This gun is in attic condition, rusty and tarnished but not pitted.  It has brass butt plate, toe plate, trigger guard, tailpipe and nose cap.  It was built utilizing a Golcher trade lock and has nice sights.  The front sight is a globe, dovetailed into the barrel and the rear sight is adjustable for both windage and elevation.  The barrel length is 36 1/2 inches with an overall length of 52 1/2  inches.  There are a couple of 8 inch cracks at the top of the forearm where it meets the nose cap.  No wood is missing and would make an easy repair.  This is not a bench rest target rifle.  It is made for off-hand accurate shooting.  It has double set triggers (the springs feel good but the set is not engaging).  James Bown was making these guns in the 1860's, right in the middle of the Civil War.  What I like the most about the gun is its caliber.  It is in just about .50 caliber and is clearly manufactured to be carried.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

An excellent condition, probably unfired, Model 1836 Flintlock Pistol by R. Johnson of Middleton, CT.  It is in original flint with no replacement parts.  These guns were originally finished with case hardened lock assembly, breech plug, trigger and screws, which were left dark.  The rest of the guns components were left in the white and polished to a high luster.  The stocks were linseed oil finished black walnut.  The bright components of this gun are picking up a few pinprick stains, probably from being left in the grease all these years.  The stock is virtually new with blistered grain and minimal nicks and dings.  The cartouches on the left side of the stock are just gorgeous.  The top of the barrel is marked US over JH over P.  The lock is marked US over R. JOHNSON over MIDDn, CONN over 1842. The bore is like new and the gun is overall sharp and crisp.  Click on image for additional views  SOLD!!

This is an original lock and barrel, right out of the woods, for a Type III 1863 Fayetteville Rifle.  The lock is complete and functioning with decent markings.  The barrel is still 33 inches in length and retains a clear VP & Eagle inspection marks at the rear.  The bayonet lug and the front sight slot have been ground over smooth.  The rear sight slot has been filled.  All three of these slots can be opened back up.  Generally, when they are filled like that, the filler is braised   They can be heated up and knocked out or re-cut.  The barrel has no rifling left and has a keyway dovetailed to its bottom, but is relatively smooth and untouched, as is the lock.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!  

This is a superb, untouched, unmarked Deringer.  The barrel is 4 inches in length and the overall length is 8 1/2 inches.   The barrel and lock have a very light rust with the barrel showing a majority of the original finish.  The wood retains almost all of the original finish.  There are no significant dents, dings, etc.  The ramrod is slotted iron with a brass tip and is original.  The gun is mechanically perfect and has really sharp checkering.  I don't know who made this little gun.  There are no markings and no proof marks on the bottom of the barrel.  I assume it is American made but I don't know where.   A very pleasant little gun.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

Fellas, this old Lemat has seen better days but there is still enough of it left that somebody could bring it back.  It is mostly fairly smooth rust with decent grips but somebody tried to take it apart by beating on the cylinder.  Most of the damage is confined to one nipple well, which is pictured on the right side in our photos.  The serial number of the gun is 1694.  It is on the cylinder, frame, barrel, trigger guard, trigger, hammer and shot barrel.  The action does not work but the mainspring and trigger spring are present.  The barrel still has rifling and there are traces of the original barrel address on the top.  The Star over LM trademark is also still visible on the right side of the barrel.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This gun is somewhat derelict and has seen better days.  It is missing the hammer screw and the butt cap but the rest of it is original.  The lockplate has beautiful strong markings and so does the barrel.  The stock is missing a couple of chunks and is cracked but it still has the original cartouche showing.  Even the belt hook is original and the lock functions just fine.  I don't know what to make of the carved and stippled decorations on the grip and bottom of the stock, in front of the trigger guard but they are definitely period.  My first instinct is to think that they are decorative elements added by a Native American.  My guess would be one of the Eastern tribes but I am no expert on Native American design motifs.  Whoever removed the butt cap put the screw back in place, go figure!  The gun is worth saving, so we will price it cheap in hopes that somebody will enjoy it.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This little English, Wedge Frame Webley Revolver has already sold, but it might make a good reference piece for somebody to look at.  It is in .36 caliber and has a fairly early serial number.  I don't know any designation for the gun other than Wedge Frame Webley and it may very well have been made by John Adams.  The gun is in really nice condition with patina mixing with blue throughout, excellent grips and perfect mechanical function.  It is agent marked T. Bailey, New Orleans.  Thomas Bailey was active in New Orleans from the early 1850's until 1863.  After New Orleans fell to the North during the Civil War, he immigrated to England and never returned.  I guess he gave up on America and left, like some of us might like to do now.  Politics aside, it is a real interesting little gun and not one that is very commonly seen.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This is a really nice 2nd Model Virginia Manufactory Flintlock Musket which has been converted to percussion.  It is in attic condition with smooth brown rust and the original rub on the wood.  It has one of the nicest marked lockplates I have ever seen on a conversion.  There is also a two digit assembly number stamped on the top of the middle and rear barrel bands, on the trigger guard and trigger bow and on the counterpane.  The action works fine and is nice and crisp.  The forearm was period cut flush with the middle barrel band.  The ramrod is original and correct for the period and I am including a front barrel band, which would suffice if anyone wanted to restore it. 

