Antique Firearms - Long Guns
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LA346-NATIVE AMERICAN USED EUROPEAN FLINTLOCKThis is an interesting firearm that was probably made in Belgium or France. It has two crown marks on top of the barrel with the nunmber 12 in between. It is smooth bore with the indside dimension of the barrel to be almost 7/8th of an inch in diameter. The barrel is 29-1/2 inches in length. Neither the wood nor barrel have been cut. It has two barrel bands and steel furniture with two sling swivels. It has tacks on the lock side of the butt stock and on both sides of the wood in front of the two barrel bands. The tacks appear to have been there a long time. There is some decay in the wood around the tack heads, which is a good sign. It may of been a trade gun and used by the Native American. It has good look. PRICE:$1795Picture
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LA346BCLOSE UP TACKS IN BUTT PART OF STOCK Picture
LA346CTACKS IN FRONT PART OF STOCK Picture
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LA345-PERCUSSION FULL STOCK RIFLEThis is a 50 caliber rifle with a 44 inch octagon barrel and overall leanth of 60 inches. It weighs 11-1/2 pounds, has brass furniture with engraving on the brass patch box, lock and triggerguard.. It has a full maple stock with part of the fore end missing under the muzzle end of the barrel. The lock is marked J. Bishop/Warranted. J.Bishop was a lock maker in Philadelphia, PA. The book on Small Arms Makers by Gardner said J Bishop made locks before and after 1790. It is an early style percussion lock with the hammer near the muzzle end of the lock. There was a maker mark on top of the barrel inside of a punched style design. The barrel is too worn to make out the complete design or the name. There appears to be the letter T about 1/3 of the way into the design box. It has a double set trigger. It has a check rest and a engraved brass decoration in the wood on the oposite side of the lock. An interesting old piece that probably was the pride and joy of an early frontiersman and gives the appearance it was used. PRICE:$1250 Picture
LA345ACLOSE UP Picture
LA345BMUZZLE AREA Picture
LA345COTHER SIDE Picture
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SMF004-SPANISH ESC0PETA FOUND IN TUCSONThis is an interesting Spanish Colonial Style carbine that was found in an old Tucson Collection. The Prescido’s in Tubac and Tucson were estabilished in the mid to late 1700’s. The carbine was converted from Miquelet to percussion with catalan syle stock and bell-mouth muzzle. The barrel is inlaid “Sn Jorge el. Batallador Es De Alcoy el Defensor” with portrait of soldier at the breech and crossed flags halfway down the barrel. This type of carbine would have been used in the Southwest. Interesting item from the the Spanish Colonial Period. PRICE: $2750Picture
SMF004AOTHER SIDE Picture
SMF004BLOCK Picture
SMF004CSTOCK IN FRONT OF LOCK Picture
SMF00DMARKINGS ON BARREL Picture
SMF004EMARKINGS ON BARREL Picture
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SMF004GANOTHER PHOTO OF FIREARM Picture
SMF005-SPANISH ESC0PETAThis escopeta has a 35-1/2 inch part round, part octagon 75 caliber barrel and checkering on the grip area of the stock. Its overall length is 53 inches. It has a Madrid style stock and percussion lock. There are markings on the barrel and an attractive inlay in the stock. PRICE: $2400Picture
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SMF005BLOCK Picture
SMF005CSTOCK IN FRONT OF LOCK Picture
SMF005DBUTTSTOCK Picture
SMF005EMARKINGS ON BARREL Picture
SMF005FSLING UNDER BARREL Picture
SMF005GMUZZLE END Picture
LA344-P.S. JUSTICE RIFLED MUSKED This appears to be a Third Style Justice as it has brass mountings with three barrel bands, double curve triggerguard, pathcbox and sling swivels. The lock is makred P.S. JUSTICE/PHILADA. According to Flayderman the Justice Arms were amoung the first to be delivered from any manufacturer during the Civil War Years. PRICE: $1750 Picture
