Winter 2021-22 Antique Pistol Restoration Project

Antique "Sterling" .38 cal.rimfire restoration project update...

  It seems that I could have bought an E.L.Dickinson "Parts gun" a couple of weeks ago, but I passed, not realizing a the time, th...

Thursday, March 10, 2022

My Antique Percussion Muzzleloading Guns....

My favorite type of firearms  are Cap-lock Percussion Muzzleloaders, and I own two long guns and 2 handguns that load from the muzzle & use percussion caps for ignition.
First is a unique side-lock, single shot with a 20" long, 18 gauge smoothbore barrel that was dated to 1830-40, and probably made in North America, according to the antique gun dealer/collector who sold it to me.







The next antique gun is the first antique firearm that I purchased.
It is easily identified as being made by Bourne & Son in Birmingham, England, circa 1840-45, a genuine one of a kind, English Coach Gun!
                                            12 gauge
                                             SXS double barrels(22" length) 
                                             Side-Lock Action


Bourne & Son, Birmingham, England, circa-1840-45 : 12 gauge SXS double barrel English Coach Gun




Double barrel percussion Boot/muff Pistol, .46 caliber.
Looks like a Belgian made pistol, circa.1850's, except there are  no proof marks, or makers branding.


 









Antique percussion Muzzleloading Pistol, circa 1870
Appears to be custom made "one of a kind" from parts of a flobert rifle, and converted into a .50 caliber smoothbore  in-line percussion muzzleloader pistol 






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