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Item Code AC1134, Price £200 (GBP) A rare Victorian gunsmiths tool used to gauge the bore of a shotgun. Manufactured by Samuel Allport of Birmingham (whose name we see more commonly on percussion cap dispensers). The rod is marked in inches along its length. It would be inserted into the barrel of a shotgun to the required length and when the knob is rotated the arms at the other end of the rod move and the internal bore size can be read on the measurements engraved at the handle. Very good condition. An interesting example of a tool used in 19th century gunmaking and gunsmithing.
Item Code AC1132, Price £85 (GBP) A very rare calibrated steel double ended shot charger marked 1 1/3 ounces. I have never seen one for this charge before. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1133, Price £275 (GBP) An unusual nipple key turnscrew and pricker combination tool. The brass end unscrews revealing a compartment for a nipple and a pricker. The Turnscrew swings out to form a T shape tool. A well made and rare Victorian gun tool. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1130, Prices - £60 each (GBP) A selection of chamber brushes. From left to right: 12B horn handled nickel brush and cover by G & J.W. Hawksley 16B horn handled nickel brush and cover by G & J.W. Hawksley 16B horn handled brass brush and cover marked W. Evans Pall Mall 16B ebony handled brass brush and cover by G & J.W. Hawksley. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1131, Price £65 (GBP) A pinfire cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons stamped with their catalogue number 1133. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1129, Price £165 each (GBP) A couple of mainspring clamps. Very good condition with some surface rust mixed with original case colours and polish.
Item Code AC1126, Prices - see description A couple of good examples of combination tools for use with the Enfield rifle. The Y shape tool is the rare sergeants pattern with the clamp to remove the mainspring. It is marked with the makers initials and is complete with the screw off worm. Hard to find sergeants tools in a Y shape. Price £200. The T shape tool is a British issue profusely stamped with ordnance marks. The very end of the small screwdriver tip is chipped. Price £100.
Item Code AC1125, Price £225 (GBP) A superb high quality Western holster made about 1920 by John Thomas Pickett in Manila, Philipines. They did actually have ranches, cowboys and even rodeos in the Philipines. Measures 11" overall. Very attractive decoration on the front of the holster and would have been an expensive item in it's day. John Thomas Pickett was born on 23rd February 1868 near Lowville, Ontario, Canada. He moved with his family in late 1870 to Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota. There he learned the harness making trade from his brother-in-law, David Aldona Hopkins. That was a skill he carried with him. At the start of the "Spanish War," he enlisted as a saddler and was promoted to Corporal in Company D of the 1st South Dakota Infantry. He served in the Philippines and subsequently in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. He then returned to the Philippines and began a company associated with harness making, leather goods, rope and mining. He died in 1939. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1123, Price £225 (GBP) An original large embossed showcard advertising W.W. Greener guns and cartridges and showing the St. George gun. Measures 17" x 11". Guaranteed to be original and you can see the embossing on the reverse side. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1120, Price £350 each (GBP) A selection of nipple primers by Paton of Perth, G & J.W. Hawksley and the last on is unamed but is similar to a James Dixon pattern. Excellent condition. All very hard to find.
Item Code AC1121, Price £215 (GBP) A rare powder measure for use with an Enfield .577 rifle when target shooting. The measure is paced in the muzzle of the rifle, filled with powder and then the funnel is pulled upwards allowing the inner sleeve to slide up to open the bottom of the measure letting the charge of powder to drop into the barrel. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1113, Price £50 each (GBP) A selection of ventometers used to make fine adjustments to the ladder sights of Martini Henry and early Lee Enfield rifles. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1118, Price £70 (GBP) A good powder measure for use with a rifle. Made by the late Ken Steggles in the 1960-70's with scales for No. 2 and No. 6 black powder. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1119, Price £55 each (GBP) Three steel double ended shot chargers with spring loaded lids by Sykes. Two are marked for 1 1/2 oz. and the other is for 2 oz. Good condition.
Item Code AC1111, Price £65 (GBP) A small antique leather revolver holster. Measures 9 1/2" overall. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1093, Price £1200 (GBP) An extremely rare model 1856 Colt revolving rifle and shotgun combination tool comprising a nipple key and three turnscrews. In untouched uncleaned condition retaining lots of the original finish. A very hard to find tool and priced to sell.
Item Code AC1094, Price £130 (GBP) A small three piece pewter oil bottle for a pistol case. Measures 1 3/4" high and 7/8" base diameter.
Item Code AC1098, Price £350 (GBP) A nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by G & J.W. Hawksley. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1099, Price £265 (GBP) A percussion cap dispenser marked "JS Improved " and "L" for large caps. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1100, Price £170 (GBP) A circular cap dispenser made by the late Ken Steggles in the 1970's. An excellent quality piece made for use for the muzzle loader.
Item Code AC1091, Prices - see below(GBP) Three cartridge extractors. Descriptions and prices: 12B James Dixon gunmetal two prong extractor SOLD French 12 mm extractor with a three wheel cartridge paper remover £40 A 12B French cartridge extractor with patent details on the wheel and a lot of the original case hardened finish SOLD.
Item Code AC1090, Price £60 (GBP) An original tin of percussion caps marked Cox's Best Ground Edge Caps. Very good condition. Will have to remove the caps if posting.
Item Code AC1127, Price SOLD (GBP) A best quality polished cut steel oil bottle for a cased pair of flintlock or percussion pistols. Measures 1 3/4" high with a base diameter of 7/8". Very good untouched condition retaining quite a bit of the original polish.
Item Code AC1128, Price SOLD (GBP) A good three piece pewter oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons suitable for casing with a shotgun or rifle. Measures 2 1/4" high and a base diameter of 1". Very good condition.
Item Code AC1115, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Kerrs registered design muzzle stopper combined with sight protector for a .577 Enfield rifle. Probably also fit a Snider rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1083, Price £35 (GBP) A 10 bore ring extractor. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1085, Price £260 (GBP) A tin plate gunpowder storage by James Dixon & Sons. Good condition. Most of the exterior black japanned finish has gone but the tin plate is sound with no cracks, holes or rust. There is the remains of the gold lettered label on the front.
Item Code AC1069, Price £20 each (GBP) A selection of French cartridge extractors. From left to right: 20 bore pinfire extractor, 24 bore pinfire extractor, 24 bore centre fire extractor, twin slot pinfire extractor, single slot pinfire extractor. All in good condition.
Item Code AC1058, Price £10 each (GBP) A large selection of antique cleaning jags. Good condition.
Item Code AC1059, Price £10 each (GBP) A further selection of smaller cleaning jags. Good condition.
Item Code AC1061, Price £25 each (GBP) A selection of original worms and covers for ramrods condition.
Item Code AC1062, Price £60 each (GBP) Three nickel silver ventometers used to make minute adjustments on ladder sights. Very good untouched condition.
Item Code AC1049, Price £60 (GBP) A hard to find 20 bore pull through with oil bottle in it's original leather wallet. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1036, Price £180 (GBP) A very rare and interesting wooden crate dated 1862 and produced at the Royal Carriage Works at Woolwich Arsenal to contain a set of spares for the Armstrong gun. Also marked Sea Service and profusely stamped with WD and broad arrow marks. Measures 20" overall. Very good condition with the usual service wear. Unfortunately no spares remain but a great decorator for a gun room!
Item Code AC1038, Price £90 each (GBP) A couple of T shape nipple keys with screw off caps and prickers. Very condition.
Item Code AC1019, Price £70 (GBP) A japanned tinplate container for gunpowder probably for a cased percussion rifle or shotgun. Measures 6 1/2" x 3 1/2". If you have a suitable space in a gun case this would be a good filler. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1021, Price £150 each (GBP) A selection of sprue cutters for use with ball moulds. From left to right: an unmarked cutter but approximately 12B or 14B, a William Davis cutter of approximately 16B size, a Purdey pattern sprue cutter and a 16B marked cutter. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1016, Price £40 each (GBP) A couple of striker pots for casing with a hammer gun or rifle. This pattern was usually used by Woodward London gunmakers. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1004, Price £170 (GBP) A Continental, probably French, gravity fed percussion cap dispenser with suspension chain. Very good condition. Dirty and untouched.
Item Code AC0992, Price £50 each (GBP) Three ebony handled nipple keys. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0993, Price £65 each(GBP) A selection of ebony handled nipple keys with screw in prickers. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0997, Price £30 each (GBP) A selection of cranked striker keys. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0991, Price £320 (GBP) A gravity fed percussion cap dispenser combined with a nipple primer (see my article on these in the blog pages). Very good condition. No name or markings. Could be Continental?
Item Code AC0977, Price £200 (GBP) A very rare and original cap tin for Enfield rifle percussion caps. The only one I have ever seen. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0980, Price £200 (GBP) A brass circular percussion cap dispenser. I haven't seen this pattern before. Very well made. Could be Continental. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0981, Price £325 (GBP) A nickel silver circular percussion cap dispenser marked S. Allport Improved. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0968, Price £750 (GBP) A rare and completely original James Dixon & Sons 4 dial game counter made for the French market as all the species are marked in French. The only Dixon 4 dial I have ever seen in French. Stamped with the Dixon catalogue number on the bottom edge. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0966, Price £1850 (GBP) A very rare and completely original nickel silver six dial game counter by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Marked Rabbits Snipe and Woodcock on one side and Partridges Hares and Pheasants on the other. All clickers work. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0960, Price £220 (GBP) A rare original advertising board for Webley & Scott Ltd Birmingham. Still complete with it's gold coloured mount and now professionally mounted in a plain black frame to preserve it. The actual board measures 16 1/2" x 11 1/4". It used to hang in one of the offices of Webley & Scott and was obtained from a former employee (now retired). Excellent condition. A great decorative hanging for the gunroom.
Item Code AC0955, Price £195 (GBP) A rare original advertising board for W. W. Greener Empire guns which has recently been professionally mounted in a plain black frame to preserve it. The actual board measures 15 3/4" x 5 3/4". It used to hang in one of the offices of Webley (who took over Greeners in the past) and was obtained from a former employee (now retired). The Empire gun was first developed in 1910 and this advert probably dates from the 1910-30 period. It would have been intended to hang inside gunshops to promote Greener Empire shotguns. Excellent condition. A great decorative hanging for the gunroom.
Item Code AC0950, Prices - see description (GBP) A Westley Richards oil bottle (missing dipper) £65 and a Hawksley oil bottle SOLD. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0945, Price £250 (GBP) A very good quality large size game book, half leather bound, inscribed inside Whatton Manor House Book 1890. Handwritten entries from 1890 until 1937. Whatton Manor was in Nottinghamshire and was built for the Hall family. It was demolished in 1964 probably because of high death duties incurred by the family. All that remain of the house are the old stables, now used as a stud farm. Excellent condition and especially interesting with the provenance.
Item Code AC0946, Price £60 (GBP) A small pocket size game book that would have been used when shooting at another estate. Completed in pencil which would subsequently probably have been transposed to the large game register kept at home. Starts in 1895 and goes up to 1905. Some cosmetic damage to the spine of the binding but all the contents are in good condition.
Item Code AC0947, Price £70 (GBP) Another game book completed for the period 1902 to 1904 only. Good condition.
Item Code AC0925, Price £100 each (GBP) A selection of London pattern rods used in cased guns. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0926, Price £50 each (GBP) A selection of two piece cleaning rods. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0927, Price £60 (GBP) A selection of three piece rods. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0833, Price £30 (GBP) An interesting original photograph of several riflemen armed with Albini Braendlin breech loading rifles. Taken by a photographer in Drewett's Studio, Guildford. Measures 10" x 8" including the mount. Very good condition. A great picture for the collector of early breechloaders and deserves to be framed.
Item Code AC0760, Prices £15 each (GBP) I have a small number of rare original 19th Century British military issue rifle nipples. All are marked with the broad arrow and crown. I think they are for the Snider to house the firing pin. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0702, Price £50 each (GBP) A selection of barrel and nipple key combination tools for percussion turn-off barrel pistols. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0370, Price £10 each (GBP) A selection of original turks head wire brushes. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1116, Prices SOLD (GBP) Three vintage turnscrews. All are in very good condition.
Item Code AC1110, Price SOLD (GBP) An original percussion cap tin by Eley Brothers for use with Colt revolvers. Some staining to the label but otherwise very good condition. The tin contains a few caps but these would have to be removed if it is posted.
Item Code AC1124, Price SOLD(GBP) An original framed show card for Halls Gunpowder with central hanging dead game. Measures 19" x 15 1/2" including frame. Very good condition. Very slight staining in a couple of places and wear to the frame. A very rare show card.
Item Code AC1122, Price SOLD (GBP) A large pewter oil bottle for a gun case. Measures 2" high and 1 5/8" diameter. Very good condition. The small top with the dipper unscrews but the larger top is frozen and needs to be carefully freed.
Item Code AC1117, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality pair of hammer gun locks by Bonehill for their Belmont Interchangeable gun. Complete with the lock screw. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1103, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage Arthur Turner gunmakers Sheffield game card.
Item Code AC1086, Price SOLD (GBP) A small nipple key with screw out pricker in the ebony handle. Probably for a pistol or pair of pistols as it measures 4 7/8" overall and .20" between the flats. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1035, Price SOLD (GBP) A wooden loading mallet. Measures 8" overall. Very condition. Leather facing on the head is missing.
Item Code AC1109, Price SOLD (GBP) A group of vintage sealed tins of 250 no.26 size percussion caps. Superb unopened condition.As these are full tins I cannot post.
Item Code AC1108, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of good turnscrews. The one on the left is for cased pistols and measures 4 1/2" overall. The tip needs a little reworking. The smaller one is for a flintlock gun or pistol and has two turnscrew blades, the larger for the top screw and the smaller for the lock screw.
Item Code AC1095, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Fields pattern cartridge tester registered in 1865 for use with Enfield rifles. Excellent condition. The last picture shows the original instructions for use (for information only and not included in the sale).
Item Code AC1097, Price SOLD (GBP) A bone pot for either strikers or spare sights. Good condition. An age crack to the lid (common in these bone pots)but it still screws and unscrews.