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LA342-FULL STOCK PERCUSSION RIFLE BY C. BECKThis is a 54 caliber rifle with a 42 inch Octagon barrel and overall length of 58 inches. It has set triggers, brass furniture and patch box. It is a full stock curly maple with a check rest and weighs 15 pounds. Rifles built for big game like the buffalo rifles weighed between 13-1/2 to 16-1/2 pounds. I believe it is too large a caliber to be a target rifle. The stock has a crack that was repaired a long time ago. It was made by C. Beck and his name is on the barrel. According to information in several books on the early gunsmiths, Christian Beck was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in 1813 and died in Marion County, Indiana, in 1886. He was a Captain in the Civil War and presented with a citation for bravery by the governor of Indiana. Apparently his movement took him from Pennsylvanis to Ohio and Indiana as he is also recognized in some of the books on Ohio Gunsmiths. His mark pictured in books is the one that appears on this barrel. This is an interesting old very heavy barreled full curly maple stock rifle made by a gunsmith who also served in the Civil War and rose to the rank of Captain. PRICE: $1975Picture
LA342APATCH BOX AREAPicture
LA342BMUZZLE AREA Picture
LA342COTHER SIDEPicture
LA342DCHECK REST Picture
LA342ETRIGGER GUARDPicture
LA342FMAKER MARK Picture
SMF018-REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CARBINESThis is one of two carbines that iI have that .are early cut down US marked 1816 muskets. They were cut down in Texas to be used by the Republic of Texas. An article in the Military Collector & Historian, Fall of 1999, by Bobby J. McKinney and in his book A Search for Texas, The Revolution-the Republic -the Relics, 1836-1846, discusses the finds at Fort Velasco, Port West Bernard Armory and the relics of the Battle of San Jacinto, discuss how the Armory modified US muskets for use for the Texas Republie. Other information on their use is in information of the Texas 1841 Expeditiion to New Mexico and the 1842 expedition to Mier, Mexico. . This one has the lock markings of Springfiled 1827. It is a cut down US Model 1816. Apparently only Model 1816 parts were found on the site of the location where these would of been cut down. This item came for a collection of of early Texas Republic Items Interesting Historuical item. PRICE:$4500
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SMF017-TEXAS MADE SIDEHAMMERThis is an attractive sidehammer rifle home made in Texas. This is an item purchased from a collection of items from an old time collection in Texas. PRICE: $1800
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LA341-REMINGTON-WHITMORE MODEL 1874 SHOTGUNThis is an attractiive old 12 guage double barrel shotgun. It has an engraved action and locks. Flayderman said this was very first reasonable priced shotgun made in the US. This model was made between 1874 to 1882. The barrel rib is marked E. Remington & Sons, Illion, N.Y. It has 28 inch barrels. There is an old repair on the buttstock as well as a neat looking brass repair. The muzzle end of the right barrel is not entirely round and appears to have been dinged on the end. Neat old Shotgun. PRICE: $875Picture
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LA341DBRASS REPAIR Picture
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LA338-SHARPS CONVERSION RIFLE This is a very attractive conversion of a Civil War era Sharps to a Buffalo Hunter Rifle. The caliber is 45 - 2 7/8. According to The Flayderman Guide to Antique Americal Firearms the height of the professional buffalo hunters was from 1867 to 1882. Early in those years the preferred calibers were 40-90 to 50 caliber. By 1876 the preferred caliber was 45 (2-7/8) with heavier barrels with the rifles weighing 13-1/2 to 16-1/2 pounds. This rifle weighs 13-1/2 and has a 30 inch octagon barrel. According to Sellers in his book Sharps Firearms, there were a number of Sharps percussion arms converted to metallic cartridge in the years after the Civil War. There were military style conversions and sporting style conversions. This is a sporting style conversion. Many of these were converted for E.C. Meacham of St. Louis and after Sharps went out of business Meacham converted some by his own gunsmiths. Meacham conversions are marked Meacham and usually have a checkered grip. Sellers says the vast majority was made for dealers other than Meacham. Five hundered was made for Boker, 1000 for J.P.Moore and Sons and 1500 for Joseph Frazier. This is not a Meacham conversion. It has the Sharps Barrel Markings and Lawrence rear barrel sight. It has a single trigger. I contacted the individual who has the Sharps records to see if there is information on this conversion. I was told that there were no records on the conversions with serial