This gun does not have the typical braised on bolster which is associated with the Virginia Manufactory Conversions.  The State of Virginia was late in getting started on converting these guns and didn't even begin until 1861.  Most were contracted out and have various styles of braised on bolsters.  This gun was converted in the Belgian style, which was adopted by U. S. Ordnance.  All the U. S. arsenals had tools, jigs and conversion hammers to accomplish this conversion.  A tool inserted to the breech of the barrel, when struck, bulges the portion of the barrel where the nipple will be drilled upward.  Then a jig is used to drill and thread the nipple hole in its precise location.  An arsenal made conversion hammer, which has a deep step-back, is utilized to finish the conversion.  You will notice in the photography that the hammer has a U. S. sub-inspector mark on the left side.  I strongly suspect that this gun was converted at the Richmond Arsenal utilizing tools, jigs and hammers which were recovered from Harper's Ferry. 

NEW INFORMATION!  After a lengthy phone conversation with a fellow enthusiast who was kind enough to call,  it is apparent that my supposition that this gun was a Confederate conversion was correct but it was not done at the Richmond Arsenal.  This alteration was accomplished by Barrett & Company of Wytheville, Virginia under contract.  Chapter six, beginning on page 83 of Confederate Rifles & Muskets by Murphy & Madaus covers this Confederate alteration in detail.  Plate numbers four, five and six, beginning on page 91 show photographs of an altered musket, which is identical to this one.  The two digit numbers I describe above pertain to the original manufacture of the gun at the Virginia Manufactory.  While this gun does use an original arsenal conversion hammer, Barrett had his own two digit sub-assembly number which was applied during the alteration.  This number is found on the back of the hammer, the inside of the lock plate and is also stamped in the wood beneath the lock.  Further, if you would consult Chapter XX, page 225 of Confederate Carbines and Musketoons by Murphy, you will see examples and read fairly extensive information pertaining to the shortening of Virginia Manufactory muskets which have had damage to their forward portions.  The forward barrel band I have provided may be unnecessary because the gun may very well be in its original Confederate configuration.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

Barnett had a contract with the Confederacy for P-53 Enfields.  He lost his contract sometime in 1862.  That makes this a pretty early blockade run Enfield.  The gun has the standard Barnett, London marked lockplate and London proofs on the barrel.  It also has stamped just in front of the butt late tang, a JS within a circle.  This is one of the early Confederate inspector marks.  There is also an unbordered AW stamped at the end of the trigger guard.  The gun is well used with no repairs to the wood, relatively smooth, lightly cleaned metal.  I don't see any bore left in it but it seems otherwise intact.  There is a name stamped all over it.  It seems that Private E. Glover thought a lot of it and stamped his personal property mark all over it.  The name E. Glover is stamped twice on the trigger guard, four times on the stock, twice on the nose cap and once on the butt plate.  The South had no shortage of men whose sir name was Glover with at least one initial E.  From what I can see, there is only one name listed in the records as "E. Glover" which is an exact match to the stamping on this gun.  He is in the 40th Regiment of Alabama Infantry.  The 40th was organized in 1862 at Mobile.  It then moved to Vicksburg.  Some of it was captured at Vicksburg and other parts of it went on to fight at Chickamauga, etc.  It was there at the end, fighting at Bentonville in North Carolina and surrendered at the Yadkin River Bridge.  You can be certain that this is a Confederate Enfield.  The identification, I would say is somewhat tentative and needs more research.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!