Item Code AC1101, Price SOLD (GBP) A Brown Bess musket flintlock. Marked with what I think is a Nepalese crest on the front and with what looks like the initials RH inside. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1052, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple key for a pepperbox revolver. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1012, Price SOLD (GBP) A loading mallet for a pistol case. Measures 8 1/4" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1096, Price SOLD (GBP) A bone pot containing a pair of nipples probably for a pistol case. Measures 1" high and 1" base diameter. Very good condition. One very minor age crack to side.
Item Code AC1089, Price SOLD (GBP) A small pewter oil bottle for a cased pistol. Measures 1 5/8" tall with a base diameter of 7/8". Very good condition.
Item Code AC1060, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of ramrod tips. Good condition.
Item Code AC1092, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality mainspring clamp. Excellent condition with some finish remaining.
Item Code AC1104, Price SOLD (GBP) An early round brass double ended shot charger by Sykes. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1102, Price SOLD (GBP) A Nobel cartridge price list for 1904 -05. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1088, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and early range book for a Martini Henry Rifle shooter. Dates back to 1897 and is partially completed by the original owner. Interesting adverts in the rear for rifle accessories. Complete with pencil in the sleeve. Very good condition. An interesting one for the collector of vintage target shooting equipment.
Item Code AC1072, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual rod guide for a .577 calibre rifle. Made from vulcanite. Good condition.
Item Code AC1073, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare cruciform patch cutter for use with a Charles Lancaster oval bore rifle. I believe this is of more recent manufacture but it is superbly made and exactly like the originals. No idea who made it and I have not seen another. Could be useful to anyone who shoots an oval bore and at a fraction of the cost of a 19th Century example. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1077, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of pewter Holland & Holland oil bottles. Good condition.
Item Code AC1078, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of glass oil bottles. Good condition. One is missing the dipper.
Item Code AC1063, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb original large oil bottle for a W.W. Greener gun or rifle. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1070, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by G & J.W. Hawksley complete with it's original chamois leather bag. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1082, Price SOLD (GBP) A leather wallet containing a steel striker key, a spare pair of side nails or lock screws and three gold washed strikers with springs. The side nails are engraved 10239 and 10240 and the set would have been cased with a pair of Purdey hammer guns 10239 and 10240. I believe they date to 1878. Excellent condition and a very rare Purdey accessory.
Item Code AC1084, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good quality two piece nipple key with turnscrew insert contained in it's original leather wallet. Screw off caps revealing cavities to store nipples.
Item Code AC1056, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare cased partial set of Metford match rifle sights by George Gibbs. Incomplete but still a great accessory if you have a Metford match rifle. Includes nipple key, turnscrew, 2 x platinum lined nipples, foresight insert and foresight calibrated mount all in their original case. Front edge on the lid is missing. Otherwise excellent condition.
Item Code AC1051, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple key with ebony handle and screw out pricker. Measures 5" overall and .2" between the flats of the key. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1040, Price SOLD (GBP) A mainspring clamp. Very condition.
Item Code AC1071, Price SOLD (GBP) An early mainspring vise suitable for casing with a flintlock pistol or long gun. Good condition. Untouched and uncleaned.
Item Code AC1013, Price SOLD (GBP) A leather wallet placefinder with 8 zylo or faux ivory place markers. Probably dates from the 1920-30 period. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0969, Price SOLD (GBP) A 4 dial game counter by G & J.W. Hawksley. Very good condition and unequivocally guaranteed to be completely original.
Item Code AC1074, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of William Wellington Greener turnscrews. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1075, Price SOLD each (GBP) A selection of turnscrews. Good condition.
Item Code AC1076, Price SOLD (GBP) A set of fine quality turnscrews. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1065, Price SOLD (GBP) A large steel double ended shot charger. Good condition.
Item Code AC1066, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony and brass rod for a pistol case. Measures 6 1/8" overall. Good condition.
Item Code AC1067, Price SOLD (GBP) A well marked British military issue Privates combination tool for use with the Enfield .577" rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1068, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B bronze cartridge extractor by William Bartram. Good condition.
Item Code AC1054, Price SOLD (GBP) A 16B chamber brush. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1033, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley for a shotgun or rifle. Measures 2" high and 1" base diameter. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1057, Price SOLD (GBP) An original vintage pair of snap caps for a 12B shotgun by James Purdey & Sons London. Used condition but still look great with your vintage Purdey.
Item Code AC1053, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B nickel silver extractor with Popes patent by G & J.W. Hawksley. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1044, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple key for a percussion revolver. Measures 4 1/2" overall and .199" between the flats. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1001, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of good quality nickel plated .410 snap caps. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1050, Price SOLD (GBP) (GBP) An exceptionally rare (I have never seen one before) .577 pull through in it's leather wallet. A great accessory for your double rifle! Very good condition.
Item Code AC1042, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare cocking tool for use with a W.W. Greener ejector. Very condition. Minor crack in the wooden handle.
Item Code AC1028, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare patch tin of the type that were cased with Purdey percussion rifles. Good condition.
Item Code AC1014, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century double bar cap dispenser. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1046, Price SOLD (GBP) Three tools for a percussion pistol or revolver. A turnscrew, a nipple key and a cleaning rod with worm. Measure 4 1/2" long. Very good condition. Dirty and untouched.
Item Code AC1047, Price SOLD (GBP) A small pewter three piece oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Suitable for a pistol case. Measures 1 1/2" high and 3/4" base diameter. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0972, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual three armed tool with two turnscrews and a pricker. Suitable for a cased gun. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0951, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality ebony mallet for a Continental cased pistol set. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1037, Price SOLD (GBP) A large Victorian japanned tin for 500 percussion caps. Measures 1 3/4" high and 2 1/4" diameter. Very condition. Look great in a gun case.
Item Code AC1018, Price SOLD (GBP) An original Improved Rifle Powder tin for casing with a Purdey percussion rifle. Very good condition. As you can see there is some loss of japanning but nevertheless a rare Purdey accessory.
Item Code AC1031, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of Enfield combination tools. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0944, Price SOLD (GBP) A game book starting in 1895 and handwritten up to 1936. Measures 13" x 7 1/2". Good condition. Spine of the binding coming loose. An interesting addition to any collection of Victorian guns or shooting accessories.
Item Code AC1041, Price SOLD (GBP) An early 19th Century steel oil bottle suitable for casing with a good pair of pistols. Measures 1 7/8" high and 7/8" diameter. Very good untouched condition. Minor surface rust which will probably clean off.
Item Code AC1039, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare flintlock period wad or patch cutter. Measures 2 1/4" and 5/8" across the cutter. Very condition.
Item Code AC0994, Price SOLD (GBP) Two ebony handled disc striker keys. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0942, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality nickel silver 20 Bore cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1008, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of tools made by the late Ken Steggles. A single bar cap dispenser £65, a double bar cap dispenser £95 and a Whitworth style powder measure with attached funnel £95. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1034, Price SOLD(GBP) A couple of oil bottles suitable for pistol cases. A brass oil bottle 1 3/8" high and 1" across the base. A very small pewter oil bottle 1 1/8" high and 3/4" diameter across the base. Both dirty but very good condition.
Item Code AC1027, Price £SOLD (GBP) A very good quality combination tool for the Whitworth rifle made in the 1970's by the very talented Ken Steggles. The last photo shows the appropriate page from his original catalogue. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1032, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12 bore chamber brush by Webley and marked with their catalogue code on the brush cover. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1026, Price SOLD (GBP) A set of four original invoices and a letter from Boss & Co. the famed London Gunmakers dating from 1867 to 1885 all to Captain the Honorable Ernest Cochrane RN. In excellent condition and preserved in new frames. A great set of 19th Century gunmaking ephemera from one of the best gunmakers of the time. Captain Cochrane was obviously slow to pay his bills. Cochrane (1834 - 1911) a naval officer was the son of the 10th Earl of Dundonald. He served on board the ships Victory, Hibernian, Wellesley and Trafalgar. In 1854 he participated in the capture of Bomarsund during the Crimean war. 1856 made lieutenant commander HMS Chub. 1864 he married the daughter of the Governor of Sierra Leone. But she died one month later. 1866 he married the daughter of Dr Richard Doherty. Richard was a lecturer teaching midwifery in Queens university Galway. Richard converted late in his life to Catholicism. 1868- 1870 he was the commander of HMS Peterel off the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa. 1873 he retired as Captain. The Redcastle estate was left to him by Richard on the condition that his children be brought up Catholic. 1879. He became the High sheriff of County Donegal.
Item Code AC1025, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality leather belt and cartridge magazine for 10 x 10 gauge cartridges. Made in the late 19th or early 20th century. As the capacity is limited to only 10 cartridges, I wonder if this is for use with a Paradox gun? Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1030, Price SOLD (GBP) A British issue sergeants combination tool for use on the Enfield cavalry carbine. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC1024, Price £SOLD (GBP) A very rare pellet dispenser made by the gunmaker Charles Moore for use with his pellet lock pistols and long guns. Moore's pellet dispensers are all individually serially numbered - this is no. 374. There is a pricker attached to the side of the body of the tool which can be swung out to clear and blockages in the guns ignition system. Dates from the 1820-30 period. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1022, Price £SOLD (GBP) An ebony tool marked W.R. Pape with part of a label attached marked "applied for". There are two holes and on is threaded. I think a brush screwed into this hole and a handle was pushed into the other so the tool could be rapidly rotated to clean the chamber with the brush in a rotary fashion. Look good in a Pape gun case. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1000, Price £SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver ventometer for making minute adjustments to a ladder sight. Jeffery's Patent and made by W. Gregory & Co. 51, Strand London . Very good condition.
Item Code AC1023, Prices £SOLD (GBP) A selection of pinfire cartridge extractors. From top to bottom: A steel case colour hardened 16B pinfire extractor by James Dixon & Sons stamped 1134. Superb condition and rare to find in this condition price £125. A nickel silver 16B pinfire extractor by James Dixon & Sons stamped 1134B. Superb condition £110. A steel 12B pinfire extractor by James Dixon & Sons fitted with Popes patent wheel (for removing any portion of the paper case stuck in the chamber). It is stamped with their catalogue number 1137. Very good condition. Price £125
Item Code AC1009, Price SOLD (GBP) A War Department marked foresight protector for a Long Lee Enfield or Lee Metford. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1015, Price SOLD (GBP) A 16B nickel silver ring extractor by James Dixon & Sons. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1010, Price SOLD (GBP) A Woodward & Sons snap cap. Marked with a Patent number on the black body. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1011, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of nickel silver cartridge extractors in hard to find calibres. 28B unnamed extractor £50, 28B James Dixon ring extractor £50 and 14B William Bartram extractor £40. Very good condition. The 14B has a tight crack behind the claw but this does not extend all the way round and there is no movement in the claw.
Item Code AC0995, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of London pattern turnscrews. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0996, Price SOLD (GBP) Three ebony handled turnscrews. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1007, Price SOLD (GBP) A 14 bore wad punch. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0809, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of adjustable cylindrical powder and shot measures. The top measure in the photos was made in the 1970's by the late Ken Steggles SOLD. The lower measure is not maker marked but dates from the 19th Century and works on a fast exposed screw thread. It is £90. Both are uncleaned and in very good condition.
Item Code AC1003, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of mainspring clamps. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0908, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual early 19th Century double ended adjustable powder and shot measure. The larger end is for shot and the smaller end for powder. Both have their own scales engraved on the sleeve. Interestingly it is also engraved with Bore and measurements. Excellent condition. Would look nice with a cased flintlock fowler.
Item Code AC1005, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare patch pot for a percussion pistol case. Made from rosewood with bone centre decorative plaque. The bottom has the circular opening to pull out the greased patches. Measures 1 1/4" high and 1 1/2" diameter. Hard to find pistol size pots like this. Very good condition.
Item Code AC1002, Price SOLD (GBP) An original Eley percussion cap tin with embossed brass foil top label. A little dirty but otherwise pretty good condition.
Item Code AC0840, Price SOLD (GBP) A James Dixon & Sons 12 bore pull through brush and oil bottle weight in a leather wallet which is stamped with their catalogue number 2143N. Good condition.
Item Code AC0693, Prices SOLD (GBP) Four vintage brushes marked William Evans Pall mall. From left to right: 12B brush £60, 12B brush £60, 12B brush £60 and 20B brush SOLD. Good condition.
Item Code AC0810, Price SOLD (GBP) An 18th Century pair of screw off cannon barrels for a pair of pocket pistols together with their barrel key. Barrels are 2 1/4" long. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0759, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of barrel keys for flintlock pistols. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0985, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of unusual measures by James Dixon & Sons. The round bottom measure is for a fixed charge of 100 grains of no.6 powder and would be suitable to be cased with a vintage rifle. The large adjustable measure is graduated up to 5 1/2 drams powder. Both in excellent condition.
Item Code AC0986, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of brass ring measures. The small one is marked 1/2 oz shot price £25 and the large one is for a cased rifle and is marked 120 grains price £60. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0988, Price SOLD (GBP) A boxwood and nickel shot measure for 1 1/4 oz of shot. It is marked JL underneath and I have seen similar marked measures in cased Purdey hammer guns. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0963, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of high quality striker keys of the type cased with Purdey hammer shotguns and rifles. Beautifully polished steel with screw off gun metal end caps covering storage space for spare strikers. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0177, Price SOLD Ring cartridge extractors in 12B 10B and 32B. Excellent condition. This is part of a small collection of shooting accessories that were all made by Lightwood & Son of Birmingham and purchased by me as old stock. These probably date from the 1930's.
Item Code AC0983, Price SOLD (GBP) Three measures for cased guns. The two measures with wide base plates are marked 1 1/2 and are for powder. They are of the type found cased with Purdey and other best London guns. The other measure is for 4 1/2 drams powder or 2 oz shot so probably cased with a 10 bore or 8 bore shotgun. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0984, Price SOLD (GBP) A matched pair of powder and shot measures for a cased shotgun. Nicely engraved on the bases with the charges. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0987, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare matched pair of powder and shot measures for a James Purdey & Sons gun. Side locking screws. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0990, Price SOLD (GBP) A matched pair of hammer nose and nipple cleaners for a percussion gun. Very good condition. One of the ebony handles has two very minor and tight age cracks. A good accessory for a cased gun.
