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A Victorian Percussion Two Band Cavalry Carbine, the 53cm steel barrel with various inspection marks, London proof marks and stamped N.S. B.C.H., the lock plate with crowned VR, 1851/ENFIELD, the walnut full stock with brass fore-end tip, brass trigger guard and butt plate, with steel saddle ring and bar, and swivel steel ramrod, 93cm; a Small Quantity of Gun Cleaning Equipment, including a boxed 12 bore set (2) £200 - 300
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A Victorian 1856 Pattern Enfield Sepoy Two Band Percussion Musket, the right side of the 83.5cm smooth bore barrel set with a bayonet lug and with V rear sight, no visible markings, with unmarked lock plate and brass chained snapcap, the walnut full stock with brass fore-end tip, trigger guard stamped 18, and butt plate, with two steel barrel bands, sling swivels and ramrod, 125cm, together with correct sword bayonet with chequered leather grip scales, lacks scabbard £200 - 300
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A 19th Century Kabyle Snaphaunce Long Gun, the 107cm steel barrel engraved with tendrils and bearing traces of gilt at the breech, with brass and steel action, the wood full stock with five foliate engraved brass barrel bands, the swept butt with bone inlay, with wood ramrod, 146cm £300 - 400
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An Indian Percussion Carbine, the 60cm earlier steel three stage barrel with reeded and ringed decoration, with later lock plate, pistol grip wood half stock with brass fittings and steel ramrod (made-up) £70 - 80
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A Victorian Tower Three Band Percussion Musket, the 99cm steel barrel with various inspector's markings and hinged ladder rear sight, the double line engraved steel lock plate stamped with crowned VR, 1856/TOWER, the walnut full stock with steel barrel bands with spring clips, brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel sling swivels, leather sling and socket bayonet (lacks scabbard), 140cm excluding bayonet £380 - 450
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A Late 18th Century French Flintlock Service Musket, the 74cm steel barrel with indecipherable proof mark, the rounded lock plate with further markings, possibly engraved St.Etienne, the walnut full stock with two steel barrel bands, one incorporating the ramrod pipe, the steel trigger guard with ribbed tail, with steel side plate and butt plate, the shouldered butt with roundel plug to the right side, the left side numbered 1462 and with concave cheekpiece, with steel sling swivel and ramrod, 112cm £250 - 350
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A 19th Century Percussion Experimental Smoothbore Model of a Brunswick Rifle by Thomas Potts, London, the 90.5cm steel barrel with rear peep sight, the back action lock plate signed THOMAS POTTS, 1857 and with crowned VR cypher, the walnut full stock with brass fore-end tip, ramrod pipes, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel sling swivels, Lovell's bayonet bar and ramrod, 132cm £500 - 700
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An Early 19th Century Stonebow by Conway of Manchester, the 67cm steel limb with hinged stirrup sight and double string, the action with steel signed and bird engraved hinged peep sight, bird and foliate engraved trigger guard with pineapple finial, the walnut stock with chequered grip, 77cm £700 - 900
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A Swiss Schmidt-Rubin Model 1889 7.5mm Bolt Action Service Rifle, all metal parts stamped with Swiss cross and numbered 180922, with straight pull bolt, quadrant sight graduated from 300m to 2000m, walnut full stock, the top of the butt stamped D1+C1 within a rectangle over A, with detachable box magazine, bayonet bar, steel sling swivels, original leather sling and brass muzzle cap, 131cm £250 - 350
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A 19th Century Percussion Kentucky Rifle, the 90cm octagonal steel barrel engraved J. Coulthard, Natchez, Miss., with small plain lock plate, maple full stock with brass fore-end tip, slightly recurving trigger guard with set trigger, brass crescent shape butt plate, the left side of the butt with silver escutcheon engraved with an eagle set into the raised cheekpiece, with a further escutcheon engraved with original maker's name A.F.MACON, with wood ramrod, 128cm £400 - 600
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A 19th Century Tower Three Band Percussion Musket, converted from a flintlock, with 79.5cm refinished steel barrel, the lock plate stamped TOWER across the tail, with crowned GR and crowned arrow, the walnut full stock with three barrel bands with indistinct markings, brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, with two steel sling swivels, leather sling and steel ramrod, 120cm £300 - 500
