Air rifles pre 1939
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Vintage wood handle Parker Hale type cleaning rod 28.5” long c1930s to 1950s only £12.00 collection from our shop only. These also fit in to Webley Service air rifle cases/boxes.
SOME SOLD ITEMS FOR YOUR REFERENCE
AIRGUN SALES AND AMMUNITION TO OVER 18 YEAR OLDS ONLY, ID IS ALWAYS REQUIRED
Stock No: 0407
Price: £995.00
Year: c1868
Calibre: 7mm
DAVID LURCH
SECONDARY NEW YORK TYPE GALLERY GUN
This is a special rare collector’s item. Made by David Lurch in New York about 1865 to 1870. This is a underlever cocking gallery gun which was later copied in Germany and became the well know Bugelspanner. However this has a totally different and interesting trigger mechanism. This example is in good condition retaining some original finish to the cylinder and barrel the name David Lurch clearly impressed on the barrel near the breach along with some other letters and numbers. Original open sights are fitted, very large diameter cylinder for a double volute mainspring. This had had has had some repairs around the pistol grip in apparently a long time ago, a brass plate has been put over some repaired cracks around the pistol grip where the wood must be quite thin because a lever comes through to enable cocking. The barrel twists to one side for loading and is a very clean smooth bore. Lurch is one of the most well known makers of such rifles and is well reported in various books concerning such antiques. Nice brass fitted butt plate and shaped cheek piece, a good quality air rifle hand made for gallery shooting in New York.
JOHN BULL, BEDFORD
Year: c1848-
Calibre: .30 rifled, .50” smooth
Stock ref: 0641
£3550.002700.00
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This antique air rifle/air shotgun is in lovely condition. The action has some really nice engraving on it on both sides and top, scroll work on the hammer and with the makers name J Bull, Bedford in a banner within scroll work on the left hand side. There is no pitting the metal is smooth and a light brown antique type finish. The barrel is a brown Damascus twist effect in good order and with some light engraving to it. The butt is covered in what we believe to be the original shark skin known as shagreen which is the skin of a shark or a ray. Complete with a period pump with handle, bullet mould for 6 bullets and a foot plate. Also in a compartment is a tub of lead shot, a shot measurer, another tool marked “Baylis and Son Patent” and some wads for the shot. The case has been more recently made to fit this assembly and is a nice quality wood possibly oak with brass corners and escutcheons there is a lock but we do not have the key so have not been able to test the lock. Overall a really nice quality English made air gun. Interestingly and somewhat unusually this has a rifled c.30 cal barrel that fits in with a bayonet fit to the outer .50 inch smoothbore barrel. There is a pin across the rifled barrel so you can not push the ball in too far using the loading rod. There is a safety bypass on this so you can de cock it without firing should a hunting opportunity be missed you do not have to fire it off. A truly lovely item. There is a trade label in the top of the case for J Beattie of 205 Regent Street London. A similar rifle/shotgun matching almost exactly this pattern has been with a similar trade label in the lid so we made a copy of that and put it with this one. We have never seen a trade label for John Bull of Bedford as they were only in business a short period of time being 1846 to 1854 at High Street Bedford. James Beattie was at 205 Regent Street from 1848-
Stock number 0721
Price: £1295.001800.00
Year: c1870s
Calibre: c6mm
ANTIQUE GERMAN STRIKE PUMP AIRGUN
What a fantastic lump of an antique airgun. This is beautifully made, very heavy, very solid. It is a strike pump gun which basically consists of a spring and piston within the butt that is cocked and uses two leaf springs. The mechanism works but it takes a lot of effort to cock those two leaf springs and the power output is not great. This would have been used for shooting darts at very close range. The barrel is massive being fully octagonal and about an inch in thickness. With its original fully adjustable rear sight which is a lovely bit of mechanics and a very nice fine post front sight within an open shroud. This has a double set trigger mechanism, you cock the back trigger and then the front trigger is truly a hair mechanism. The airgun is in good condition with the barrel being mostly brown finish. The stock is nice but with one major crack on the underside that looks to have been repaired but is structurally perfectly sound. massive cast heavy butt plate and very fancy trigger guard allowing you to hold it with all your fingers comfortably. This really is a nice quality item. No engraving, the metal work is plain and the woodwork is plain apart from a heavy large Tyrolean cheek piece and some sort of oak leaf carving on the front end. A really nice antique. Also it is complete with what we believe to be its original cocking handle. Overall length is about 44” and weighs more than we can weigh with our 5kg postal scales!
Stock No: 0723
Price: £270.00
Year: c1912-
Calibre: .177 smoothbore
QUACKENBUSH
MODEL 7
This is something you do not see every day. In fact this is only the 2nd one we have ever seen in the flesh as it were. This is basically a cheapened and lightened version of Quackenbush’s original model 1 using the same principal of the barrel sliding in to cock then sliding out after loading but made of a tubing rather than casting. This example is a little bit tired with some pitting on the barrel and a slither of wood thin slither missing on the fore end, metalwork is grey and slightly grainy overall. The spring seems quite week but is present and probably original. Has had a hole drilled through the butt presumably for the fitting of a sling of some sort and has an s ring through the drop down tab on the underside of the barrel. Markings are visible on top of the cylinder being H M Quackenbush Herkimer NY and then the patent numbers. Generally complete apart from aforementioned slither of wood. An interesting little antique.