numbers below 150000. He did agree that it was a conversion of a Civil War Carbine, as was the practice for the conversions to the Sporting Rifle. . I discussed the serial number under the barrel and on the tang. The number under the barrel is clear. The number under the tang shows signs of wear. It is difficult to say for sure but the last number under the barrel and the last number under the tang appears to be one number off. He confirmed that has happened and the Sharps Collectors just call that a factory error. I am not for sure that they are different, because of the weak last number on the tang. . The serial number is 978xx appearing on the upper tang and under the barrel with the last number in question. According to Sellers approximately 4000 were converted into Sporting Rifles for varous dealers between 1876 to 1880. Over the years I have had several Sharps Conversion Sporting Rifles and Model 1874 rifles, none were quite this heavy. I discussed the 13-1/2 pound weight with the owner of the Sharps Records and he stated that some weighed as much as 16 pounds. This is a neat Sharps Conversion made in the late professional buffalo hunter era. PRICE: $8500 Picture
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LA338BRECEIVER AREA Picture
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LA338DREAR SIGHT UP Picture
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LA338FBUTT STOCK Picture
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LA328-NEW ENGLAND PERCUSSION RIFLE This is a 58 caliber single shot rifle with a 33 inch Octagon barrel with walnut stock and metal butt plate. The early style lock has the name WILLIAM READ / BOSTON on the lock. There is scroll work on the lock and hammer. Two turkies are scrolled on the lock between the hammer and the name. The furniture is nickel plated over brass. It is hard to say for sure but I believe the stock was originally a full stock and was cut back to half stock a long time ago. The cut is so good that it may have left the maker as a half stock. Look at the “C” image below and judge for yourself. There are no barrel markings. William Read was a gun maker in Boston from 1826 until 1880. I do not know if William Read was any relation to an earlier gun smith by that name who made Committe of Safety Muskets in the late 1700’s. From 1850 to 1880 the marker of this firearm’s mark was William Read & Sons. The rifle weights 8 pounds and is in very good condition overall. PRICE: $950Picture
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LA326-COLT LARGE FRAME SLIDE ACTION RIFLE These large frame models are usually called Express Model according to Flaydermans Guide to Antique American Firearms. There were only 6496 of them made from 1887 thur 1894. The caliber is 40-60-260. These firearms were manufactured for the big game. It is an early rifle with a three digit serial number 62x. According to the dates of manufacture there were 1000 made the first year of production indicating the date of manufacture of this firearm was 1887. It has strong barrel, caliber and serial number markings. It has 30% or more original finish, very good to excellent bore and smooth functioning. In my 25+ years of collecting/dealing I have acquired less that than a half of dozen of these large frame models. PRICE: $$7250 Picture
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LA325-SPANISH MODEL WINCHESTER 73 CARBINE Winchester entered into an agreement to make 73’s for the Spanish Government. In one paragraph in The Winchester Book 1 of 1000 by Madis it is stated that judging from the numerous experiments and changes the Spanish Model Carbines and Muskets the Spanish Officials changed their mind on specifications very frequently. The orders for these arms were received by the company in 1878 and 1879. Later, the Royals Arms Company in Oviedo compied the carbine models in limited numbers and issued them to the Palace Guard. This is one of those carbines. It is marked ARTILLERIA/OVIEDA 1892 There is a serial number on the side of the receiver and it is 107. It was apparently one of the ones made and issued to the Palace Guard. I acquired this from a collect from Spain. He sent me a lot of material on the Palace Guard and the history of the weapons. It is in Spanish and will be included in the sale of the item. There is an inspector mark on the lower tang. It appears to be MR inside an oval. The caliber is 44-40. It has a 20 inch round barrel, musket style formarm, saddle ring, saddle ring bar, steel butt plate and sling two sling swivels. These are rare items. PRICE: $3950Picture