Item Code AC0989, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of best quality nickel measures by James Dixon & Sons with locking screws. One is for No.2 powder and the other is for No.6 shot. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0978, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare percussion cap tin embossed J. Blissetts Best Caps 321 High Holborn London. Very good condition. Showing remains of gold paint.
Item Code AC0979, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony handled nipple key with pricker suitable for a cased English revolver - probably an Adams or Tranter. Measures 4 1/2" overall. Small nipple keys are getting harder to find. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0982, Price SOLD (GBP) A bar cap dispenser made in the 1970's by the late Ken Steggles. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0970, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality 19th Century mainspring clamp. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0971, Price SOLD (GBP) A 14 bore sprue cutter by William Davis. These were found cased with best quality percussion rifles and used by Purdey, Lancaster, Rigby and other top gunmakers. Good condition. Would clean better.
Item Code AC0973, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual long handled lead label for use when casting bullets. Longest I have ever seen at 2 feet overall. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0974, Price SOLD (GBP) A three piece pewter oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons. Measures 2 1/4" tall and 7/8" base diameter. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0964, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare T shape nipple key for hexagonal Manton percussion nipples. Screw off caps and pricker. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0962, Price SOLD (GBP) A three piece pewter oil bottle for a shotgun or rifle made by William Bartram of Sheffield and marked with their trademark of a jockey's cap and whip. Very good condition. A peg is inserted into the main top like a plug - don't know why.
Item Code AC0939, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare gunsmiths bore gauge marked WD for the 19th Century gun implement maker William Davis. Three arms marked with bore sizes on one side and inch measurements on the other. Very good condition. A handy tool to have.
Item Code AC0785, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare original 19th Century percussion cap tin marked Blisset for Enfield percussion caps. Good condition.
Item Code AC0959, Price SOLD (GBP) An early adjustable tang peep sight for a muzzle loading rifle with a post that would slot into a fixing on top of the wrist. Early 19th Century. Very good condition. Some pepper pitting.
Item Code AC0952, Price SOLD (GBP) A sight adjuster for use with the SMLE made by Parker Hale. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0940, Price SOLD (GBP) A leather flint wallet with turnscrew tool made in 1970's by the late Ken Steggles. I make no apology for including a repro item in my catalogue when it was made by Mr. Steggles whose work was renowned for high quality and an excellent copy of the original. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0916, Price SOLD (GBP) A cleaning rod for a pistol or revolver. Measures 8" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0871, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare pocket notebook for 1911/12 which would have been a promotional "giveaway" from the gunpowder manufacturers Curtis & Harvey. Has calenders for 1911 and 1912 and numerous blank pages for notes. There are some of the blank pages missing. Good condition and a great collectable for the cartridge collector.
Item Code AC0958, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple protector and chain for an Enfield rifle. Marked on the leather top with the broad arrow showing it was a British issue item. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0949, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare original invoice from the world famous makers of Best guns Boss & Co. dated 1878 for the sale of gun serial no. 3341 to the Honorable E. Cochrane. The invoice also includes the part exchange of a Boss pinfire gun serial no. 2084. The actual invoice measures 10" x 8" and is contained in a modern frame. Excellent condition.A great display item for the gunroom.
Item Code AC0956, Price SOLD (GBP) A loading or cleaning rod for a pistol. Measures 4 5/8" overall. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0957, Price SOLD (GBP) A War Department marked British issue zinc oil bottle for the P53 Enfield percussion service rifle. Very nicely stamped WD and 53. Excellent condition. I think the best I have ever seen in terms of condition.
Item Code AC0948, Price SOLD (GBP) A revolver companion for a cartridge revolver - probably .450 or .455. Includes turnscrew and cleaning rod with jag and brush. Marked with the trademark of a pigeon and the number 255. Good condition.
Item Code AC0941, Price SOLD (GBP) A sprung variable cartridge extractor marked R. Roper Son & Co. Sheffield. Robert Roper was a gunmaker in Sheffield and registered this design on 10th February 1881 under registration design no. 3398. Shown in the photos extracting a .410 cartridge and a 12 Bore cartridge. Useful to the sportsman who used a range of calibres. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0943, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12 Bore chamber brush with cover by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Very good condition. One very small chip in the ebony handle which you can see in the photos. Retains some of the original lacquer.
Item Code AC0934, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare folding four piece boxwood gunners rule by W & T Gilbert London made in the first half of the 19th Century. Gilbert was a supplier to the East India Company although this instrument was a private purchase probably by an EIC officer. Finely marked with charges for different guns including smallarms and cannon. Very good condition. Some minor staining from the iron hinges and one tiny crack by one of the hinges. An extremely difficult item to find.
Item Code AC0914, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of mainspring clamps or vices. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0919, Price SOLD (GBP) A reversible turnscrew and nipple key for a gun case. This tool is ex Keith Neal collection and was originally sold in Lot 61 of Christies auction of 18th July 2002. Very good condition and a rare item.
Item Code AC0731, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of pinfire cartridge extractors by W. Bartram, G & J.W. Hawksley and others. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0936, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony pistol size cleaning and loading rod with worm. Measures 5 1/2" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0938, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of original Kynoch percussion cap tins. Very good condition. I cannot post the caps so the tins will be shipped empty.
Item Code AC0534, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare rifle sight marker or definer complete with original tin case, label, instructions and marker. Very good condition and rare to get a complete set like this. A great accessory for the vintage Lee Enfield or Lee Metford collector.
Item Code AC0933, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by Samuel Allport. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0932, Price SOLD (GBP) A brass shot measure for a cased percussion or flint shotgun. Nicely engraved with the charge 1 1/8 oz shot. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0923, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of ball or bullet worms for screwing on a ramrod or cleaning rod to withdrawer a charge. Good but dirty condition.
Item Code AC0931, Price SOLD (GBP) A small bone pot for nipples or strikers. Measures 1 5/8" tall and 1" base diameter. Very good condition. Minor age crack to part of top but still screws up tight.
Item Code AC0906, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of 19th century British military issue combination tools for the Enfield. The tool on the left is for use on the Enfield rifle by privates and the tool on the right is the cavalry carbine combination tool for use by sergeants (it has a spring clamp on it which privates weren't trusted to use). Good examples in very good condition.
Item Code AC0891, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century percussion cap dispenser marked J.S. Improved. Good condition. Missing the suspension ring which screws into the bottom.
Item Code AC0913, Price SOLD (GBP) An ivory lock brush probably for a cased pair of percussion pistols. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0920, Price SOLD (GBP) A muzzle and foresight protector for a .303 rifle. Measures .60" internal. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0924, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality loading or cleaning rod for a muzzle loading gun or rifle. Probably for a fairly small bore as the rod is only .43" thich. Measures 30 1/4" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0928, Price SOLD (GBP) A mallet suitable for casing with a pair of pistols or for use as a bullet starter with a rifle. Measures 7" overall. Generally good condition but there is some chipping underneath the head of the mallet which you can see in the photos.
Item Code AC0921, Price SOLD (GBP) A tiny boxwood pot probably for nipples. Only measures 3/4" diameter and 1/2" tall. Would suit a cased pair of muff pistols or similar. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0917, Price SOLD (GBP) A square glass oil bottle for a pistol case. Nice faceted cut glass top. Measures 1 1/2" square and 1 1/2" tall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0909, Price SOLD (GBP) A small adjustable measure for a pair of Continental pistols. Measures 2 1/2" long. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0911, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of cleaning rods with jags. Measure about 12". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0912, Price SOLD (GBP) A mallet and bullet starter or loading/cleaning rod. Measures 13 1/4" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0847, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual Georgian ball sprue cutter in polished steel for a 14B ball (approx .710") . The top arm closes over the bottom arm to cut off the sprue. Ex. Keith Neal collection (Christies auction 2002) Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0907, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare and completely original Eley London paper weight advertising their ACME and smokeless cartridges. The surround is aluminium with circular glass on each side and coloured advertising. Measures 2 3/4" diameter. The aluminium casing is slightly distorted and there is a very tiny chip on the edge of the glass on one side. Otherwise in very good condition and hard to find in any condition.
Item Code AC0879, Price SOLD (GBP) A 16B cartridge extractor in gunmetal by G & J.W. Hawksley of an unusual pattern. Good condition.
Item Code AC0842, Price SOLD (GBP) A back action side lock for a Charles Lancaster hammerless shotgun. Good condition.
Item Code AC0827, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of nickel silver cartridge extractors. They are: 20 bore by G & J.W. Hawksley, 20 bore by James Dixon & Sons and a rare .500 by G & J.W. Hawksley. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0902, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare and high quality combination tool for a percussion match rifle made to W. Gibson's Patent number 992 of 1869. It comprises a mainspring clamp, nipple key, oil bottle with pricker, turnscrew and a small hammer. It is serial numbered 24. Superb condition with lots of the orignal case colours remaining.
Item Code AC0896, Price SOLD (GBP) A .303 bore mirror. Marked with the British War Department broad arrow. Good condition.
Item Code AC0903, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of 19th century mainspring clamps or vices. Prices - clamp on left £125 and clamp on right £85. Good condition.
Item Code AC0905, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Measures 1 7/8" high and base diameter 7/8". Good condition.
Item Code AC0901, Price SOLD (GBP) A T shape combination tool having a nipple key, a screw out pricker and screw on caps over cavities for sapre nipples. Good condition.
Item Code AC0863, Prices SOLD(GBP) A selection of three piece hardwood cleaning rods. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0861, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of steel double ended shot chargers with sprung lids. Good accessories for a cased flint or percussion shotgun. Good condition.
Item Code AC0903, Price SOLD (GBP) A brass circular double spring percussion cap dispenser by Sykes. Good condition.
Item Code AC0877, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel plated oil bottle marked Charles Hellis & Sons Ltd London for a gun case £50. Good condition.
Item Code AC0902, Price SOLD (GBP) Three rods. From left to right: a high quality cleaning rod for a pistol with nickel silver fixed jag, a ramrod for a flintlock pistol 8 1/2" overall and an iron ramrod for a flintlock officers pistol with checkered and dot decoration 9 3/4" overall. All in very good condition.
Item Code AC0900, Price SOLD (GBP) A sliding adjustable tubular measure for powder and shot by G & J.W. Hawksley. Measures up to 5 drams of powder and 2 ounces shot. Excellent condition with lots of the original lacquer. Would look great in a cased percussion shotgun.
Item Code AC0903, Price £SOLD (GBP) A steel double ended shot charger by G & J.W. Hawksley stamped 1 1/4 oz with sprung lids. Excellent condition with quite a lot of case colours remaining. Rare in this condition.
Item Code AC0826, Price SOLD (GBP) A small fixed measure for 1 1/2 oz of shot. These were found in cased percussion shotguns including Purdey guns. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0899, Price SOLD (GBP) An original and good quality ramrod probably for a blunderbuss as it is 12" long. It has a rammer end and a threaded end with screw off worm. The rod is made from, I think, baleen as it has a high shine and is slightly flexible. Good condition.
Item Code AC0858, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of T shape nipple keys. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0898, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare circular brass double ended shot charger by Sykes. Sprung lids at each end and marked 1 1/2 oz. This pattern of shot charger is rare. Good condition.
Item Code AC0895, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley. 2" high and 1 1/2" diameter. Good condition.
Item Code AC0888, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 18th or early 19th Century gunmakers breech plug wrench. Adjustable for different sized plugs. Measure 16 1/2" overall. Ex David Back collection. Good condition.
Item Code AC0892, Price SOLD (GBP) A very interesting rifle shooting prize 1 pint tankard dated 1889 and very well engraved with the NRA badge and details of the winners. A great piece to put with a display of Martini Henry shooting memorabilia. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0889, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality two piece nipple key with screw out pricker and two screw off caps revealing cavities for spare nipples. Excellent condition. The top T bar is frozen on the key so will need soaking in oil to fully dismantle.
Item Code AC0890, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of original main spring clamps. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0841, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality steel striker key with striker housing and spring all contained in their leather wallet. A great accessory for a cased hammer gun. Very good condition. The elasticity of the securing strap has gone but the leather is in nice condition.
Item Code AC0803, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of ebony handled nipple keys. Good condition.
Item Code AC0886, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Fields "cartridge tester" used for loading Enfield rifles when target shooting in the 1860's. You can see amongst the photos a picture of an original instruction sheet (for information and not included in the sale). Very good condition and a hard to find addition to any collection of Enfield or target shooting memorabilia.
Item Code AC0887, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb quality combination tool for Whitworth or Enfield rifles. Made in the 1970's by the late Ken Steggles as a faithfull copy of an original tool and certainly as well made. Retains lots of the original colour case hardening. Inside the tool is a turnscrew fitting and an adaptor for smaller nipples, together with an oil bottle and pricker plus a couple of nipples. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0885, Price SOLD (GBP) A really good quality and elegant 19th century two part lead ladle for use in casting bullets. Unscrews into two sections in order to fit in a case. Attractive turned wooden handle. Overall length when screwed together 11" and 6" when unscrewed. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0882, Price SOLD (GBP) A "Sandringham" pattern game counter. These counters were used at the turn of the 19th/20th Century on big shoots where the bag was large. This counter will count up to 999 and could be used as a shot counter (to record the total number of shots fired) or a game counter recording game killed. Identical counters (albeit marked with a Royal cipher) are shown in David Bakers excellent book “The Royal Gunroom at Sandringham” confirming their use on the large Royal estates. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0883, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare completely original and genuine six dial game counter by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Marked for pheasants, woodcock, snipe, rabbits, hares and partridges. Nickel silver on one side and brass on the other. Excellent uncleaned condition. Clickers work well. Minor surface rust on a screw head but would clean off pretty easily.
Item Code AC0884, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of ventometers or verniers used to make minute adjustments to rear ladders sights on rifles. Made in nickel silver and very well made. A relatively unexplored area for collectors. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0748, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple key for a pepperbox revolver. Good condition.
Item Code AC0872, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality disc striker key for a hammerless gun. Black horn handle and nickel bolster. Measures 6 3/4". Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0836, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality G & J.W. Hawksley 16 bore pull through brush and weight in a faux crocodile leather wallet. Good condition.