Stock No: 0787
Price: £980.00
Year: c1890
Calibre: 8mm smoothbore
GIFFARD
CO2 SHOTGUN
THIS IS THE MUCH RARER SHOTGUN VERSION OF THE GIFFARD CO2 RIFLE, IT HAS A SMOOTH BORE BARREL AND USED LEAD SHOT EMBEDDED IN A CHALK CARTRIDGE AND WHEN SHOT THE CHALK DISINTEGRATED LEAVING THE SHOT TO GO TO ITS TARGET. THIS EXAMPLE PRESENTS NICELY THE METALWORK WE BELIEVE HAS BEEN REFINISHED BUT HAS BEEN DONE REALLY NICELY WITH A NICE EVEN BLACK, ALL THE MARKINGS ARE STILL VISIBLE AND QUITE CRISP INCLUDING THE SCROLL ENGRAVING ON ALL SIDES OF THE BREECH BLOCK, SERIAL NUMBER AND CALIBRE ON THE BARREL, ALL SERIAL NUMBERS AND MARKINGS ON THE CYLINDER WHICH IS ALSO IN NICE CONDITION. THE REARSIGHT IS A FOLDING DOWN LEAF WHICH IS ORIGINAL HOWEVER THE FRONT SIGHT WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A SMALL BEAD HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A BRASS THREADED PIECE. AGAIN THE TRIGGER GUARD HAS NICE ENGRAVING ON IT AND IF IT HAS BEEN REFINISHED IT HASNT BEEN OVERLY POLISHED. THE STOCK HOWEVER IS A DIFFERENT STORY. IT HAS SUFFERED FROM A SEVERE BOUGHT OF WOODWORM AND HAS BEEN REFINISHED AND THE CHECKERING RUBBED DOWN. WHICH IS A SHAME. IT HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN STORED SOMEWHERE WHERE WOODWORM HAVE GOT AT IT BUT THANKFULLY THEY DONT TOUCH METAL! A NICE QUALITY VERSION OF THE GIFFARD RIFLE WHICH DIFFERS AT THE BREECH AND SIGHTS ETC TO THE STANDARD RIFLE.
Stock No: 0844
Price: £70.00
Year: 1938
Calibre: .177 RIFLED
DIANA
MODEL 27
IN ITS TIME THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED AND MODERN LOOKING AIRGUNS THAT THERE WAS. IS THE FIRST BREAK BARREL RIFLE ALONG WITH THE MODEL 25 TO HAVE HAD A HALF STOCK AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE NORMAL QUARTER STOCK AS SEEN ON MOST BRITISH AND GERMAN GUNS OF THE TIME. THIS EXAMPLE IS NOT WORKING IT WONT COCK. THE TRIGGER MECHANISM SEEMS COMPLETE WE HAVE TAKEN THE STOCK OFF AND THE END CAP, HAD A LOOK INSIDE THE CYLINDER THERE SEEMS TO BE ALL HE CORRECT PARTS THERE BUT IT WONT WORK AND ADJUST. WE HAVE NOT GOT ANY FURTHER. THE REARSIGHT NOT ORIGINAL ITS A FUNCTIONAL REPLACEMENT, METALWORK IS A LITTLE BROWN AND WITH A PATINA ALL OVER AND THE STOCK HAS SURFACE MARKS. THIS IS WELL WORTH SOMEONE SPENDING THEIR TIME TO REPAIR AS THESE ARE A GOOD QUALITY AIR RIFLE.
Stock No 0661
Price: £895.00
Year: c1860
Calibre: .32 rifled and .410 smooth
CRANKED AIRCANE MARKED JOSEPH LANG
This is a superior quality air cane in its original case. It has its original brown lacquered finish with some areas of loss knock marks and general wear but overall still retaining a lot of its original very nice lacquer. With original pump and foot plate, ball mould in its own separate compartment which we have not seen before, key for the cane and also a key for the case. The lock mechanism is a newish replacement and nice English brass lock but the fact its been replaced is not visible from the outside. Engraved on the aircane cylinder face is Joseph Lang London and a Lang trade paper label (more recent) inside the lid. Has a removable rifled circa .32” barrel which slides inside a smooth circa .410 barrel. A lovely quality collector’s item by a well known gun maker.
Stock No: 0804
Price: £98.00
Year: C1900
Calibre: .177
GEM
AIRGUN
THIS IS AS NEAR AS YOU GET TO A STANDARD GEM MODEL IE HALF OCTAGONAL BARREL DOLLS HEAD TYPE CATCH WITH A REAR SIGHT IN FRONT OF IT. WE DID ONCE SEE A COLLECTION OF 50 GEMS ALL OF WHICH WERE DIFFERENT TO EACH OTHER IN SOME WAY SO THERE IS AN AWFUL LOT OF VARIATION OF THIS WE RECALL THE MOST COMMON MODEL. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN FAIR CONDITION RETAINING SORT OF BROWN ORIGINAL FINISH, STOCK HAS NOT BEEN RUBBED DOWN, NICE AND TIGHT AT THE BREECH WITH A GOOD BARREL CLOSURE, ALL ORIGINAL COMPONENTS BASICALLY JUST A PRETTY STANDARD MODEL IN HONEST CONDITION ALTHOUGH THE REAR SCREW THAT TIGHTENS UP THE CYLINDER WOULD APPEAR TO BE THE WRONG ONE PROBABLY TOO LONG COULD EASILY BE SHORTENED WE THINK. THERE ARE NO MARKINGS/SERIAL NUMBER VISIBLE. WE HAVE SOLD HUNDREDS OF THESE OVER THE YEARS THEY ARE AN INTERESTING DESIGN THAT WAS ONCE VERY COMMON AND IN FACT PROBABLY THE MOST CHEAPEST AIR RIFLE OFFERED FOR SALE AT THE TIME BEFORE WAR NUMBER 1.
