF ITS ORIGINAL DEEP CHARCOAL BLUE FINISH. DOUBLE ACTION IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. EXCELLENT BORE. MADE FOR RETAIL TO BRITISH OFFICERS FULL ADAMS OF LONDON BRIDGE LONDON RETAILER MARK TO THE TOP. THE FRONT OF THE CYLINDER RETAINS ITS BLUING, AND THERE IS NO PEPPER PITTING TO THE BREECH WHICH SUGGESTS THIS REVOLVER HAS NOT BEEN FIRED MUCH

1ST TYPE 54 BORE BEAUMONT-ADAMS REVOLVER

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:32:54 +0000

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VERY LONG FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY ANDREWS CIRCA 1800

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:12:07 +0000

ON CONSIGNMENT , RARE, IF NOT UNIQUE PISTOL BY ANDREWS OF LONDON, CIRCA 1800. ANDREWS HAD A SHOP IN LONDON, 1780-1810, AND WAS KNOWN TO MAKE SILVER MOUNTED PISTOLS. WITH LONDON BECOMING THE WORLD’S CENTRE FOR FINE QUALITY FIREARMS, SOME MAKERS, MOST NOTABLY MORTIMER MADE PRESENTATION GRADE PISTOLS TO ENTICE EASTERN POTENTATES TO THE MARKET, THIS EXAMPLE BY ANDREWS TYPICAL OF THE FORM. MADE WITH A MASSIVE 14.5 INCH LONG BARREL AND DECORATED IN THE NEAR EASTERN / NORTH AFRICAN TASTE WITH CRESCENT MOONS AND CORRAL STONE TO THE BUTT CAP. HEAVY SILVER MOUNTS. SCROLL SILVER WIRE DECORATION. THREE STAGE BARREL MARKED “LONDON” TO THE TOP. THE LOCK IN PERFECT WORKING ORDER WHICH MUCH CASE HARDENING REMAINING. ROLLER TO THE FRIZZEN SPRING. NO RESTORATION, AND NO REPLACED PARTS. STIL WITH ITS ORIGINAL HORN TIPPED RAMROD WITH WORM. VERY ATTRACTIVE / IMPRESSIVE LARGE ENGLISH PISTOL, JUST SHORT OF 21.5 INCHES LONG OVERALL.

VERY LONG FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY ANDREWS CIRCA 1800

Andy — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 14:11:16 +0000

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FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL CIRCA 1790

Andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:12:16 +0000

DECORATIVE ENGLISH PISTOL WITH GOLD INLAY TO THE LOCK AND COCK. HOOK BREECH BARREL WITH OCTAGONAL BREECH, JUST SHORT OF 10 INCHES. SKULL CRUSHER BUTT CAP WITH ELABORATE DECORATION. TRACE OF GIT FINISH TO THE BRASS OUNTS. SILVER WIRE INLAYS TO THE STOCK, SOME ISSING. REPAIR TO THE END OF THE STOCK. SMALL MOUNT OF WOOD LOSS BELOW THE LOCK. OVERALL IN GOOD UNTOUCHED CONDITION. LOCK IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. BROWN PATINA TO THE BARREL. NO PITTING.