Item Code AC0837, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel plated 12 bore pull through brush and weight in a maroon leather wallet. Good condition and suitable for a Best London gun.
Item Code AC0880, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare 16B articulated chamber brush by James Dixon & Sons. The ebony handle can be used in a straight line with the brush or can be hinged at right angles and used to spin the brush in the chamber. These are very uncommon - I have only ever seen three. Excellent untouched condition with some of the original lacquer. Complete with cap.
Item Code AC0881, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good London pattern ebony two piece cleaning rod with one brush. Measures 35" without the brush. Excellent condition and still retains some original lacquer on the brass fittings.
Item Code AC0801, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of privates combination tools for the Enfield rifle or Snider. Good condition.
Item Code AC0850, Price SOLD (GBP) A small turnscrew suitable for a cased pistol. Measures 4 1/2" overall. Good condition.
Item Code AC0865, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Measures 2 1/4" high with a base diameter of 1" . Good condition. Slight corrosion with age.
Item Code AC0876, Price SOLD (GBP) An 80 Bore (.380) wad punch stamped Midland Gun Co. Fair condition. Unusual to find in this calibre.
Item Code AC0875, Price SOLD (GBP) A square glass oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons of Sheffield for a cased gun. Measures 2" tall and 1 1/2" square at the base. Excellent condition. Stamped with the Dixon catalogue number 212M and their trademark of a trumpet.
Item Code AC0868, Price SOLD (GBP) A bifocated turnscrew for bun nut type screws (often found as hammer screws on percussion and flintlock lockplates). Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0869, Price SOLD each (GBP) Two original percussion cap tins for 100 caps. Excellent condition with good labels. Would look great in a gun case.
Item Code AC0870, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of original percussion cap tins. The smaller one is for 250 caps and the larger tin is for 500 caps. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0873, Price SOLD (GBP) A round glass oil bottle by G & J. W. Hawksley. Measures 2 1/4" high and with a base diameter of 1 1/2". Good condition.
Item Code AC0864, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by G & W. J. Hawksley Sheffield also marked "3". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0866, Price SOLD (GBP) A bar cap dispenser made in the 1970's by the late Ken Steggles. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0867, Price SOLD (GBP) A very unusual ramrod for a flintlock pistol. It measures 9 7/8" overall. On one end is a worm for withdrawing a charge and on the other end there is a brass rammer fitiing which unscrews to reverse and screw on again to now form a powder measure. I guess the pistol would be held upside down so the measure of powder could be delivered to the bottom of the barrel and then the pistol could be turned muzzle up to receive the ball. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0857, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good example of a Victorian bird scarer used by gamekeepers and beaters on the big estates. This one is very well made and was probably made by the Estate carpenter. It has the owners name engraved on a brass plate - first time I've seen that. Presumably to avoid it being purloined by someone else on Shoot Day. Very good condition and a lovely colour. It still works and sounds like a machine gun.
Item Code AC0846, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare combination tool probably to go with a percussion match rifle. Comprises a mainspring clamp, two turnscrews and a nipple key. Excellent condition. Traces of original finish and very crisp.
Item Code AC0839, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality 12 bore pull through brush and weight by James Dixon & Sons in their leather wallet. Good condition.
Item Code AC0862, Price SOLD (GBP) A striker key for a hammer gun. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0832, Price SOLD (GBP) A very unusual cannon rammer 41 1/2" long with wooden shaft and very fancy worked iron fittings and a worm under a screw off cover. I haven't seen one like this before but I think it is possibly Turkish or Far Eastern and for ramming a small bore cannon or wall gun. The style looks to me a little like a Latanka and the length and bore size would match. Very well made and decorative. Looks to have quite a bit of age so could be early 19th Century or even late 18th Century. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0820, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare cavalry sergeants combination tool for the Enfield .577" carbine. Profusely British military marked. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0860, Price SOLD (GBP) A very unusual turnscrew with a very fine blade supported at either side by reinforcements. This may have been made for hammer screws which often have a very thin slot. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0855, Price SOLD (GBP) An oil bottle for either an Enfield or Snider .577 rifle. No markings. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0784, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality circular percussion cap dispenser made by the late Ken Steggles in the 1970's. All Ken Steggles tools were superbly made and equally as good as the 19th Century originals. Good condition.
Item Code AC0853, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare .410 nickel silver and ebony chamber brush by G & J.W. Hawksley with cap. This is the first .410 chamber brush I have ever seen and it is a best quality one. Measures 7 3/4" overall. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0848, Price SOLD (GBP) A circular percussion cap dispenser or capper. No maker marks but reasonable quality and working order with a double spring. Good condition and not the price of a named Dixon or Hawksley capper.
Item Code AC0849, Price SOLD (GBP) A small pewter three piece oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Measures 2" high and 3/4" base diameter. Good condition.
Item Code AC0852, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare original leather flint wallet. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0844, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare gravity fed nickel silver cap dispenser by James Dixon & Sons marked "Registered April 20 1846". Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0845, Price SOLD (GBP) A Georgian cut steel eight sided oil bottle probably for a cased pair of duelling pistols. Height 1 3/4". Untouched and a little dirty condition. Could be cleaned better if preferred bright.
Item Code AC0843, Price SOLD (GBP) A Maynard tape primer lock made by the Massachusetts Arms Co. for a Greens carbine. 2000 of these carbines were ordered by the British War Department and delivered into store in 1858. They were not tested but really issued and remained in store for years until they were scrapped and stripped down with the woodwork often burnt. The lock is in fine almost new condition with virtually all the original finish. British Military inspectors marks inside the lock.
Item Code AC0819, Price SOLD (GBP) A stripping tool for a luger. No markings but looks old with a nice patina. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0814, Price SOLD (GBP) An ornate flintlock with brass inlay. I think this is either Continental or possibly Middle Eastern. It is signed along the bottom edge. Measures 4 3/4" overall. Good condition.
Item Code AC0725, Price SOLD (GBP) I have just bought a collection of detached locks. There are several 1842 musket locks all dated in the 1840's. Dirty untouched sleepy condition. Will clean much better.
Item Code AC0835, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12 bore pull through brush and weight in a leather wallet. Good condition.
Item Code AC0838, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality G & J.W. Hawksley 12 bore pull through brush and weight in a black leather wallet. Good condition.
Item Code AC0834, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century percussion cap dispenser by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0829, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter three piece oil bottle marked T. Bland & Sons London. Measures 1 1/2" high with a Base diameter of 1 1/2". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0830, Price SOLD (GBP) A small ramrod for a pistol with screw off cover revealing a worm for withdrawing the charge. Measures 5" long. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0795, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of 12B snap caps marked with a patent number. Good condition.
Item Code AC0831, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12 bore cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons fitted with a Popes patent wheel intended to be used for withdrawing the cardboard case of a stuck and broken spent cartridge. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0822, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare pistol size eight sided polished steel oil bottle suitable to a cased pair of duellers. Measures 2" high. Very good condition and hard to find.
Item Code AC0813, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare and large flint cock and corresponding frizzen for a large wall mounted gun. The flint cock is 4 1/4" and for perspective it is shown next to a Brown Bess cock (which is for sale separately). Very good condition and rare.
Item Code AC0823, Price SOLD (GBP) A matched pair of steel double ended shot chargers with spring lids by Sykes. Superb condition with lots of the original case colour hardening. It is very hard to find matched pairs of these chargers especially in this condition.
Item Code AC0824, Price SOLD (GBP) A mainspring clamp or vice. Very good condition retaining quite a bit of the original case colours.
Item Code AC0825, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual copper filler for gunpowder. I think this would have been used by a gamekeeper or gunsmith for filling powder flasks with black powder. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0828, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality pewter oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley suitable for a cased percussion gun or rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0811, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel plated oil bottle for a cased shotgun or rifle. Measures 2" high and 1 1/2" base diameter. Missing the dipper but otherwise in very good condition.
Item Code AC0812, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony handled striker key for a hammergun. The key measures .25" between the flats. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0806, Price SOLD (GBP) A Continental wooden loading mallet for a cased set. Highly figured and in very good condition.
Item Code AC0808, Price SOLD each (GBP) A selection of original loading or cleaning rods for pistols. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0794, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare pair of 14B snap caps. Difficult to find in this calibre. Good condition.
Item Code AC0790, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of wooden pots for cased guns. The boxwood pot on the left was for either patches or possibly spare nipples or even caps. The ebony pot on the right would have been for a spare set of nipples. Good condition.
Item Code AC0778, Prices SOLD (GBP) Three gun accessories. From top to bottom: a wooden handled pricker to either clear the touch hole or nipple, a cleaning tool to clean around the nipple and a tool to clean inside the hammer nose of a percussion gun. Good condition.
Item Code AC0787, Price SOLD (GBP) An atractive wooden pot with screw off lid for a cased gun or pistol case to hold spare nipples 1 3/8" tall and base diameter is 1". Good condition.
Item Code AC0757, Price SOLD (GBP) A small wooden pot for a cased pistol, probably for spare nipples. Measures approximately 7/8" diameter and 7/8" tall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0777, Price SOLD (GBP) A very unusual and rare 18th century combination tool for a flintlock gun comprising: flint knapper, hammer, clamp for mainspring or frizzen spring and turnscrew. Measures 8 1/4" overall when extended as per the photos. Good condition. Some minor reworking to the tip of the turnscrew.
Item Code AC0798, Price SOLD (GBP) A good and original flintlock period turnscrew. Good condition.
Item Code AC0789, Price SOLD (GBP) Two oil bottles for cased guns. G & J.W. Hawksley and W.H. Monk Chester. Good condition.
Item Code AC0791, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of 12 bore pull throughs and brushes marked G & J.W. Hawksley in their original leather wallets. The pewter weights are also oil bottles. Good condition.
Item Code AC0793, Price SOLD (GBP) A folding whistle combined with a 12B cartridge extractor. Good condition. Plating a little worn.
Item Code AC0783, Prices SOLD (GBP) A couple of Continental adjustable powder measures for pistols or rifles. Good condition.
Item Code AC0692, Prices SOLD (GBP) Four 12B vintage chamber brushes. From left to right: 12B James Dixon brush £60, 12B Chamber brush marked WWG for W.W. Greener on the cover SOLD, 12B chamber brush marked Steggles England £50 and 12B chamber brush marked 6076 which I think is a Webley catalogue number £60. Good condition.
Item Code AC0799, Price SOLD each (GBP) Two good quality mainspring clamps or vices for sporting guns. Good condition.
Item Code AC0800, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality Continental nipple key with screw in pricker. The wooden handle is very well figured. Good condition.
Item Code AC0782, Prices SOLD (GBP) Three ebony handled nipple keys for pistols or revolvers. Small nipple keys are becoming hard to find. From left to right sizes are: overall length 4" with square key measuring .16" internally between the flats, overall length 4 3/4" with square key measuring .20" internally between the flats and overall length 4 1/2" with square key measuring .20" internally between the flats. Good condition.
Item Code AC0780, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare pair of original advertising posters for Thomas Bland & Sons. Dating from the end of the 19th Century. One of the posters shows their 4 Bore wildfowling shotgun. Actual posted size 17" x 11" plus mount. One still has the original frame. Good condition. Some discolouration and fading but still all clear. Great for hanging in the gunroom.
Item Code AC0781, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare original commission appointing John Wilson to be second lieutenant in the Percy Tenantry Volunteer Infantry dated 1798. Mounted with the corresponding seals in an old possibly original frame. The Percy Tenantry were based in Alnwick Castle and were raised as a standing army to combat the threat of invasion in the Napoleonic Wars. Very good condition and an exceptionally rare item.
Item Code AC0768, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare sight protector for a military match .451 percussion rifle. Made by London Armoury Company to James Kerr registered design of 7th August 1861. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0769, Prices SOLD (GBP) Three tools for a cased pistol. From top to bottom: small turnscrew by Ken Steggles measures 4 1/2" overall SOLD small nipple key with square key which measures .187" between the flats. small nipple key with screw out pricker in the handle. Key is square and measures .20" . Very good condition. The two nipple keys have one or two tight age cracks in the ebony handles.
Item Code AC0771, Prices SOLD (GBP) A selection of rods all for pistols. From top to bottom they are: small rod with screw off rammer end which reveals a steel worm. Measures 6 1/2" overall SOLD Hardwood rod with brass jag. Measures 9 1/2" overall SOLD Substantial rammer probably for a pair of duelling pistols. Measures overall 12 1/2" rod with steel ball drawer and jag. I think there would have been a mallet nadle which slotted onto the flats at the end of the rod but this is missing. Measures 12" overall SOLD. All in very good condition.
Item Code AC0739, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver ventometer used to make small adjustments to the rear ladder sight of a military match rifle. Probably for a martini or early Lee Enfield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0767, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century circular percussion cap dispenser by Alport. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0775, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare T shape combination tool for a .451 military match rifle or a high end volunteer Enfield rifle. The key fits an Enfield type nipple. Measures 4 1/8" overall. Very good condition and a rare tool in this size.
Item Code AC0772, Price SOLD (GBP) A powder measure with scales for No. 6 and No.2 powders made by Ken Steggles in the 1970's. This was intended for use with a match rifle. As always with all Steggles tools this is extremely well made and would look great in any rifle case. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0766, Price SOLD (GBP) A late 18th or early 19th Century two piece interlocking double turnscrew and vent pick for a flintlock gun or pair of duelling pistols. Interestingly one wooden handle is stamped with the name of a tool merchant who I believe was in business in the 1920's so this must have been subsequently sold by them as secondhand at that time. Excellent condition, completely genuine and very hard to find.
Item Code AC0773, Price SOLD (GBP) A stubby turnscrew for a flintlock gun or pistol. Measures just 3 1/2" overall. Very good used condition and hard to find.
Item Code AC0770, Price SOLD (GBP) An adjustable tubular powder and shot measure with exposed screw adjuster. Adjusts up to 2 oz. shot and 5 drams powder. A great case filler for a percussion shotgun. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0765, Price SOLD (GBP) A game counter or shot counter as used on the large Victorian and Edwardian shooting estates. Some wear to the plating but fully working order and in pretty good condition.