Stock No: CSVT
Price: £595.00
Year: C1908
Calibre: ..177 RIFLED
KYNOCH SWIFT
THIS IS A NICE COLLECTABLE AIR RIFLE FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF BRITISH MADE AIRGUNS, THIS WAS A COMPETITOR TO THE BSA UNDER LEVERS BEING PRODUCED BY ANTHER FAMOUS BIRMINGHAM FIRM OF KYNOCK. THIS AIR RIFLE IS DISTINGUISHED BY 2 MAIN FEATURES ONE THE SOLIDITY OF ITS CONSTRUCTION ITS A VERY GOOD QUALITY RIFLE AND 2 THE MASSIVE BREECH JAWS WHICH HAVE 2 SNAP HOOKS ON THE SIDE WHICH ARE CLOSING ON THE BREECH BLOCK. AND EVEN AFTER 110 YEARS OR SO THERE IS NO MOVEMENT OR PLAY AT THE BARREL JOINT WHATSOEVER. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN FAIR CONDITION THE METALWORK BEING A COMPLETELY EVEN BROWN LIGHTLY PITTED SURFACE ALL OVER. NO MARKINGS ARE VISIBLE ON THE CYLINDER AND THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE SIDE CAN BARELY BE MADE OUT HOWEVER ALL THE FITTING WOULD SEEM TO BE ORIGINAL. THE STOCK HAS NEVER BEEN RUBBED DOWN ITS QUITE NICE, NUMEROUS SURFACE MARKS AND SCRATCHES BUT STILL VERY CLEARLY VISIBLE ARE THE STAMPINGS KYNOCK LTD BIRMINGHAM PATENT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THE LARGE SWIFT MOTIF WITH TRADE MARK UNDERNEATH ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. ALL NICE AND CLEAR AND PROVES THAT THIS IS A SLEEPER RATHER THAN A USER, NO ONES REFINISHED IT OR DONE ANYTHING TO IT. SEEMS TO BE QUITE A GOOD MAIN SPRING IN IT AND A NICE CLEAN RIFLED BORE.
Stock No: 0869
Price: £280
Year: C1913
Calibre: .177
BSA
IMPROVED MODEL D
A NICE SOUND EXAMPLE WITH A;LL ORIGINAL FITTINGS NICE CLEAR STAMPINGS TO THE TOP OF THE CHAMBER, METAL WORK IS A CONSISTENT BROWN VERY SLIGHTLY GRAINY FINISH NOT BEEN REFINISHED OR MESSED ABOUT WITH IN ANY WAY, SCREW HEADS ARE GOOD, STOCK IS NICE WITH NO DEFECTS JUST MINOR SURFACE SCRATCHES AND MARKS, ORIGINAL METAL BUTT PLATE FITTED, GOOD AIRTIGHT TAP FITTING. QUITE A NICE EXAMPLE.
Stock No: 0874
Price: £440.00
Year: C1900
Calibre: .C6.2MM
BUGEL SPANNER
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A BUGEL SPANNER RIFLE. A MODEL OF RIFLE THAT WAS IN PRODUCTION FOR ABOUT 90 YEARS FROM 1870 TO SOMETIME IN THE 1950S. THERE ARE AN INTERESTING DESIGN, LOW POWER BUT GREAT ACCURACY AT SHORT RANGE. THEY WERE AVAILABLE IN ALL CALIBRES AND WITH ALL DIFFERENT DESIGNS OF STOCKS AND DIFFERENT FEATURES. THIS EXAMPLE HAS A FULLY OCTAGONAL BARREL, A NICE STRAIGHT HAND CHEQUERED STOCK, A NICELY SHAPED TRIGGER GUARD LEVER WHICH IS USED TO COCK THE SPRING. INTERESTINGLY THIS ONE HAS A NOT OFTEN SEEN DOUBLE SET TRIGGER WHEREBY THE REAR TRIGGER IS PULLED TO SET THE FRONT TRIGGER WHICH THEN BECOMES A VERY LIGHT ALMOST HAIRLINE TRIGGER. A NICE INTRICATE MECHANISM WHICH IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. THIS IS IN CALIBRE 6.32MM AND INCLUDES A SIZER FOR SIZING PELLETS DOWN TO FIT THE BARREL PROPERLY. INTERESTINGLY THE SIZER ALSO HAS A 5.4MM WHICH WOULD BE USEFUL FOR A SWEDISH EXCELLENT RIFLE. SIZER IS INCLUDED WITH THE RIFLE.
Stock No: 0871
Price: £215
Year: C1919
Calibre: .22
BSA
S SERIES
THIS RIFLE PRESENTS NICELY THE METALWORK IS A NICE BLACK EVEN COLOUR, OR PERHAPS SLIGHTLY THIN ON THE BARREL. HOWEVER THE DOVETAIL FITTINGS IE THE SIGHTS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN FIXED IN POSITION, ORIGINAL REARSIGHT AND ORIGINAL FRONT SIGHT ARE FITTED, THE ONLY FAULT IS WITH THE COCKING LEVER RETAINING CATCH WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BRAISED IN POSITION QUITE SOME TIME AGO. THE SCRREW HEADS ARE GOOD, THERE IS NO PHOTO ETCHING VISIBLE ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER. STOCK WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN REFINISHED OR REVARNISHED, THERE IS SIGNS OF SOME MINOR REPAIRS TO THE PISTOL GRIP WHERE IT MEETS THE CYLINDER BLOCK. THE TRIGGER GUARD SCREWS ARE REPLACEMENTS BUT SEEM TO DO THEIR JOB WELL. OVERALL FROM THIS DESCRIPTION IT SOUNDS A LOT WORSE THAN IT ACTUALLY LOOKS!! WE ARE SURE THIS WILL SELL IN THE SHOP TO SOMEONE WHO SEES IT AND LIKES HOW IT PRESENTS. GOOD STRONG MAINSPRING, GOOD AIRTIGHT TAP WHICH ALL FUNCTIONS AS IT WOULD OF ORIGINALLY.
