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 

Forehand & Wadsworth's spur trigger rim fire revolvers...

Recently, I bought myself a Forehand & Wadsworth Russian model 32 "project gun" to restore, and so I have spend some time researching the American company and the revolvers they manufactured throughout the last 30+ years of the 19th century.

 

Antique gun illustrations & advertising

More 19th century Firearms Advertising...

 

Antique Firearms: 19th Century Catalogs & Advertising