Item Code AC0743, Price SOLD (GBP) An original Victorian game counter or "Norfolk Liar" as they were called. It was made by G & J.W. Hawksley of Sheffield and is the rarer version with wavy dials. Excellent condition and guaranteed to be original.
Item Code AC0658, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality loading mallet for a pair of pistols. Ebony with a boxwood head. Very good condition. Measures 11 1/4" long.
Item Code AC0755, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare ivory foresight for a sporting rifle which can be fitted for shooting in poor light. Contained in it's bone pot. Very good condition. There is a tight age crack to the body of the bone pot.
Item Code AC0750, Prices - SOLD (GBP) Two nipple keys: the one on the left also has a turnscrew which slots into the nipple key. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0762, Prices SOLD each (GBP) Two original 19th Century screw worms and covers for ramrods. Still retain bits of the original wooden ramrod inside the fitting. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0732, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B pinfire cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons. Very good condition. Retains some of the original case colour hardening.
Item Code AC0756, Price SOLD (GBP) I have bought a small collection of vintage BSA No. 8 aperture sights for .22 rimfire target rifles and air rifles. These sights were originally patented in 1907. Very good condition - rather dirty but untouched.
Item Code AC0752, Price SOLD (GBP) An Enfield lock by LAC (London Arms Company) dated 1861. Missing the hammer. One of the lock screws appears to have been drilled out (presumably previously broken) and the threads need cleaning out. Otherwise pretty good condition.
Item Code AC0761, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality percussion cap dispenser made by the late Ken Steggles in the 1970's. Excellent condition. These are now becoming collectors items in their own right and are becoming hard to find.
Item Code AC0734, Price SOLD (GBP) From left to right: an original Eley Bros. percussion cap tin. Measures 1 1/2" diameter and 3/4" high. A japanned tin of rifle patches. Tin measures 1 5/8" diameter and 3/4" high. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0715, Price SOLD (GBP) A mainspring clamp for sporting guns. Very good condition.
Item Code AC674, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of brass double ended shot chargers. The smaller one is marked G & J.W. Hawksley and the larger is Sykes Patent. Both are in very good condition.
Item Code AC0712, Price SOLD (GBP) A sergeants combination tool for the .577 Enfield cavalry carbine. Fully ordnance marked. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0723, Price SOLD (GBP) A large and very early probably 18th Century steel double ended shot charger for a flintlock shotgun. External spring. Very good condition. Holds over 2 oz. of shot. It is rare to find these very early shot chargers.
Item Code AC0738, Price SOLD (GBP) These are ebonite rod guides which protect the rifle bore when using a ram rod or cleaning rod. The larger one fits an Enfield or a Snider and is marked Silvers (presumably relating to a patent or design. The other guides measure .55" so would also drop down a .577 Enfield barrel. These are original and, I think, quite rare. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0745, Price SOLD (GBP) A very nice ivory or bone handled lock brush. Measures 3 1/4" overall. Good condition. Suitable for a muzzle loading gun or pair of pistols.
Item Code AC0746, Price SOLD (GBP) A snail pattern percussion cap dispenser. Good condition.
Item Code AC0737, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century main spring clamp. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0718, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare three arm tool for the Baker rifle. Missing the screw on worm but in sleepy uncleaned condition.
Item Code AC0742, Price SOLD (GBP) An early and rare pinfire cartridge extractor with a wooden handle. Very little is known about these but I believe these wooden handled extractors were the first pattern developed and pre-date the all metal extractors. Good condition.
Item Code AC0727, Price SOLD (GBP) Enfield rifle percussion lock. Measures 5 1/2". Good condition.
Item Code AC0736, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of high quality London pattern turnscrews out of a cased set. The blades have been gold washed. Very good condition other than a small chip to the tip of one blade which could be reshaped.
Item Code AC0720, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of nickel plated 28 bore snap caps. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0722, Price SOLD (GBP) A bone striker pot with three gold washed strikers. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0713, Price SOLD (GBP) A steel striker key with hollow tubular handle with brass screw off cap. Spare strikers could have been stored inside the handle. Measures 3 5/8". Some small patches of light rust but generally in very good condition.
Item Code AC0705, Price SOLD (GBP) A matched pair of wooden pots probably for a cased rifle. I think they are lignum vitae. They measure 1 1/8" high with a diameter of 2 1/2". One has a small chip to the internal lip, otherwise excellent condition.
Item Code AC0701, Price SOLD (GBP) An American combined turnscrew and nipple key for a percussion revolver. I am not sure whether this is for a Starr, Remington or Whitney revolver. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0710, Price SOLD (GBP) The lockplate and pan only of a Brown Bess musket marked VR. This is quite rare as it would have been for a very late musket dating from after 1837. Measures 7". Excellent condition with crisp markings.
Item Code AC0716, Price SOLD (GBP) A trigger mechanism from, I think, a crossbow. Good condition. It cocks and releases correctly.
Item Code AC0729, Price SOLD (GBP) A Victorian Brown Bess lock which has been officially converted to percussion. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0699, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and completely original tin of grease for Tranter percussion revolvers. Measures 2" diameter. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0695, Price SOLD (GBP) Two rare pistol size nipple keys. They measure 4 3/8" with a square key .17" between flats and 4" with a square key .145" between flats. The larger key has a screw out pricker in the handle. Both in very good condition.
Item Code AC0682, Price SOLD (GBP) A bore scraper for use with a muzzle loading shotgun. This would attach to the end of a ramrod. Good condition.
Item Code AC0687, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle for a Holland & Holland cased gun. Missing the dipper and with a couple of knocks to the lid, but otherwise in good condition.
Item Code AC0717, Price SOLD (GBP) A British military jag for use on a ramrod. Judging by the size, I think this may be for a Brunswick. Very good condition. Slight bend towards one side but markings all very clear and a rare accessory.
Item Code AC0691, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 10B vintage nickel plated chamber brush. Good condition.
Item Code AC0686, Price SOLD (GBP) Two oilers for either a Lee Metford or Long Lee Enfield .303 service rifle. Good condition.
Item Code AC0666, Price SOLD A good tubular adjustable powder and shot measure by Sykes. As you turn the base the measure goes up and down. Adjusts up to 4 drams powder and 20z. shot. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0711, Price SOLD (GBP) The lock plate and pan only of a flintlock dated 1744 and marked Farmer. Made for a British military pistol. The plate measures 5 1/4". Very good condition with crisp markings.
Item Code AC0704, Prices - see below (GBP) Three pewter oil bottles. On the left is a pistol size oiler by G & J. W. Hawksley which measures 1 1/2" high and base diameter 3/4". Excellent condition. SOLD In the middle is a James Dixon & Sons probably for a rifle which measures 2" high and base diameter 3/4" in excellent condition SOLD On the right is a slightly larger oiler by James Dixon which measures 2 1/4" high and base diameter 1" in good condition £85 SOLD.
Item Code AC0677, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and high quality Greek or Balkan silver gilt Palaskes or cartridge box. I don't know a lot about these but it looks as though it is made from brass, then overlaid in silver (looks like it was rolled on) and then gilded. Measures 4 1/8" x 4 1/8". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0707, Price SOLD (GBP) A Brown Bess British issue musket flintlock lock in superb condition with great military and contractors stamps. measures 6 3/4". Missing cock but otherwise in really great condition and worth completing. rare to find in this condition.
Item Code AC0708, Price SOLD (GBP) A complete Brown Bess flintlock lock of a slightly unusual pattern. Someone suggested that it could be for a Naval musket but I am not sure. The lock measures 6 3/4". Inspectors initials HIW are stamped inside the lock. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0709, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb flintlock for a British military issue pistol or carbine with sliding safety catch. Marked WR which dates it to 1830-37 when King William reigned. Dirty but very sleepy. The lock measures 5 1/4". Lovely untouched condition.
Item Code AC0694, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good sporting mainspring clamp. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0696, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare flint wallet. One piece of leather has come unstitched but is still present. Otherwise in very good condition.
Item Code AC0697, Price SOLD (GBP) A flint period turnscrew. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0706, Price SOLD (GBP) A small japanned tin for rifle patches. It measures 7/8" tall and 1 5/8" diameter. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0685, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare cloth bag for shotgun wadding marked Reilly gun maker 502 Oxford st. Still contains a mixture of wads. A great accessory for a Reill percussion shotgun. Good condition.
Item Code AC0680, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality nickel silver percussion cap dispenser marked "2" and with the trademark of a fox. I don't know who the maker is. If anyone knows please email me. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0683, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare original two bladed turnscrew for a flintlock gun or pistol. There is a brass pricker for clearing the touch hole which pulls out from the handle. Good condition.
Item Code AC0678, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and very interesting case of gauges for 20 bore shotgun chambers which were supplied by the cartridge manufacturer F. Joyce to gunmakers presumably to ensure the shotgun chambers were suitable for their cartridges. The box measures 9" x 3 1/4" x 2 1/2". Excellent condition and a great addition to an ammunition collection.
Item Code AC0676, Price SOLD (GBP) A good combination tool for the SMLE Lee Enfield rifle. Excellent condition with most of the original blueing.
Item Code AC675, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare Victorian six dial game counter by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. This is guaranteed to be completely original. A previous owner has scratched his initials on one edge. The Dixon catalogue number for this counter "819B" is stamped on the bottom edge of the counter. Very good condition and very difficult to find.
Item Code AC0669, Price SOLD each (GBP) A couple of 12B pull throughs in leather wallets. Would be a great accessory for a vintage British gun or rifle. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0633, Price SOLD (GBP) An original nickel silver game counter or Norfolk Liar by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. This is guaranteed to be antique late 19th Century or early 20th Century and is not one of the Indian made fakes that have appeared on the market. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0670, Price £SOLD (GBP) A couple of good quality ebony cleaning rods with nickel silver fittings. Two piece which is 35 1/4" long when assembled SOLD and three piece which is 34 3/4" long when assembled SOLD. Both in very good condition.
Item Code AC0656, Price SOLD (GBP) This is one of the most attractive 12B chamber brushes I have ever seen. Nickel silver fittings with a very fancy ebony handle. The brush is marked W. Richards Liverpool. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0664, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare game counter or shot counter as used on the large British sporting estates in the late Victorian or early 20th Century. Conventional game counters were of little use on the big Shoots because the size of the bag was far too large for the counter and so this type of counter was used. I show excerpts from an excellent book by David Baker on the Royal guns at Sandringham which shows an identical game counter used on the Royal Shoots. Each time the top lever is pressed the counter moves on one. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0663, Price SOLD (GBP) A spring loaded game despatcher probably made by Lightwood in the 1920-50 period. You press the end and a blade comes out. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0662, Price SOLD (GBP) A glass oil bottle with pewter top. Measures 2" high and 1 1/2" diameter. Missing dipper but otherwise excellent condition. I will have to remove the oil for shipping.
Item Code AC0659, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare percussion cap dispenser combined with a trigger cocking tool. This was specifically made for the Joseph Lang percussion walking stick gun. It comes complete with an original leather bag of percussion caps printed with J. Lang's details. Unfortunately I can't post the actual caps so would have to empty the bag for shipping. Excellent condition and exceptionally rare accessories.
Item Code AC0644, Price SOLD (GBP) A small nipple key for a percussion pistol or revolver. Measures .207" x .210" between flats and 4 1/2" long. Generally good condition. Minor cracks to handle and a few chips. Pistol size nipple wrenches are becoming hard to find.
Item Code AC0657, Prices top to bottom SOLD (GBP) A selection of 12B chamber brushes. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0641, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B chamber brush marked Cogswell & Harrison. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0597, Price SOLD (GBP) An original game counter or Norfolk Liar by G & J. W. Hawksley Sheffield. Very good condition. This is guaranteed to be antique late 19th Century or early 20th Century and is not one of the Indian made fakes that have appeared on the market.
Item Code AC0649, Price SOLD (GBP) A T shape nipple key with pricker and screw off caps containing original nipples. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0654, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality combination two piece nipple key with screw off brass caps covering compartment for spare nipples and a central screw out pricker. Good condition and of the type often found cased with percussion rifles.
Item Code AC0651, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare bore viewer for a tilting block rifle such as a Martini Henry or Westley Richards Martini. It contains a mirror and when inserted into the open breech it shows an image of the bore. Shown here being used with a Westley Richards Improved Martini (rifle not included). Very good condition and the only one I have ever seen of this pattern.
Item Code AC0648, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of ventometers used for making minute adjustments on the rear sight of a martini or long lee enfield rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0643, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality striker key with nickel silver fittings and buffalo horn handle. The key measures .285" between flats. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0645, Price SOLD (GBP) A military mainspring vice or clamp. Good condition.
Item Code AC0647, Price SOLD (GBP) An Ottoman cartridge box together with a leather wallet covered in decorative blue and gold thread and a small brass container embossed with dragons. All three items came together and so all three are for sale as one lot. Some wear but overall in good condition.
Item Code AC0640, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver 16B pinfire cartridge extractor by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0621, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare sergeants combination tool for the .577 cal. Enfield cavalry carbine. Good condition with some minor pitting.
Item Code AC0622, Price SOLD each (GBP) Two privates combination tools for the Enfield .577 cal. rifle. They can also be used with the snider rifle. Good condition with some minor pitting.
Item Code AC0581, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual vintage mount for a back position target sight on a match rifle. Beautifully engraved and of high quality. It fits between the butt plate and stock with the top engraved portion lying along the back of the comb ready to receive a tall aperture sight. Clearly off a very high quality rifle . Measures 2 1/4" long. Very good condition. Retains a lot of the case colours.
Item Code AC0610, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B chamber brush marked Cogswell & Harrison Ltd London on the cover. Very good condition. There is no end on the brush cover.
Item Code AC0639, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare sight protector by James Dixon & Sons for a .450 cal rifle. Internal diameter is .710". Probably suitable for a Martini Henry or similar early breechloader. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0635, Price SOLD (GBP) A small oval japanned tin which could be used in a gun case for spare nipples or percussion caps. Good condition.