Stock No: 0865
Price: £195
Year: C1919
Calibre: .22
BSA
S SERIES
THIS RIFLE PRESENTS VERY NICELY. THE METALWORK IS A SMOOTH BROWN FINISH, THE PHOTO ETCHING IS JUST BARELY VAGUELY DISCERNABLE UNDER A GOOD LIGHT WHICH INDICATES THE RIFLES NOT BEEN REFINISHED. THE DOVETAIL FITTED PARTS THOUGH ARE REPLACEMENTS THE REARSIGHT LOOKS EITHER HAND MADE TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD OR POSSIBLY A MODIFIED WEBLEY MARK 3 TYPE. BUT ITS VERY NICELY FITTED. THE FRONT SIGHT LOOKS LIKE A HAND MADE REPLACEMENT AND IT POSSIBLY BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL WOULD HAVE BEEN. THE CREW HEADS ARE GOOD THE STOCK IS NICE COMPLETE CONDITION WITH A FEW MINOR SURFACE MARKS BUT NO DAMAGE OF MISSING WOOD, SPRING FEELS NICE AND STRONG, AND THE TAP IS NICELY FITTING. VERY AIRTIGHT. SMALL FLAKE OF WOOD MISSING AT THE TOE OF THE BUTT BUT OVERALL IT LOOKS A NICE EXAMPLE.
Stock No 07224675
Price: £825.00
Year: c1885
Calibre: 4.5mm
GIFFARD
CO2 RIFLE
This very nice quality air rifle has been refinished to a good standard. The engraving is still nice and clear and crisp in fact looks good on its newly blued breech block. The rear sight is a replacement we know this because we fitted it! Its a new modern replica. Stock is very nice with quite crisp checkering, some scratches and marks and unfortunately a piece missing off the toe of the stock which has been carefully smoothed off so it does not look too bad. Some tooling marks on the gas cylinder but mostly smooth bluing which is nice and shiny. Lovely engraving on the underside and on the trigger guard. A quality item which presents very nicely.
Stock No: 0741
Price: £125.00
Year: c1920s
Calibre: .177 rifled
DIANA
MODEL 27
This is a nice old antique air rifle which has been subject to refinishing, the metalwork is an even colour over a grainy surface, the stock has had a few repairs around the trigger guard and wood inlet in to it but is stable and not moving. Very deeply rifled barrel, original open sights fitted although the elevation wheel is a replacement non original part, solidly made this is an early version as it just says Dian Luftgewair on the barrel top with no markings on the cylinder.
Stock No: 0873
Price: £325.00
Year:
Calibre: 4.5BB
HAENEL
MODEL 33 JUNIOR
THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PRE WW2 BOLT ACTION MILITARY TRAINING RIFLE, THESE WERE MUCH USED BY HITLER YOUTH AND OTHERS NAZI ORGANISATIONS PRIOR TO THE WAR FOR TRAINING YOUNG SOLDIERS. THIS HAS A 6 SHOT MAGAZINE, CONDITION IS FAIR WITH THE METALWORK HAVING A GREY LIGHTLY PITTED OR GRAINY FINISH HOWEVER ALL THE MARKINGS ARE EXTREMELY CLEAR AND NICE AND CRISP, STOCK IS GOOD RETAINING LOTS OF ITS ORIGINAL FINISH NOT BEEN RUBBED DOWN OR ANYTHING NICE AND ORIGINAL, COMPONENTS WOULD SEEM TO BE CORRECT, MAYBE A PROBLEM CYCLING CERTAIN TYPES OF AMMO AS SOME WILL NOT WORK IN THIS. ORIGINAL OPEN SIGHTS. SAFETY CATCH FUNCTIONS AS IT SHOULD, THIS IS THE JUNIOR MODEL. PLUS FITTED WITH SOME MILITARY CANVAS WEBBING TYPE SLING WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY OF A LATER PERIOD BUT LOOKS OK ON THE RIFLE.
Stock No: 0880
Price: £300.00
Year: c1937
Calibre: .22
WEBLEY
THIS ANTIQUE AR RIFLE COULD POSSIBLY BE AN INTERESTING AND WORTHWHILE PROJECT FOR SOMEONE WITH THE TIME AND SKILLS. THE BARREL IS OK AND MATCHES THE ACTION BUT FROM THERE IT GOES DOWNHILL. THE REAR SIGHT HAS THE WRONG ELEVATION SCREW AND OTHER PARTS ARE REPLACEMENTS, THE BOLT HANDLE IS THE WRONG PART, THE REAR SIGHT FLIP UP PEEP SIGHT IS MISSING ALL ITS ADJUSTABLE PARTS, A NUMBER OF THE SCREWS ARE WRONG, THE SAFETY INTERCEPTING SEAR IS MISSING, THE STOCK WHILST ORIGINAL HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH THE ADDITION OF A BIT OF WOOD ON THE BOTTOM CHANGING ITS SHAPE SLIGHTLY AND A METAL BUTT PLATE FITTED IN PLACE OF THE ORIGINAL VULCANITE. THERE IS NO FINISH WHATSOEVER LEFT ON THE METAL IT IS IN THE WHITE SO TO SPEAK. THE MARKINGS ON THERE ARE CLEAR AND VISIBLE BUT THERE ARE DINKS AND SCRATCHES OVERALL. WELL, QUITE A LOT OF WORK REQUIRED, NOT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FOR US TO DO.