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LA325HOVIEDO ROYAL ARMS FACDTORYPicture
LA317-J. MANTON DOUBLE BARREL 10 GA SHOTGUNThis is an an attractive old 10 guage double barrel shotgun with 31-1/2 inch barrels. It is engraving on the locks, trigger guard, hammers, and the frame. The rib between the barrels is Marked J. Manton London Fine Damascus. The locks are marked J. Manton. Manton is a famoun name in English gunmakers with many gunmakers with the last name of Manton listed in the book of Gunmakers of London 1350 to 1850. . There is also a reference to J. Manton & Co. as a gunmaker in Belgium. The buttplate is hard rubber. The barrels open with the lever mechanism that one sees on some of the old English style shotguns. PRICE: $650 Picture
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LA317BOTHER SIDE Picture
LA317C CLOSE UP OTHER SIDE Picture
LA317DMAKER MARK Picture
LA317EMAKER MARK 2ND IMAGE Picture
LA304-COLT LIGHTNING MEDIUM FRAME RIFLE This is a 44-40 caliber slide action rifle with a 26 inch round barrel. It has an oil stained walnut stock with a checkered forend. The checkering is almost worn smooth on the forend. It has a steel buttplate and a flip up rear sight. It probably spent its life in the Southwest and shows signs of heavy use. It is one of those guns that one states “If this old gun could just talk” It is original and functions. The serial number is 200xx indicating a date of manufacture of 1886. PRICE: $1395Picture
LA304ACLOSE UP RECEIVERPicture
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LA299-PLAINS STYLE HALF STOCK RIFLEThis rifle has a 39-1/2 inch octagon barrel, with a tiger maple 1/2 stock and overall length of 55inches. It is a 45/46 caliber percussion and weighs approximately 11.5 pounds. There is wood engraving on the stock where the cap box is usually found. There is some light engraving on top of the barrel between the rear sight and the breeh end of the barrel and on the lock. It has a cheek rest and set trigger. It has a brass triggterguard and butt plate and a pewter forearm cap. The reason I did not call it a Kentucy style rifle is that I think it better fits the style of rifle made for use in the Western Frontier and sometimes referred to as Mountain Rifles and/or Buffalo Rifles. The powder horn is an old horn with wood on both ends. It is crudely made. It is 11 inches in overall length. PRICE:$3895 Picture
LA299AOTHER SIDEPicture
LA299BHALF STOCK CHEEK RESTPicture
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LA297-ENFIELD CAVALRY CARBINE This is a P56 Enfield Confederate Cavalry carbine dated 1864. The former owner stated that he bought it in Texas and that it was used by the Texas Cavalry. There was no letter to verify this. There is strong evidence that these Enfields were bought and used by the Confederacy late in the Civil War. Most are found marked 25 gauge, .577 cal., and have an anchor JS or anchor S. They are not marked with broadarrows or V.R. This one has a clear anchor S on the comb near the butt plate. It has a readable Birmingham Small Arms Trade cartouche on the right butt stock. It is scratched with PB ahead of the trigger guard. There is some controversy over the Confederate use of these arms. If one examines the primary research in Firearms From Europe, 2nd Edition by Whisker, Hartzler, and Yantz: 8000 entered North Carolina in 1963 and 1864. Perhaps some went to Galveston as well. In any case, the Union wasn't buying muzzle loaders in 1864. They had more breech loaders than they could issue. This carbine is in solid condition. The metal is even black rust and smooth brown. There is some pitting around the breech. The parts are original. It is missing the hammer screw and the nipple is broken. The wood appears to be unsanded. I have not examined the bore. It holds half and full cock. It is missing the nipple cover and its chain, but has the swivel for the chain's attachment. This carbine is in good shape compared to many Confederate firearms. PRICE: $5500Picture
LA297ASADDLE RING BARPicture
LA297BCLOSE UP MARKSPicture
LA297CTOWER MARK ON LOCK Picture
LA297DCLOSE UPPicture
LA297ETRIGGER GUARD AREAPicture
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LA297GMORE MARKS ON WOOD Picture
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