Item Code AC0638, Price for all four wallets and sets of strikers SOLD (GBP) 4 x superb original leather wallets each containing a pair of gold washed strikers for vintage hammer guns. One wallet is very clearly marked J. Woodward & Sons Gunmakers 64, St. James st SW, two are faintly marked Woodward and one is unmarked. Two carry the gun number 3831 and one is stamped 3862. They are all in very good condition and great quality.
Item Code AC0630, Price SOLD each (GBP) Two glass oil bottles with pewter tops. They measure (1) 2" x 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" tall and (2) 1 1/2" square x 2 1/4" tall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0616, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality percussion cap dispenser by Sykes. Very good condition. If it is to be posted the caps would have to be removed.
Item Code AC0557, Price SOLD (GBP) A Rare distance gauge for use with the Vickers machine gun. Dates from the 1910-16 period. Marked Captain Charteris Machine Gun Officers Protractor for Mark VII Ammunition. Complete with it's case. Excellent condition
Item Code AC0636, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare chamber brush for either 28 bore shotgun or .577 rifle. The calibre is not marked on the brush and I think it would fit either. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0634, Price SOLD (GBP) An original percussion nipple primer. The body is filled with fine powder and the tool is placed over the nipple. When the top is pushed against the internal spring powder is released through the funnel into the nipple to reprime it. Very good condition. I can't unscrew the knurled top and this probably wants a soak in oil to free.
Item Code AC0628, Price SOLD (GBP) A galvanised percussion cap tin for 250 no. 18 caps marked Successors to F. Joyce & Co. London. Good condition.
Item Code AC0631, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter Holand & Holland oil bottle suitable for a cased shotgun or rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0632, Price SOLD (GBP) An original gun case trade label for an E.M. Reilly gun. Measures 5 3/4" x 3 3/4". Good condition. Small tear and hole which you can see in the photos.
Item Code AC0626, Price SOLD (GBP) A very nice mahogany case for a percussion revolver. Measures internally 13 5/8" x 6 3/8". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0624, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage trigger pull gauge. Good condition.
Item Code AC0615, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual pinfire cartridge extractor made in France during the 19th century. There are two little brass fulcrum pivots. I have never seen one like this before. Better quality than the usual French ectractors. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0619, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare 19th century gunmakers adjustable breech plug wrench. Good condition with a nice patina and a very interesting tool for any students of 19th Century gunmaking.
Item Code AC0598, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B extractor combined with a whistle. Good condition.
Item Code AC0627, Price SOLD (GBP) A very well made small turnscrew suitable for a pistol case. Measures 4 1/4" overall. I am not sure how old this tool is but these small turnscrews are getting very hard to find and it is of very good quality. It would look very presentable in a percussion pistol or revolver case. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0629, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality horn handled turnscrew for a cased shotgun or rifle. Marked G & J.W. Hawksley on the blade. Good condition. Minor crack to handle on one side which could easily be filled.
Item Code AC0611, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B pinfire extractor by G & J. W. Hawksley with two holes, presumably left and right. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0623, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th century percussion cap tin with labels. Good condition. Before posting the percussion caps must be removed.
Item Code AC0618, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony handled turnscrew. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0585, Price SOLD (GBP) A small 19th Century powder measure. Probably Continental European and for a pair of pistols. Measures only 1 7/8" when closed. There is a side mounted pricker. Very good condition. Has been cleaned
Item Code AC0589, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare detached flintlock from a British Serive issue Charles Manton carbine dated 1835. It has been mounted on a wooden stock with trigger. The stock is cut away to display the lockwork. Very good condition. Part of a small private collection I purchased.
Item Code AC0600, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality nipple key or wrench with screw out pricker. The key is square and measures internally each way .208" between the flats. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0590, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and massive detached flintlock for a wall gun (which would have been mounted on a swivel on a castle or fort rampart). Marked with the gunmakers name Brander & Potts London. It measures 9 1/4" overall and is shown next to a pistol lock for scale. Very good condition. Part of a small private collection I purchased.	<
Item Code AC0605, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of combination tools for percussion shotguns or rifles. From left to right in the group photos: Combination tool with turnscrew, nipple key and oil bottle with pricker. Complete with end covers and two percussion nipples. Square key .233" - SOLD, Combination tool with nipple key oil bottle and pricker. Measures .219" between flats - SOLD and a two piece combination tool with nipple key, turnscrew and cavities for nipples. Complete with one nipple. Measures .219" between flats - SOLD. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0602, Price SOLD (GBP) A "revolver companion" combination tool for a revolver of .450 or .455 consisting of a turnscrew, two piece cleaning rod, jag and brush. There is a spring loaded button which when pulled out releases the turnscrew which can then be reversed and converted to a cleaning rod. the brush came with the tool but if it is stored inside the body of the tool the brass end won't screw on all the way. Measures 5" overall. Very good condition. See the .450 bullet mould for a revolver in the Bullet Mould Section.
Item Code AC0603, Price SOLD (GBP) Two vintage tins of percussion caps by Kynoch and Joyce. I can't post with the percussion caps so the tins would have to be sent empty. Good condition.
Item Code AC0604, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare set of tin plate box for Rifle Patches and comtainer for Rifle Gunpowder. Originally these would have been black japanned (painted) but this has come off leaving bare tin plate. You can still see the remains of the labelling "Rifle Patches" and Rifle Gunpowder". Probably worth repainting. Good condition.
Item Code AC0596, Price £SOLD (GBP) A pistol size pewter oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Measures 1 1/2" tall. Very good uncleaned and untouched condition. The inner top is frozen and needs soaking in oil to free it. Suitable for a Colt or Adams or Tranter revolver.
Item Code AC0599, Price £SOLD (GBP) A .500 cartridge extractor by G & J. W. Hawksley Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0592, Price SOLD (GBP) A detatched flintlock for a Newland pattern British service pistol of the Napoleonic Wars. Very good condition. Part of a small private collection I purchased.
Item Code AC0593, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of detached early percussion locks for a shotgun by Piper of Cambridge with detachable hammer noses. Very good condition. Part of a small private collection I purchased.
Item Code AC0578, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare and guaranteed original 6 dial game counter by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Six dial counters are extremely hard to find and, unlike the four dial counters, have never been copied in India. This particular one sold in Bonhams Sporting Guns Auction in July 2009 for £2717 including commission etc.and still retains the Bonhams auction label. There has been a recent drop in the UK market for game counters, as a result of Indian manufactured fakes appearing, and so we were able to buy this counter from a collector for a very keen price. It is now for sale at a price significantly less than it sold for 6 years ago and represents a great buy at the bottom of the market. It is guaranteed to be of 19th Century manufacture. Very good condition and complete with the original leather strap.
Item Code AC0588, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality disc striker remover with nickel silver fittings and black horn handle. Excellent condition. Would be suitable for casing with a "best" London gun or rifle.
Item Code AC0584, Price SOLD (GBP) Two 12B Hawksley chamber cleaners. One is mounted with felt pads and the other has a bristle brush. Hoen handles. Missing the brush covers. Genrally good condition.
Item Code AC0570, Price SOLD (GBP) An original guncase label for a gun case by William Wellington Greener. This label was used between 1884 and 1916 after which the London Showroom was moved to Pall Mall. Measures 4 3/4 inches x 3 1/2 inches. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0568, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of nickel silver cartridge extractors: 12B Hawksley Popes Patent extractor and 12B William Bartram extractor. Good condition.
Item Code AC0587, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B nickle silver cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0582, Price SOLD (GBP) A post apperture sight for a percussion or flintlock rifle. This would be mounted on a slot in the top of the wrist of the rifle and could be moved up or down on the screw thread. Measures 1 3/8" high. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0586, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare and original charge card for a Gibbs Metford match rifle. This would have been kept with the leather cased set of match rifle sights and is of the right size to go in the top of the sight case. Measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". Good condition. Some staining as you can see in the photos but a must for anyone with a percussion Gibbs target rifle.
Item Code AC0579, Price SOLD (GBP) A shotgun or rifle size pewter oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Measures 2" high and 1" diameter at the base. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0576, Price SOLD (GBP) A small pistol size pewter oil bottle by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Measures 1 5/8" high and 3/4" diameter at the base. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0575, Price £SOLD (GBP) An original Holland & Holland turnscrew with horn handle and nickel silver ferrul. Measures 6 inches. Very good condition. very small chip to one edge of the horn handle.
Item Code AC0571, Price £SOLD (GBP) A 12B chamber brush with cover. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0567, Price £SOLD (GBP) A very rare hinged 12B chamber brush by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Good condition.
Item Code AC0572, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B whistle extractor. Good condition. Some wear to the plating.
Item Code AC0559, Price SOLD (GBP) A small nipple key for a pistol. Measures 4 1/2" overall. The key is a square .20" internal diameter. Excellent condition
Item Code AC0563, Price SOLD (GBP) A glass oil bottle with screw off pewter top by G & J.W. Hawksley. Measures 1 7/8" high and 1 1/2" diameter. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0564, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good original 19th century mainspring clamp. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0561, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of Hawksley double ended shot chargers with lots of their original case colours remaining. Excellent condition and becoming very hard to find in this condition.
Item Code AC0549, Price SOLD (GBP) A British issue combination tool for the Enfield .577" percussion carbine issued to the cavalry. Very good condition. As usual with these cavalry tools it is missing the worm. Well ordnance stamped and these cavalry tools are far less common than the infantry tools.
Item Code AC0540, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century loading ebony mallet for a pair of English pistols. Measures 7 1/4" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0550, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B nickel silver cartridge extractor by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0552, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good quality steel tubular striker key with screw off end revealing a compartment for saper strikers. Measures 3 3/8" overall and suitable for casing with Best guns. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0544, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality Whitworth combination tool as produced and supplied in the 1960's by the late Ken Steggles. These tools were hand made and of the very highest quality of workmanship. They are not easy to find now, presumably because they have disappeared into Whitworth rifle cases. The tool is case colour hardened and contains an oil bottle spare nipples, turnscrew end and a reduced nipple key which fit in the nipple slot. Almost as new condition.
Item Code AC0555, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare game counter or shot counter as used on the large British sporting estates in the late Victorian or early 20th Century. Conventional game counters were of little use on the big Shoots because the size of the bag was far too large for the counter and so this type of counter was used. I show excerpts from an excellent book by David Baker on the Royal guns at Sandringham which shows an identical game counter used on the Royal Shoots. Each time the top lever is pressed the counter moves on one. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0529, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual bore mirror for a .577/.450 Martini Henry rifle. It is spring loaded with an articulated joint and pushes back into the cover locking with a baynet catch. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0541, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare sight protector combined with a nipple key for an Enfield P53 rifle. It is stamped Blanches Registered 26th August 1861. Very good condition. Dirty but has remains of case colours. Shown on an Enfield rifle - rifle not included in the sale.
Item Code AC0542, Price SOLD (GBP) A scarce Y shape sergeants combination tool for use with the Enfield P53 percussion rifle. Marked with the contractors initials. Good condition.
Item Code AC0430, Price SOLD (GBP) A variable spring cartridge extractor marked with the gunmakers name R. Roper Son & Co. Sheffield.Good condition but stained and could do with a good clean.
Item Code AC0214, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare folding ramfod for a short barrelled shotgun or carbine. The brass end unscrews. Overall lenght when fully open is 19". Untouched and uncleaned condition with some rust.
Item Code AC0543, Price SOLD (GBP) Top of photos - a bronze nipple cleaner with ebony handle £70 and bottom a nipple key with ebony handle (missing the screw in pricker) £50. Both good condition.
Item Code AC0533, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B chamber brush with brush cover. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0528, Price SOLD (GBP) A very small diameter hammer nose cleaner for a percussion pistol. Ebony handle. The actual cleaner jag is only 4.25mm (.17") diameter so suitable for a small pistol. Rare in this size. Good condition.
Item Code AC0539, Price SOLD (GBP) A two piece nipple key in a leather wallet of the type found cased with Best London percussion guns and rifles. This pattern was used by Chas. Lancaster, Boss and James Purdey. Good condition. Some wear and the pricker on one side of the T bar has broken. A hard to find accessory.
Item Code AC0526, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare original 4 dial game counter or Norfolk Liar by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. This is not one of the cheap Indian copies and is guaranteed original 19th Century. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0531, Price SOLD (GBP) Two double ended sprung shot chargers by Sykes - the small one is for 1 ounce and the larger is 1 3/4 ounces. Very good condition. The larger round diameter charger is particularly rare. Prices small £65 and large £100.
Item Code AC0447, Price SOLD (GBP) A heavy cartridge type place finder with screw off top and 10 numbered pegs. It is of recent manufacture but is well made and very usuable. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0380, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage 12B cartridge extractor. Good condition.
Item Code AC0525, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare set of bone handled action brushes for a shotgun or rifle by James Woodward & Sons London complete with their original leather case. They would be a fantastic accessory for the Woodward guncase. Good condition.
Item Code AC0446, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good quality antique French game counter made in solid nickel silver and marked with the makers mark EC and an anchor. Very good condition and complete with the suspension chain. All dials work correctly.
Item Code AC0516, Price SOLD (GBP) A leather cartridge magazine with leather trade label of Morrow & Co. Leeds Halifax and Harrogate . Good condition.
Item Code AC0512, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb original 19th Century mainspring clamp. Outstanding condition. Uncleaned with small areas of surface rust but retaining a lot of the original case colours. Would grace a fine cased percussion shotgun or rifle.
Item Code AC0510, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B cartridge extractor combined with a dog whistle. Good condition.
Item Code AC0503, Price SOLD (GBP) A mainspring clamp for either an Enfield rifle or Lovell musket. Stamped with the Contractors initials T & C.G. Good condition. Some pitting.
Item Code AC0443, Price SOLD (GBP) 4 cartridge extractors. From left to right: 12B James Dixon & Sons Popes Patent £85, 12B Hawksley Popes Patent £80, 12B Hawksley £35 and 16B unamed £20. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0418, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century pewter oil bottle suitable for casing with a pair of pistols. Measures 1 3/8" high and base diameter of 3/4". Good condition.