Stock No: 0870
Price: £190.00
Year: c1910
Calibre: .22
BSA
IMPROVED MODEL D
This is A GOOD SOLID EARLY .22 MODEL OF THE IMPROVED MODEL D, THE METALWORK IS OVERALL BROWN GRAINY AND LIGHTLY PITTED, THE FRONT SIGHT IS A NON ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT, THE REARSIGHT IS SEIZED UP AND WONT ADJUST. THE SCREW HEADS ARE GOOD AND ALL APPEAR ORIGINAL, THE PISTON AND MAINSPRING APPEAR TO BE QUITE GOOD, ORIGINAL TRIGGER GUARD. STOCK HAS SURFACE MARKS, SCRATCHES WEAR COMMENSURATE WITH AGE AND USE BUT IS BASICALLY SOUND. THE PILEARM TRADEMARK ON THE STOCK IS CLEARLY VISIBLE, ORIGINAL METAL BUTT PLATE FITTED, ASIDE FROM THE FRONT SIGHT ALL COMPONENTS APPEAR TO BE ORIGINAL AND JUST UNLEFT PERHAPS UNLOVED BUT NOT MESSED ABOUT WITH.
Also available with scope and mount (Simmons type 4x40) for £50 extra
Stock No: 0881
Price: £295.00
Year: c1890S
Calibre: .210
QUACKENBUSH
MODEL 1
THE QUACKENBUSH MODEL 1 WAS THE FIRST MASS PRODUCED AIRGUN EVER. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION RETAINING MOST OF ITS ORIGINAL NICKEL FINISH, LITTLE BIT OF WEAR ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE CYLINDER PERHAPS WHERE A THUMB HAS BEEN PLACED TO FIRE IT. SEEMS LIKE QUITE A GOOD SPRING ALTHOUGH THESE ARE A LOW POWERED ITEM DESIGNED TO SHOOT .210 CALIBRE FELTED SLUGS. ALL THE THE MARKINGS ARE CLEAR AND CRISP, THE STOCK HAS NOT BEEN RUBBED DOWN IT HAS A FEW MINOR SURFACE MARKS AND SCRATCHES BUT IS MUCH BETTER THAN YOU WOULD REASONABLY EXPECT FOR A 140 YEAR OLD GUN. A LOVELY LITTLE COLLECTOR’S ITEM.
Stock No: 0887
Price: £940.00
Year: c1830
Calibre: .C .32” smoothbore
HOLMES of LIVERPOOL
BALL RESERVOIR
THIS OLD ANTIQUE AIR GUN IS IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. THE BARREL HAS BEEN RE BROWNED AND LOOKS NICE AND OLD, THE ACTION HAS WORN FINISH WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVING ALL AROUND THE NAME JUST DISCERNABLE HOLMES OF LIVERPOOL 8 LORD STREET 1821-
Stock No: 0866
Price: £215.00
Year: 1906
Calibre: .177
LINCOLN JEFFRIES
H THE LINCOLN
THIS EXAMPLE HAS CLEARLY LEAD A LIFE AND SEEN SOME ACTION. ITS IN BASICALLY SOUND CONDITION, THE METALWORK BEING A GRAINY BROWN TO GREYISH FINISH, THE TRIGGER GUARD IS A NICELY MADE OLDF REPLACEMENT MADE FROM A SHOTGUN TRIGGER GUARD, THE REARSIGHT BLADE AND WHEEL ARE NEW PARTS WE KNOW COS WE FITTED EM OURSELVES, THE FRONT SIGHT HAS LOST ITS BEAD IT LOOKS LIKE ITS BEEN DELIBERATELY SHAPED LIKE THAT AND OBVIOUSLY SOME TIME AGO. THE REST OF THE COMPONENTS WOULD SEEM TO BE ORIGINAL. WE HAVE HOWEVER FITTED A NEW MAINSPRING AND A NEW PISTON HEAD. THE STOCK HAS SURFACE SCRATCHES MARKS AND KNOCKS OF ALL SORTS OF AGE AND USE BUT THE LINCOLN JEFFRIES MARKINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ARE STILL VISIBLE READING LINCOLN JEFFRIES INVENTOR AND PATENTEE THEN A JUST ABOUT BARELY DISCERNABLE IMAGE OF A GENTLEMAN IN A HAT SHOOTING A RIFLE. THE RIFLE HAS BEEN WELL USED BUT NOT ABUSED BUT OBVIOUSLY LOST ITS TRIGGER GUARD AT SOME POINT. THIS IS FROM THE 4TH BATCH SENT OUT IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1906 OF RIFLES MADE BY BSA FOR LINCOLN JEFFRIES.
2 DIANA 20 AIRGUNS
TOP ONE
Early model, 1920s has a replacement rear sight which works perfectly,
Stock number 0943 £59.00 THIS ONE HAS BEEN SOLD
BOTTOM ONE
1938 in good condition, it has a name and date written on the stock with a biro or something.