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An American Civil War Burnside Carbine, 4th Model, the 53.5cm round barrel stamped CAST STEEL 1862, the top of the frame stamped BURNSIDE PATENT MARCH 25 1856 and numbered 5185, the top of the receiver numbered 1225, with saddle bar and ring to the left side, the breech mechanism with a pivoting centre section, walnut half stock with steel sling swivel, 100cm £600 - 900
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A Victorian Martini Henry I.C.1 Artillery Carbine, the 52.5cm steel barrel with hinged ladder rear sight, numerous inspector's markings and War Department broad arrow, with Sold Out of Service arrows, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR/ H.R.B.Co./1894/crowned arrow/I.C.1., the walnut full stock with steel fore-end tip, two barrel bands, with steel clearing rod, 96cm £300 - 500
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A French 11mm Model 1874/M.80 Gras Bolt Action Carbine, numbered 56211, the 51cm with hinged rear sight, stamped T.1879, the left side of the receiver marked MANUFACTURE D'ARMES ????, Mle.1874, M80, the walnut stock with two brass barrel bands with spring clips, brass trigger guard and butt plate, two steel sling swivels and clearing rod, with correct bayonet, the T section blade engraved Mre. d'Armes de St.Etienne 1880, with scabbard £300 - 400
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A Swiss Vertelli Model 1878/81 Bolt Action Rifle, .41 rimfire, the 82cm blued steel barrel with sprung pin to the barrel band, the muzzle with bayonet lug to the barrel band, hinged quadrant rear sight, the left side of the receiver marked +/ WAFFENFABRIK/ BERN/ 191708/ M:78, walnut full stock, the top of the butt stamped D7+C1 within a rectangle, the blued trigger guard with finger rest, with curved butt plate, two sling swivels and cleaning rod, 132cm £400 - 600
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A Victorian 1859 Snider Enfield .577 Rifle, the steel barrel stamped P WEBLEY & SON, BIRMINGHAM and numbered 1400, the hinged block stamped with broad arrow, SNIDER PATENT, crowned V, L.A.C. 3, with hinged ladder rear sight, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR 1859 ENFIELD, all metal parts are stamped with what appear to be deactivation marks, walnut three band stock with brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, the tang faintly stamped M.G.R.C., the steel ramrod stamped 3, with steel sling swivels and leather sling,137cm, together with correct but associated socket bayonet with Farsi markings and brass mounted leather scabbard £400 - 600
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A Victorian Tower Two Band Artillery Percussion Carbine, the 63cm steel barrel with numerous inspector's markings, Sold Out of Service arrows and V rear sight, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR, 1857/TOWER, crowned arrow and crowned 32, the refinished dark wood full stock with steel barrel bands, brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel ramrod, 104cm, with an associated socket bayonet (2) £400 - 500
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A 19th Century Three Band Percussion Sepoy Musket, with 91cm round steel barrel, plain lock plate, wood full stock with brass fore-end tip, barrel bands, sling swivels, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel ramrod, 131cm £100 - 200
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A 19th Century Percussion Three Band Sepoy Musket, the 84cm round steel barrel stamped BKA122 (AR)54 and with Farsi markings, the wood full stock with brass barrel bands, trigger guard, butt plate and hinged patch box, with steel sling swivels and ramrod, 128cm £100 - 200
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A Victorian Enfield Two Band Percussion Cavalry Carbine, the 53cm steel barrel with faint markings and V rear sight, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR, 1859/ENFIELD and crowned arrow, the walnut full stock with steel barrel bands - one with sling swivel, the right side of the butt with Enfield roundel, with brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and two piece butt plate, with steel saddle bar and swivel ramrod, 92cm £300 - 500
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A Victorian Enfield Two Band 1858 Pattern Rifle/Musket, with later blued finish, the 80cm steel barrel with hinged ladder rear sight, the lock plate stamped with crowned VR, 1858.G7./ENFIELD, crowned arrow, the walnut full stock with brass fore-end tip, trigger guard and butt plate, with steel barrel bands, one sling swivel and ramrod, 121cm £300 - 400
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