Item Code AC0504, Price SOLD (GBP) A steel T shape nipple key of the style that were cased with percussion rifles. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0501, Price SOLD (GBP) A bore mirror for a .303 Lee Enfield rifle. Made at Enfield and marked with the British Government Broad Arrow. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0442, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual 12B pinfire cartridge extractor with two holes presumably so that it can be used easily for either barrel by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0436, Price SOLD (GBP) A horn handled turnscrew with nickel mounts by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield.Very good condition.
Item Code AC0506, Price SOLD (GBP) A matching pair of nipple key and turnscrew. Turnscrew measures 5 1/2" overall. Nipple key 1/4" across inside of the flats.Very good condition. Minor crack to the wooden handle of the nipple key near the ferrul.
Item Code AC0508, Price SOLD (GBP) A Lightwood & Son Patent barrel cleaner intended to screw on the end of the cleaning rod. Good condition.
Item Code AC0509, Price SOLD (GBP) A 16B pull through and pewter weight by James Dixon & Sons. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0449, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century percussion cap dispenser by S. Allport and marked as their Improved Model for medium size percussion caps. Fully working. Good condition.
Item Code AC0441, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare .577 Enfield muzzle protector and foresight cover by James Kerr London Armoury Company London registered as a design in 1861. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0417, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb quality nipple key with screw in pricker. Excellent condition. The nipple key is square and mikes up at .186" internally between the flats. A much better than average example.
Item Code AC0432, Price SOLD (GBP) An interesting bore mirror for use with the Martini Henry rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0420, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare original nipple key for a Manton gun with hexagonal nipples.Complete with one Manton nipple. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0431, Price SOLD (GBP) Two 12B ring extractors.Very good condition.
Item Code AC0424, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare game despatcher by the famous fishing tackle makers Hardy Brothers Alnwick. Probably dates from the 1920's. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0434, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality nickel and horn 12B chamber brush by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield.Very good condition.
Item Code AC0438, Price SOLD (GBP) A nipple key with screw in pricker. The ebony handle has suffered several splits due to a past owner applying too much force. Otherwise quite a good key and worth taking the handle off and reforming/glueing to restore. Priced accordingly to reflect condition.
Item Code AC0426, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Letts game register dating back to the 1860's and used by George Armytage of Kirlees Hall. Measures 6 3/8" x 4". A number of pages completed showing birds shot and game sold. Very good condition and a rare bit of British shooting history.
Item Code AC0402, Price SOLD (GBP) A selection of sight protectors. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0422, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century double bar percussion cap dispenser. No name or markings but I have seen a very similar on by Sykes. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0421, SOLD (GBP) A rare matched pair of double ended shot chargers by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield. Very hard to find a matching pair but percussion shotgun cases originally often contained either a pair or even four matching chargers for use in the field.Very good condition.
Item Code AC0419, Price SOLD (GBP) A set of three gauges for a .577 rifle. Two are marked with the makers Greenfield London who made a lot of gunmakers tools, bullet moulds and some reloading tools during the 19th Century. Excellent condition and a rare set.
Item Code AC0414, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb quality large W. W. Greener oil bottle. Measures 2" high and 2" across the base. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0415, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare combination tool for a Lovell musket. Stamped with the contractors initials R & W.A. together with various ordnance markings. Good condition and complete with the worm.
Item Code AC0416, Price SOLD (GBP) An original percussion cap tin (empty). Good condition.
Item Code AC0396, Price SOLD (GBP) An original Victorian game counter by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield with dials for pheasants, hares, partridges and rabbits. This is a guaranteed genuine item and not one of the fakes made in the far east. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0411, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality 19th Century ladle for pouring lead into bullet moulds. This would originally have been in a cased rifle or shotgun. Measures 10 3/4" overall. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0412, Price SOLD (GBP) A bone striker pot with two strikers (marked L and R ). Very good condition.
Item Code AC0413, Price SOLD (GBP) A T shaped nipple key with screw off nipple covers and a central pricker.Good condition with some slight wear to the flanges of the actual key.
Item Code AC0404, Price SOLD (GBP) A Victorian nickel silver ventometer for adjusting the rear sight of a Martini Henry or Lee Enfield rifle. Marked with the manufacturers name W. Gregory & Co. London. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0410, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B bronze centre fire cartridge extractor fitted with Popes Patent wheel (to remove any portion of the paper case jammed in the breech) marked Bussey & Co. London and a 12B pinfire cartridge extractor by W. Bartram Sheffield. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0408, Price SOLD (GBP) A bore mirror marked Jeffery's Patent for a Martini Henry rifle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0409, Price SOLD (GBP) A sealed packet or Eley wire cartridges which consist of 10 wire cages full of shot inside a coloured packet. The cartridges do not contain powder and were intended to be loaded on top of the powder charge in a muzzle loading shotgun. Quite a rare find. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0407, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare double ended shot charger by W. Bartram 9Bartram examples are very rare). Very good condition with lots of the original case colour hardening remaining.
Item Code AC0406, Price SOLD (GBP) An ebony pot probably for storing spare nipples in a guncase. Measures 1 5/8"diameter and 1 1/4" high. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0391, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare pewter oil bottle marked with the trademark of William Bartram of Sheffield. Bartram marked oil bottles are rare. Measures 2" high and 1" base diameter. Good condition.
Item Code AC0403, Price SOLD (GBP) A powder and shot measure which telescopes in and out when you turn the baseo perating on a fast internal visible screw. It is marked Dixon & Sons for James Dixon & Sons Sheffield the famous gun implement manufacturers. Very good condition. Measures upto 5 drams powder and 2 oz. shot.
Item Code AC0400, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual 19th Century bore measuring tool. The shaft is marked off in inches and the steel knob is rotated which in turn moves the tip and expands the jaws to the bore size inside the barrel so that the actual size can be read off. It is engraved S.B. Allport Patent Birmingham. Measures 33 " overall and is complete with the original oak case. A rare gunmakers tool. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0401, Prices SOLD (GBP) Two pewter oil bottles for gun cases. The one on the left is marked G & J.W. Hawksley and so could be used with any make of gun or rifle. The right hand side one is Marked Holland & Holland and is missing the feather. They are both 2" tall and 1 1/2" diameter across the base. Good condition.
Item Code AC0395, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver cap dispenser by Sykes with double spring. Good condition with some rust mixed with blue on the springs.. Working order. Would improve with a careful clean
Item Code AC0397, Price SOLD (GBP) A Parkers rear sight cover for a martini henry rifle or similar. I have shown it in the photos mounted on a markI martini dated 1875 (upgraded to a markII). The rifle isn't included. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0393, Prices SOLD (GBP) Two brass double ended shot chargers by Sykes Sheffield. Good condition.
Item Code AC0386, Price SOLD (GBP) A Curtis & Harvey pocket size game book for the season 1911-12. Leather bound. This came out of the gunmakers E.J. Churchill and was reputedly personally owned by Robert Churchill. It has not been used and contains lots of information about cartridges, gun powder and game rules etc. Good condition.
Item Code AC0392, Price SOLD (GBP) A bar percussion cap dispenser made by the late Ken Steggles probably in the 1960's. Ken made a range of very high quality accessories which are equally as good as the originals and great to use. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0389, Prices SOLD (GBP) Three interesting original cleaning tools for muzzle loading shotguns. The top tool is a bore scraper and the lower two tools are brushes with a chamber cleaner at the head. Would make great case accessories for a quality British muzzle loading shotgun. Good condition.
Item Code AC0323, Price SOLD (GBP) An original game counter made by G & J.W. Hawksley of Sheffield. This is a guaranteed original and not a cheap modern copy. 4 dials for Pheasants, Hares, Partridges and Rabbits. Good condition. Original game counters are now becoming hard to find.
Item Code AC0348, Price SOLD (GBP) A ventometer for adjusting the sight on a Martini Henry or Lee Enfield rifle. Good condition .
Item Code AC0387, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb quality oil bottle by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Measures 2" high and 1" across the base. Good condition.
Item Code AC0337, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Victorian loading rod for a percussion shotgun possibly for a pigeon gun which usually didn't have an integral ramrod. The rod is was made by or for the Scottish gunmaker Paton & Walsh and marked with their name under a crown on the nickel silver ferrul. The knob is ebony and unscrews to reveal a worm. There is a sliding pin in the ferrul which locks the knob and needs to be pulled down to release before unscrewing. Overall length is 31 3/4". Good condition. The bamboo shaft is a little battered at the end.
Item Code AC0383, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality vintage two piece hardwood cleaning rod together with three brushes and 16B jags which all fit the rod. Very good condition. The rod locks up tight when screwed together and measures 33" when assembled.
Item Code AC0365, Price SOLD (GBP) An original mid 19th Century loading lever for a Tranter 54 bore percussion revolver. As these were hand detachable they sometimes became seperated from the pistol and this is a good opportunity to replace a missing part with an original. Good condition.
Item Code AC0381, Price SOLD (GBP) An antique steel T shape nipple key for Enfield size nipples. The key measures .28" internally. Good condition.
Item Code AC0367, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century brass double ended shot charger with sprung lids. One lid is stamped Patent and the other is stamped with the charge 1 1/4 oz. Good condition.
Item Code AC0359, Price SOLD (GBP) Three 19th Century steel double ended shot chargers. Good condition. Uncleaned with some rust. The springs controlling the lids still work properly.
Item Code AC0366, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B Popes patent nickel silver cartridge extractor by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. The Popes patent refered to the wheel or cog at the end of the shaft of the extractor which was intended to snag a jammed paper case and remove it from the barrel. Very good condition.	;
Item Code AC0371, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage oak and leather game carrier with spring loaded brass plate to lock the birds. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0363, Price SOLD (GBP) A very high quality percussion cap dispenser made by Ken Steggles in the 1970's as an exact copy of the original 19th Century accessory for use with modern caps for the muzzle loader shooter. Double spring which retains all the original blue. New condition. These cappers are becoming hard to find as unfortunately Ken died in the 1970's and so all manufacture ceased at that time.
Item Code AC0341, Price SOLD (GBP) A telescopic tubular brass powder and shot measure by the famous Joseph Brazier (well known maker of best quality locks). The measure is adjusted by turning the knurled base and measures upto 2 ounces shot and 5 drams powder. A rare measure with Brazier's name. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0354, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by Sykes and stamped with a former owners name. Good condition.
Item Code AC0358, Price SOLD (GBP) Two original 19th Century hardwood pots for cased pistols. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0356, Price SOLD (GBP) A brass 19th Century percussion cap dispenser marked S. Allport Improved. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0360, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality 12B chamber brush with nickel silver and horn fittings by G & J.W. Hawksley Sheffield. Good condition. A few minor abrasions to the black horn handle.
Item Code AC0361, Price SOLD (GBP) An original tin of Eley percussion caps. Good condition. The paper label is tatty and unreadable. I cannot post the caps so the tin will have to be emptied to post.
Item Code AC0353, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century nickel silver percussion cap dispenser or capper made by Sykes Sheffield. Very good condition. Lightly scratched with a former owners initials.
Item Code AC0349, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Andrews Elevator and Wind Line Gauge complete with instruction card. Probably for use with either the Martini Henry rifle or Lee Metford and Long Lee Enfield. Excellent condition. The card is printed on the reverse with details of a breech adaptor. A good accessory for the Classic Shooter.
Item Code AC0350, Price SOLD (GBP) An Andrews Elevation gauge complete with instruction card with reference to the NRA rules for 1903. Probably for use with the Long Lee Enfield or Lee Metford. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0351, Price SOLD (GBP) A tin containing an Andrews Improved Twin Foresight Definer and full instructions. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0357, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 19th Century nipple primer for use when the percussion shotgun or rifle misfires. The main body is filled with powder which is released through the funnel when the top is depressed and at the same time a pricker is pushed down into the nipple to free it of powder or cap residue. An ingenious little tool and hard to find. Excellent condition. The pricker which screws into the tool has nickel silver fittings and the tool is brass so it may be a contempory replacement. It does match the style and thread of the brass part so may have been a replacement from the manufacturer.
Item Code AC0355, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by James Dixon & Son Sheffield and stamped with the 1846 which was the date of their registered design. Some wear but genrally good condition and a rare accessory.
Item Code AC0328, Price SOLD (GBP) A couple of sight protectors for , I think, .303 Long Lee Enfields or similar. They mike up internally on the barrel apperture at .66" and are both sprung so could accomodate a little leeway. Good condition.
Item Code AC0332, Price SOLD (GBP) An articulated bore viewer for a .577/450" Martini Henry rifle which slots into its protective case with a bayonet fitting. Good condition.
Item Code AC0336, Price SOLD (GBP) A .303 bore viewer. Good condition.
Item Code AC0339, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare mirror bore viewer for the .50 cal. Vickers machinegun. Marked with British War Department broad arrow and ordnance marks. Good condition. The viewer is very large and in the last photo is shown alongside a standard .303 viewer to give an idea of scale.
Item Code AC0333, Price SOLD (GBP) A superb Victorian leather range case by W. J. Jeffery Riflemaker of Queen Victoria st. London . Judging from the diameter of the cartridge slots it was probably for use with a .303 Lee Metford or Long Lee Enfield but this pattern was also used with Martini Henry rifles. There is a wooden Martini Henry cleaning rod guide in the case and compartments for various shooting accessories such as spare sights, ventometers, sight blacking and cleaning gear. Excellent condition and rare in this condition as these are usually well used. A fantastic accessory for the classic shooter.
Item Code AC0282, Price SOLD (GBP) An original cleaning jag for a Martini Henry .577/450 rifle. No markings. This pattern of jag was also made for use with the .476 revolver. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0343, Price SOLD (GBP) An Enfield Y shape Privates pattern combination tool complete with original worm. Good condition .
Item Code AC0330, Price SOLD (GBP) A sergeants pattern Enfield combination tool complete with worm. Good condition.
Item Code AC0325, Price SOLD (GBP) An Enfield combination tool for use by cavalry sergeants with the Enfield .577 carbine. Good condition with Ordnance markings.
Item Code AC0321, Price SOLD (GBP) A good 19th Century hardwood cleaning rod for a pistol with ebony knob and double worm. Measures 10 1/4" overall. Good condition.
Item Code AC0340, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver best quality fixed 2 1/2 drams powder measure probably for a James Purdey & Sons percussion shotgun or rifle. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0324, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare bore viewer marked Laubenburg & Fields Patent for a .577/450 Martini Henry rifle. The cover swivels round to protect the mirror. Good condition.