Stock number 0922 £95.00
Stock No: 0937
Price: £195.00
Year: c1933
Calibre: .177
BSA
BREAKDOWN PATTERN
THIS IS A GOOD SOUND HONEST ORIGINAL GUN. ALL COMPONENTS SEEM TO BE ORIGINAL PARTS AND ALL
FUNCTION AS THEY SHOULD DO. THE METALWORK HAS GONE AN EVEN BROWN COLOUR OVERALL WITH THE LIGHTEST OF PATINA YOU CAN NOT SEE THE ETCHING ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER. A FEW MINOR MARKS AND NOCKS TO THE STOCK BUT THERE ARE NO CRACKS OR GAUGES. JUST A GOOD STRAIGHT FORWARD HONEST GUN. THESE ARE ACTUALLY LESS OFTEN SEEN THAN THE UNDERLEVERS WHICH WERE OBVIOUSLY MORE POPULAR AND SOLD BETTER FOR BSA AT THE TIME. THEY INTRODUCED THE BREAKDOWN TO COMPETE WITH DIANAS AND MILITTAS AT THE TIME.
Stock No 0112
Price: £925.00
Year: c1840-
Calibre: .38”
TOWNSEND TYPE
KNOBBLY AIRCANE
This is a nice old English made air cane basically being a pre charged air rifle in the form of a walking stick. It has its original finish and it is one with knobbles on it to make it look like a piece of brier wood. This is in an old made case with a nice quality air pump with a Damascus finish to the steel and a selection of original old tools and key and also unusually the key for the case lock which works. We have put some green baize lining in the case as it was a bit loose inside it. A nice set, no maker’s name as most of these did not have it.
Stock No: 0923
Price: £165.00
Year: c1934/35
Calibre: .177
BSA
L MODEL
THIS IS FAIRLY NICE CONDITION RIFLE THE METALWORK MIGHT HAVE BEEN REFINISHED, THERE ARE SOME TOOL MARKS TO ONE AREA AND THE PHOTO ETCHING IS NOT VISIBLE. THE STOCK HAS DEFINITELY BEEN REFINISHED BEEN RUBBED DOWN BUT THE BSA ON THE PISTOL GRIP IS STILL PERFECTLY VISIBLE AND ITS ACTUALLY A NICE PIECE OF WOOD. THE PROBLEM WITH THE RIFLE IS THE REARSIGHT IS NOT ORIGINAL, A NON ADJUSTABLE BLOCK TYPE SIGHT HAS BEEN FITTED AND THEN SOME LARGE PUNCH MARKS HAVE BEEN USED TO HOLD IT IN POSITION AS THE SIGHT OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT QUITE WIDE ENOUGH. WHAT A SHAME IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE SO MUCH MORE NICELY BUT THERE WE ARE… ALL THE REST OF THE SCREW HEADS AND THINGS SEEM TO BE ORIGINAL ALTHOUGH THE TAP PLATE COVER MIGHT BE AN EARLIER ONE AS IT HAS PATENT NUMBERS WRITTEN ON IT. THIS IS THE LATE LIGHT MODEL WHERE THEY REVERTED TO THE TRIGGER ADJUSTMENT THROUGH THE FRONT OF THE TRIGGER GUARD, SIGNS OF THE INTERNALS HAVING BEEN RECENTLY GREASED AND THAT ASPECT OF THE GUN SEEMS TO BE QUITE SMOOTH. SO A BIT OF A MIXED EXAMPLE BUT LOOKS QUITE CLEAN REALLY. JUST THE REARSIGHT THAT LETS IT DOWN.
Stock No: 0863
Price: £250.00
Year: 1937
Calibre: 177.
BSA
C SERIES
THIS IS A NICE EXAMPLE OF THE C SERIES UNDERLEVER WHICH HAD THE SHORTEST PRODUCTION RUN OF ANY OF THE INTER WAR BSA UNDER LEVERS. INTRODUCED IN 1936 IT WAS A REVERSION TO THE PRE WW1 LENGTH OF 43 INCHES AND WAS THE ONLY MODEL THAT WAS OF THIS LENGTH AFTER WW1 THE OTHERS BEING 45 INCH AND 39 INCH. THESE WERE MADE IN 177 ONLY THIS EXAMPLE IS GOOD WITH AN EVEN BROWN TO BLACK SLIGHTLY GRAINY FINISH THERE IS AN AREA OF ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG OF SLIGHTLY DEEPER PITTING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OG THE CYLINDER, NO PHOTO ETCHING IS VISIBLE ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER THATS LONG SINCE GONE. ORIGINAL FRONT SIGHT FITTED, ORIGINAL REAR SIGHT BASE WHICH WAS TIME CONSUMINGLY EXTRACTED FROM THE BRAZE OF THE WELD THAT HAD BEEN APPLIED, A NEW BSA MADE ELEVATING SCREW IS FITTED AS WELL AS A CUSTOM FITTED REAR SIGHT BLADE THE ORIGINAL SPRING IS IN PLACE. THE SIGHT WORKS PERFECTLY. GOOD TAP NICELY WORKING, SCREW HEADS ARE GOOD AND ALL SEEM ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL SPRINGS WERE REMOVED AND GREASED THEY ARE A PAIR OF BSA SPRINGS WITH BSA MARKINGS BUT IN TRUTH THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT WORN OUT. A FREE SUITABLE REPLACEMENT SPRING CAN BE SUPPLIED WITH THE RIFLE IF REQUIRED. A NEW PISTON HEAD HAS BEEN FITTED THE OLD ONE HAD SPLIT. COCKS REALLY SMOOTHLY, MECHANICALLY ALL VERY GOOD WITH SUPERB AIRTIGHT HAMMER. STOCK IS NICE SURFACE MARKS AND SCRATCHES, A FEW MINOR NOCKS BUT ALSO UNFORTUNATELY WITH INITIALS JB LIGHTLY SCRATCHED IN TO ONE SIDE. IN LETTERS ABOUT 1CM TALL. ORIGINAL WOODEN COVER TO THE STOCK, THE RIFLE, APPART FROM THE SCRATCHED INITIALS, AND THE REARSIGHT WHICH WAS FIXED IN POSITION HAS NOT BEEN MESSED ABOUT WITH, WE HAVE SORTED THE REARSIGHT BUT THE INITIALS ON THE STOCK REMAIN.
Stock No: 0882
Price: £110.00
Year: c1910
Calibre: .177
GEM AIRGUN
THERE ARE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF GEM AIRGUNS YOU CAN BUILD UP A COLLECTION OF DOZENS OF THEM AND THEY WILL ALL BE DIFFERENT IN SOME WAY. THIS IS A VERSION WE HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE. THE WOODEN STOCK PLUGS IN TO THE BACK OF THE CYLINDER AND IS HELD IN WITH 2 SCREWS, WE HAVE SEEN THAT ON LATER GEMS THAT ARE VERY CHEAPLY MADE HOWEVER THIS GOES IN TO A SHAPED CAST CYLINDER AND HAS A SEPARATE CAST BREECH BLOCK AND A FULLY OCTAGONAL BARREL. SO ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS IS AN EARLY ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE GEM BY USING THE STOCK AS THE BACK PLUG BUT NICE AND SECURELY FITTED IN. THIS ITEM IS IN GOOD CONDITION THE METALWORK BEING AN EVEN GREY LIGHTLY PATTINATED FINISH WITH A SECURELY FITTING DOLL’S HEAD, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PLAY AT THE AFOREMENTIONED STOCK FITTING BUT ALL THE COMPONENTS SEEM COMPLETE, THE REAR SIGHT IS PART OF THE DOLL’S HEAD CATCH AND HAS THE CORRECT FRONT SIGHT. SERIAL NUMBER IS ON THE BREECH FACE AND THE CYLINDER END, NO MAKER’S MARKINGS, GOOD CLEAN SMOOTH BORE BARREL AND A REASONABLE MAIN SPRING. FLAT METAL BUTT PLATE. OVERALL LENGTH MEASURES AROUND 35 INCHES LONG.
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Price: £1240.00P
Year: c1870-
Calibre: .38 + .50
E. M. REILLEY
BUTT RESERVOIR
This is a lovely old antique air gun made by EM REILLY and Company in its original case with green baize lining and trade label in the lid. It is a leather covered butt reservoir cane with the original leather all still present and correct. Black enamel finish to the barrel housing with some slight wear and knocks . The smaller c..38 calibre rifled barrel unscrews leaving a c. .50 smoothbore barrel.With a pump, two ball moulds, foot plate, cocking key which is probably more recently made,wad cutter and a tiny little mould for a single shot which we’ve never seen before. Also with a more modern adapter for filling. A lovely original set. The case has slight cracking to the top but retains its integrity. It has brass bound corners and recessed latches. Original good quality hinges. Original lock fitting is present but there is no case key. A very nice collectors item which undoubtedly was some Victorian gentleman’s prized possession.
Stock No: 0978A
Price: £1250.00
Year: C1845-
Calibre: C .33” BORE
BALL RESERVOIR
BY JOHN WHEELER
this is a nice quality ball reservoir gun which measurers only 41 inches long which is shorter than most, it also has an unusual twist off stock so it could be stored in a small case. Condition is quite good, the browned barrel is evenly pitted overall and the markings of the maker’s mark are only just visible on the side plate but there is enough to see that it was John Wheeler of Birmingham who was based at 49 Whittall Street between 1845 and 1850. Original Ball fitted which is a small size ball, there may have been repairs around where the ball fits as this is a metal section and doesn’t look quite right although it’s difficult to be certain as this is quite an unusual specification air gun generally. Basic open sites fitted some engraved decoration on the top tang and top edge of the lock plate and some further engraving on the side of the top plate and on the cocking hammer. Nicely shaped trigger guard, an interesting collector’s item.
Stock No: 0969
Price: £360.00
Year: c1937
Calibre: 22
WEBLEY
SERVICE RIFLE SERIES 3
WE BELIEVE THIS AIR RIFLE HAS POTENTIAL AS A PROJECT FOR SOMEONE TO DO UP AND GET WORKING OK AGAIN OR IT COULD BE DISMANTLED FOR SPARES WHICH WOULD BE A SHAME. THE REARSIGHT IS MISSING, THE PEEPSIGHT AT THE BACK ONLY HAS THE FRAME THE WINDAGE AND ELEVATION BLOCK IS MISSING. THE INTERCEPTOR SEER IS MISSING, A NEW ONE THAT NEEDS FINISHING IS SUPPLIED WITH THE RIFLE. AS IT IS WHEN FITTED IT DOES HOLD THE PISTON BACK BUT WILL NOT RELEASE. THE RIFLE FAILS TO COCK, THE STOCK IS OK ITS PROBABLY HAD A COAT OF VARNISH BUT THERE ARE NO MAJOR DEFECTS IT IS HOWEVER LOOSE ON THE ACTION. THE SCREW HEADS SEEM OK, THE AXIS PIN WOULD APPEAR TO BE A RECENT REPLACEMENT, THE BARREL NUMBER DOES NOT MATCH THE ACTION OF THE RIFLE. ALL MARKINGS ARE CLEAR THE METAL WORK IS A BROWN GREY WORN SLIGHTLY PITTED SURFACE OVERALL.