Item Code AC0329, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel plated oil bottle for an Enfield .577" or Snider or Martini Henry (I think they all used a similar bottle). It carries the British Government broad arrow and WD . Good condition but with some minor pitting to the body.
Item Code AC0338, Price SOLD (GBP) A good London pattern two piece cleaning rod complete with a bristle brush and turks head brush which both fit the screw thread. Measures 35" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0334, Price SOLD (GBP) A Ventometer or Vernier gauge for making fine adjustments to the rear sight of a target rifle. These were used with sniders, martini Henrys and early Lee Enfields. Marked W. J. Jeffery with their patent no. 5304. Good condition.
Item Code AC0331, Price SOLD £70 (GBP) A high quality hammer nose cleaner for a cased gun. Ebony handle and silver plated cleaner. This came out of an Alexander Henry gun case. Good condition.
Item Code AC0327, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare complete packet of Eley 13B wire cartridges. These consist of a wire cage enclosing the shot which in turn is encased in a paper wrapper and they were intended to keep the shot together for a period of time after it leaves the barrel to increase range. They date from the muzzle loading period in the 19th Century and can often be seen in gun cases with percussion shotguns. Good condition with label. The instructions for use are usually wrapped around the cartridges inside the outer packet. These do not contain any powder as they were intended to be loaded on top of the powder charge.
Item Code AC0309, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 19th Century percussion cap dispenser combined with a nipple primer by Boche of Paris. Good condition.
Item Code AC0311, Price SOLD (GBP) Two original ramrods for flintlock pistols. They measure 10 1/8" and 11 1/2". Good condition.
Item Code AC0308, Price SOLD (GBP) A tubular steel striker key of the type often cased with Best London Guns. The hollow shaft has a bronze screw off end and with space for spare strikers. Good condition.
Item Code AC0301, Price SOLD (GBP) A high quality mahogany gun case for a percussion gun or rifle. Well figured wood with brass corners and swing catches. No partitions but the upstand is present. Suitable for upto 31" barrels. Good condition. Key escutcheon missing.
Item Code AC0269, Price SOLD (GBP) An original James Dixon & Sons nickel silver 4 dial game counter. Please note this is an original counter made prior to 1914 and NOT one of the recent fakes which have come onto the market. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0318, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality antique pewter dogs head whistle. Measures 2" long. Good condition.
Item Code AC0320, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare cleaning tool to fit on the end of a rod which is intended to clean inside the Patent breech of a muzzle loading gun. Good condition and very high quality.
Item Code AC0316, Price SOLD (GBP) A brass cylindrical powder and shot measure adjustable and calibtated up to 2 1/4 oz shot and 4 drams powder. Good condition.
Item Code AC0296, Price SOLD (GBP) An unusual brass barrel shape double ended shot charger of a shape which is usually made from steel. The charger is marked 2 oz. on one lid and has the initials on the other lid. Good condition. Some knocks to the body.
Item Code AC0275, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good quality striker wrench for a hammer gun. Good condition. Some surface rust mixed with the original high polish. Suitable for a Best London gun.
Item Code AC0297, Price SOLD (GBP) each A very small vintage turnscrew with black horn handle. Measures 3 1/8" long. Hard to find in this size. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0307, Price SOLD (GBP) A snap cap and chain for a P53 Enfield rifle. Stamped with the British Government broad arrow. Good condition.
Item Code AC0243, Price SOLD (GBP) A pewter oil bottle for a Holland & Holland cased gun or rifle. This is a genuine antique or vintage H&H accessory and not one of the common modern ones that you often see. Good condition. The dipper is missing.
Item Code AC0298, Price £SOLD (GBP) each A vintage bone striker pot complete with a pair of gold washed strikers. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0268, Price SOLD (GBP) A small leather wallet from a Boss & Co shotgun case containing four spare lock screws (each is engraved with the gun number) together with various strikers for hammer guns. The wallet came out of a double gun case for Boss shotguns and is marked with gun numbers 3747 and 3760 which matches two of the screws. A great accessory for the Boss collector. Good condition.
Item Code AC0291, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare Dougall & Bartram patent powder measure for a rifle which is adjustable from 110 grains to 165 grains. Good condition. The steel lever is rusty and there is a slight bend to the shaft. Worth careful restoration.
Item Code AC0252, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century mainspring clamp or vice. Excellent condition with traces of the original blue.
Item Code AC0284, Price SOLD (GBP) each Two bore scrapers for casing with percussion shotguns. These screwed on the end of the cleaning rod. I believe this type of cleaning attachment was often found in James Purdey & Sons casings. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0285, Price SOLD (GBP) A good quality T shape nipple key complete with a couple of nipples which fit the key. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0288, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare early 19th Century turnscrew with bifocated blade. Suitable for an early percussion or Flintlock shotgun with bun nut type screws. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0281, Price SOLD (GBP) A very good quality 19th Century combination nipple key with turnscrew tool and screw in pricker. The top bar is hollow and contains the turnscrew tool and two spare nipples (one nipple still present). Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0254, Price SOLD (GBP) Two very rare tinplate leather covered magazines for Eley wire cartridges probaly dating from the 1830-60 period. The wire cartridges would probably break up if carried loose and these magazines were presumably intended to drop into the pocket. Good condition. The wire cartridge is not included and is shown for illustration purposes only.
Item Code AC0251, Prices SOLD (GBP) Two 19th century steel double ended shot chargers: Larger charger is marked Sykes Patent and 2 oz - price £85 Smaller charger is stamped London Patent (I think this refers to Edward London the gunmaker rather than the city) and 1 1/2 oz. - price £60. Both good condition.
Item Code AC0270, Price SOLD (GBP) Two small wooden pots with screw off lids for casing with pistols. The larger boxwood pot measures 7/8" tall and 1 1/8" diameter and the smaller ebony pot measures 5/8" tall and 7/8" diameter. Both came with two nipples which are included in the sale. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC027, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B cartridge extractor by G & J.W. Hawksley with Popes Patent claw at the end for extracting paper cases jammed in the gun. Good3 condition.
Item Code AC0261, Price SOLD (GBP) A nickel silver 12B whistle extractor by W. Bartram and marked with their trademark of a whip and riding hat over Nimrod. Good condition.
Item Code AC0249, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare 19th Century Maleham Patent game counter in solid nickel silver. You press the knob at the top and the dial clicks on once at each press. Charles Maleham was a 19th Century gunmaker in Sheffield who patented a number of shotgun actions and shooting related inventions. This pattern is shown in the James Dixon 1883 catalogue - see the photo for the relevent page. This example is unamed but of high quality - probably made by Dixon or one of the other skilled silversmiths in Sheffield but for some unknown reason not stamped with the makers name - was this because of a patent infringement? Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0240, Price SOLD (GBP) A four dial nickel silver game counter by James Dixon & Sons with a suspension chain and belt attachment. This is the genuine article and guaranteed to be original and not a modern copy. Very good condition and unusual with this chain.
Item Code AC0262, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B plated cartridge extractor marked E. M. Reilly & Co.. Good condition.
Item Code AC0266, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare and completely original flintlock period two blade turnscrew. Good condition. There is a small split to the handle which you can see in the photos.
Item Code AC0263, Price SOLD (GBP) A pair of boxwood pots with screw tops marked "1" and "2". They each measure 1 1/4" diameter and 7/8" high. Good condition.
Item Code AC0246, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century brass percussion cap dispenser marked JS Improved. Good condition.
Item Code AC0247, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century nickel silver percussion cap dispenser by Sykes. This is a better quality version with a double spring. Good condition.
Item Code AC0244, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare vintage Scott & Baker recocking tool for use with their Patent number 761 of 1878 for a hammerless shotgun. Very good condition. One small crack to the ebony handle. Quite a bit of the original blue remaining and needs a careful clean. A fantastic accessory for a W & C Scott & Son shotgun.
Item Code AC0224, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 19th Century Gunmakers workshop bore gauge. Overall length 12" . Made from steel and marked off on one side from 4B down to 100B and on the other side from 1" down to 3/8". Very good condition.
Item Code AC0225, Price SOLD (GBP) An oiler for a Lee Metford or Long Lee Enfield rifle. British Ordnance marked. Probably Boer War period. Good condition.
Item Code AC0242, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage pair of 12B snap caps marked Holland & Holland and stamped on the buffalo horn bodies with the Patent number. Very good condition anf very high quality with nickel silver heads and horn bodies..	;
Item Code AC0239, Price SOLD (GBP) An extremely rare combination nipple key and rammer for a pepperbox or transitional revolver. The nipple key has two prongs for the type of pistol nipple with two slots and the rammer has a concave domed end to support the bullet. I have never seen one like this before. Very well made and obviously intended for a better quality revolver of some kind. Good condition.
Item Code AC0235, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare vintage nickel plated game despatcher unmarked (they never were) but probably made by Lightwood & Son of Birmingham. The blade is spring loaded and is pushed out against the spring as you can see in the photo. A suspension ring is missing from one side but otherwise good condition.
Item Code AC0234, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare accessory for the Martini Henry .577/450 rifle which is described in a Bonehill gun catalogue dating from the 1880's as a barrel cooler. The photo of the catalogue shows how it is used. The mouthpiece is bone and the metal part is nickel plated. The flexible rubber tube has been replaced with a contempory cloth covered rubber tube of correct pattern but the cloth woven covering is fraying at the ends. A very rare accessory for the keen Martini rifle collector or shooter.
Item Code AC0196, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare pair of ivory Life Members passes for the National Rifle Association issued to a man and wife Mr. and Mrs. A. Rosling dated 1905 and 1911. Interestingly Mrs. Rosling's pass is the earlier of the two. They are made from ivory and hand engraved with the NRA badge and the Life Members name. They are also signed in ink by the Secretary of the NRA at the time. I would think that female Life Members passes dated from the early 1900's are relatively scarce and even rarer when sold with the husbands pass. Excellent condition and a rare opportunity to obtain a family group of NRA passes.
Item Code AC0190, Price SOLD (GBP) A 12B pinfire cartridge extractor. Good condition.
Item Code AC0210, Price SOLD (GBP) An early 19th Century turnscrew which would be suitable for casing with a percussion pistol or long gun. Overall length 5 1/4" . Very good condition.
Item Code AC0204, Price SOLD (GBP) An antique 14B steel wad punch. This is the best quality model with two small flutes in the cutting edge to cut a wad with indentations to allow the air to go past when ramming down the barrel. Overall length 3 1/2" . Very good condition. Suitable for casing with a high grade percussion shotgun.
Item Code AC0215, Price SOLD (GBP) A breech plug wrench which was intended to be part of a cased set for a high quality gun or rifle. Beautifully made and the first one I have seen like this. It is far too good quality to be for gunsmiths workshop use. Measures 6 1/2" overall. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0216, Price SOLD (GBP) A best quality 12B chamber brush marked W. Bartram & Co. with nickel silver fittings and horn handle. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0205, Price SOLD (GBP) An antique loading and cleaning rod for a pair of large pistols. The knob and brass end both unscrew. Overall length 10 3/8" . Very good condition.
Item Code AC0206, Price SOLD (GBP) An antique cleaning rod of the type that was used to case with Adams and Tranter revolvers. Overall length 6 1/2" . Very good condition.
Item Code AC0198, Price SOLD (GBP) each A bronze nipple cleaner tool with ebony handle. Good condition.
Item Code AC0199, Price SOLD (GBP) each A nipple wrench or key with ebony handle and screw in pricker. Good condition.
Item Code AC0201, Price SOLD (GBP) each A T shape combination nipple key , oil bottle and pricker tool with screw off caps in which a pair of spare nipples can be kept. Good condition.
Item Code AC0195, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 14B cartridge extractor. Good condition.
Item Code AC0194, Price SOLD (GBP) A rare 24B nickel silver cartridge extractor by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield catalogue no. 1177B . Very hard to find in this calibre. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0187, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare rook rifle sight protector shown against a page from a Webley 1888 catalogue. The double muzzle stopper mikes up at .24" so probably suitable for a .300 or similar. Very good condition with most of the original blue.
Item Code AC0193, Price SOLD (GBP) each A selection of 19th Century pewter oil bottles for gun cases. Marked (left to right) James Dixon & Sons , G & J.W. Hawksley and unamed.
Item Code AC0185, Price SOLD (GBP) A vintage oil bottle marked T. Bland & Sons London. Measures 1 1/2" high and the base diameter is 1 3/8". Good condition. The dipper is missing from the small cap.
Item Code AC0169, Price SOLD (GBP) A brass double ended shot charger by James Dixon & Sons Sheffield used to carry two loads of lead shot for reloading a percussion shotgun in the field. Stamped with the shot charge 1 1/2 oz. Good condition.
Item Code AC0164, Price SOLD (GBP) each Two original 19th Century mainspring clamps. Good condition.
Item Code AC0166, Price SOLD (GBP) each Two nipple cleaning tools with bronze cleaners and ebony handles. Good condition.
Item Code AC0147, Price SOLD (GBP) A very rare Walker Patent powder magazine patented in 1810 by James Walker. The magazine is made from copper and still retains one of the original tinplate internal powder containers. Measures 8 inches high and 8 1/2 inches diameter. A few dents but generally good condition and a rare item.
Item Code AC0146, Price SOLD (GBP) A tubular powder and shot measure by Sykes. Adjustable when you turn the base upto a maximum of powder 5 drams and shot 2 ounces. Good condition.
Item Code AC0145, Price SOLD (GBP) A 54 bore bullet mould for an Adams revolver. Good untouched condition.
Item Code AC0137, Price SOLD (GBP) A 19th Century 54 bore twin cavity bullet mould suitable for a tranter percussion revolver. Very good condition.
Item Code AC0103, Price SOLD (GBP) A combination tool for stripping the Lee Enfield SMLE rifle. Excellent condition.
Item Code AC0115, Price SOLD (GBP) An original 19th Century three armed bore gauge. On one side of the gauge the measurements go from 5 bore to 88 bore and on the other side from 15/16 inches to 3/8 inches. A little dirty and worn but a rare item.
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