Stock No: 0950
Price: £220.00
Year: C1905
Calibre: 177 RIFLED
ANSONIA
THIS IS MOSTLY A NICE OLD ANTIQUE AIR RIFLE. MADE BY EDWARD ANSON IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY ITS EITHER A COPY OR MADE FROM BITS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS AN MGR RIFLE ITS A BREAK BARREL WITH A VERY EFFICIENT BARREL LOCK YOU PUSH A CATCH DOWN WHICH OPENS THE BARREL. THIS EXAMPLE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION THE METAL WORK BEING AN EVEN BROWNY GRAINY FINISH ALL OVER, THE BARREL AND BARREL BLOCK ARE 1 PIECE WITH A FULLY OCTAGONAL BARRE, ORIGINAL OPEN SIGHTS FITTED ALTHOUGH THE REARSIGHT HAS SEIZED UP THE ELEVATION WONT TURN. MARKINGS ON TOP OF THE BARREL READ THE ANSONIA RIFLED BARREL AND ON THE BARREL RELEASE CATCH ITSELF IT SAYS ANSONS BOLT ACTION. THE SPRING IS GOOD, THE BARREL LOCK MECHANISM SEEMS OK WITH NO PLAY IN THE BARREL AND IT HAS A REASONABLY NICE TRIGGER LET OFF. THEN IT GOES WRONG. THE STOCK HAS BEEN CUT DOWN BY ABOUT 2 AND A HALF INCHES CLEAN SAWED THROUGH AT THE BACK SO THE BUTT PLATE IS MISSING THERE ARE SOME MARKINGS ON THE STOCK E ANSON AND C SO THE ON OF CO IS MISSING AND BELOW 14 STEELHOUSE LA WOULD HAVE READ LANE. WHAT A PITTY SOMEONE SHORTENED IT FOR USE BY A JUNIOR SHOOTER PROBABLY AND IN SO DOING RUINED THE STOCK. A PIECE OF WOOD COULD BE LET ON AND LENGTHENED THERE IS SOME NICE CHECKERING WHICH IS A BIT WORN ON THE PISTOL GRIP, ITS AN INTERESTING ITEM SHAME ABOUT WHAT SOMEONES DONE TO THE STOCK.
Stock No: 0961
Price: £78.00
Year: 1930s
Calibre: 177 RIFLED
HAENEL
MODEL 1
THIS RIFLE IS IN QUITE GOOD CONDITION THE METALWORK IS GENERALLY GREY AND VERY SLIGHTLY PITTED. ALL THE MARKINGS ARE NICE AND CLEAR ON TOP OF THE CYLINDER AND THE TRIGGER BLOCK. THE REARSIGHT ELEVATION SCREW IS AN INCORRECT REPLACEMENT THAT DOES FUNCTION AND A COUPLE OF THE SCREWS ON THE FORE END ARE NOT THE RIGHT ONES. A NEW BREECH SEAL HAS BEEN FITTED, THE BARREL LOCKS NICELY WITH NO PLAY, HAS A VERY POSITIVE BARREL LOCK WHICH YOU SLIDE BACKWARDS TO OPEN THE BARREL, THE BARREL REQUIRES A BIT OF A SLAM TO SHUT AND THEN ITS NICE AND POSITIVELY LOCKED. STOCK IS OK POSSIBLY BEEN REFINISHED SLIGHTLY BUT NO MAJOR DEFECTS SOME SLIGHT AREAS WHERE THE WOOD HAS BEEN RUBBED DOWN AROUND THE COCKING LINK AREA, NICE SHARP RIBBING TO THE BUTT. GOOD SPRING AND PISTON SEAL AND BREECH SEAL WOULD SEEM TO FINE AS WELL. REASONABLY CLEAN RIFLED BORE.
Stock No: 0962
Price: £120.00
Year: 1938
Calibre: 22 RIFLED
HAENEL
MODEL 2
This very robustly made air rifle is in quite good condition, the metalwork being a slightly brown finish mostly smooth but with a patina on the metal overall. The barrel has a very effective barrel lock which locks it up nice and firmly with no play or movement evident at all. The mainspring, piston seal are very good and a new breach seal has been fitted. The stock has numerous surface marks and scratches of age but no wood missing. A couple of the small keeper screws would appear to be replacements, the open site elevating wheel is a replacement part that is fully functioning. Good clear markings on the cylinder and barrel, nice clean straight rifled bore.
Stock No: 0979A
Price: £845.00
Year: c1720S
Calibre: 10mm (0.4”)
ANTIQUE BALL RESERVOIR GUN
THIS IS A VERY EARLY BAL;L RESERVOIR AIRGUN THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO SOME EXTENSIVE RESTORATION. IT IS A TAP LOADER WITH A VERY LARGE LEVER OPENING AT THE CHAMBER. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT BSA OR LINCOLN JEFFRIES INVENTED THE TAP LOADING AIR RIFLE BIT ITS NOT THE CASE. THIS PRECEDED IT #BY ABOUT 180 YEARS. ALL BRASS ACTION WHICH HAS BEEN CLEANED UP, WITH A BRASS TRIGGER GUARD. STOCK IS NEWLY MADE, ORIGINAL BALL IS FITTED, COPPER TYPE THAT HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO SOME REPAIRS UNDERNEATH AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT EVER BE PRESSURISED. BARREL HAS BEEN RE POLISHED AND REBLUED, HAMMER MECHANISM IS WORKING, HAS SOME SOMER LIGHT ENGRAVING ON IT, HAS A TINY REAR SIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE BLOCK, THE BALL AS THEY WERE AT THIS AGE IS VERY CLOSE TO THE TRIGGER. AN INTERESTING EARLY BALL RESERVOIR AIRGUN.