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A solid, sound, Half Stock Kentucky Rifle with a 35 inch barrel and 50 inch overall length.  It has a heavy brown smooth patina and nice sound wood with most of the original wood finish remaining.  It looks like about .36 caliber with an eight groove bore.  It has set triggers which are still functional and a lock that works, is brass mounted with a pewter fore end cap and German silver escutcheon plates.  I'm not sure exactly where this rifle was made and it is completely unmarked, but if you will notice it has a thick wrist and a slight fish belly to the stock.  That makes me think Indiana or maybe Ohio.  On the other hand, it has a five inch barrel tang, which is pretty long.  That is often a feature of Southern Rifles, as is the pewter nose cap.  Maybe somebody from Ohio moved to Tennessee and made the gun!  Click on image for additional views.   Price $750.  Price Reduced $650!!  HOLD!!

This little over-under gun has barrels that are 26 inches in length.  The upper barrel is rifled and about .36 caliber.  The bottom barrel is smooth bore, probably about a 28 gauge shotgun.  The metal surfaces have a smooth, light patina with numerous dents and dings.  The stock has been refinished.  It is unusual in that the bottom barrel is fired by an under hammer mechanism, while the to barrel is fired by a standard back-action lock.  Both are operated by the same trigger.  If both are cocked, the bottom barrel fires first, then the top.  It could probably use a little TLC.  Click on image for additional views.   Price $950.  Price Reduced $750!!  HOLD!!

This little Remington turned up right here in Central Alabama.  It shows plenty of use but is still pretty tight.  The Elliott's Patent and Remington trademark markings are still legible on the right and left sides of the barrels.  The gutta percha grips are showing wear and is has been lightly cleaned.  It still functions but the trigger spring seems to be broken and I think it is missing the firing pin. Click on image for additional views.  Price $375.  Price Reduced $275!!

This is a massive Confederate D-Guard Bowie with an overall length of 21 inches and a blade length of 16 1/2 inches.  The blade is close to 1/4 inch in thickness and 2 1/4 inches wide, at its widest point.  It has a cut back clip point, wood scales/handles, which are iron riveted and an iron D-guard.   The blade was made from an old file or wood rasp and the teeth pattern is still apparent on both sides.  The blade is not grossly pitted or chipped and the overall appearance of the knife is quite smooth with a richly authentic patination.  Click on image for additional views.   Price $3,750.  Price Reduced $2,850!!

A delightful, attic condition, Sawed Off Shotgun with barrels 16 1/2 inches long.  It has an overall length of 32 1/2 inches and is a gun of the period.  Most of these I see, when you look closely, you realize that the barrels have not been cut all that long.  This thing looks almost like factory or arsenal work.  A ferrule has been added beneath the barrels for the ramrod.  A post front sight is in the appropriate place and the space between the barrels was leaded in.  The ramrod, which appears to be original, is sized correctly and of the correct diameter.  The wood has virtually all its original finish with no cracks, breaks chips and only minor dings and abrasions.  The locks, both left and right, function crisply.  The gun has an even, pleasant, brown patina, which is smooth and uncleaned.  The locks, hammers, trigger guard, butt plate, tang, etc. have a nice light engraving.  The gun dates from the late 1850's to 1860 period.  It is completely unmarked but of good sound solid quality.  If you ever wanted an attractive, real, sawed off percussion shotgun to compliment your display, this is it.  I don't have a clue as to the history of the gun.  Could it be Confederate? Sure.  It could also be a mule skinner's gun, an express agents or something tucked into the driver's compartment of a freight wagon.  It sure is interesting.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $975.  Price Reduced $850!!  HOLD!!

An all around very nice Civil War Staff & Field Officer's Sword.  It has its original sword knot and all of the sharkskin on the grip plus an intact three-wire wrap.  The mountings are intricately engraved, i.e., the top and front of the pommel, the upper, middle and lower mounts on the scabbard.  The scabbard is iron with brass mounts and only minimal dings on the drag.  As a matter of fact, the iron looks as though it retains much of the original finish.  The guard casting is quite ornate and very well done.  The washer is intact as is all the blade etching.  There is an Eagle under E. Pluribus Unum on the right side of the blade and US in a panel on the left side.  The top of the blade is etched "IRON PROOF."  The blade has minor freckling toward the tip but is otherwise very smooth.  A really nice looking sword with light wear.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $2,950.  Price Reduced $2,350!!  HOLD!!

A four inch barrel Colt Baby Dragoon in a solid, very good condition.  The gun is very pleasant with a smooth patination, minimal dings and a pin prick here and there where the rust got to it.  It has all matching numbers except the wedge, which is unnumbered.  It has a good barrel address, Colt's Patent marks on the frame and cylinder.  It even has a light cylinder scene of the famous Texas Ranger Indian fight, all the way around the cylinder.  The barrel to frame fit is solid and the action works fine.  There are considerable traces of silver on the backstrap and trigger guard and much of the original varnish still remains on the grips.  A pleasant little Baby Dragoon and a very early Colt production revolver, manufactured in 1848.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $4,750.  Price Reduced $3,950!! 

A pair of percussion conversions of the Model 1826 North Navy Flintlock Pistol.  These guns appear to have been together since the beginning.  Both have sound stocks and well marked metal.  The lock markings on both are actually quite strong, for a conversion.  They are also both 1827 dated.  1827 date versions of this gun seem to be a little hard to come by.  Both have inspector marks and "P" proof marks at the rear of the barrel, which are somewhat diminished by the cone in barrel conversion to percussion.  They both have all original components, except for the one that is missing its hammer, to include the rammer assemblies.  They both even have figured wood.  The cartouches on the left side are barely visible.  You will also note that both still retain their original belt hooks.  By the way, this conversion to percussion was accomplished under U. S. Navy contract.  A really nice pair of fairly rare pistols.  (If you have a hammer you want to part with, let me know.)    I will break them up if need be or sell the pair for $3,750.  Click on image for additional views.  Price Reduced $2,950!! 

A very interesting English single shot percussion pistol with folding bayonet.  The barrel of the gun measures 5 1/4 inches in length with an overall length of 10 inches.  The bayonet extends outward another 4 1/2 inches from the end of the barrel.  It seems to be in .50 caliber with a twist steel barrel and nicely engraved lock, hammer, trigger guard, etc.  The original iron swivel rod has been removed and a wooden rod substituted.  In most cases, with a single shot percussion pistol, when you shoot at somebody, if it does not stop him, your only option is to throw it at him.  With this one, if you shoot him and it doesn't stop him, you can pull the catch at the rear of the barrel back, flipping the bayonet forward and I guess you could stick him, then you throw it at him.  An interesting piece of curiosa.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $1,750.  Price Reduced $950!!

This is a historic Colt 1851 Navy which belonged to Lt. James Sherwin Stratton of the 12th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry.  Lt. Stratton joined the 12th New Jersey, August 14, 1862 as a Sergeant.  He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on June 3, 1863 and further promoted to 1st Lieutenant, February 4, 1864.  He was killed in action at Reams Station, Virginia on August 25, 1864.  Lt. Stratton apparently served as both a line officer and a Chaplain.  The gun is accompanied by a notarized affidavit from the gentleman who bought it from the family in 1996, as well as other historical research documents.  Sometime after the Civil War, somebody started to convert this gun to cartridge.  They drilled out the nipples, grooved the recoil shield and removed the loading lever.  They never finished the conversion.  The gun itself is all matching and the cylinder rotates but does not lock up.  The grips are sound with no repairs.  I have a repro lever, which I will throw in if someone would like to restore this gun.  It is certainly worth the effort.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $2,250.  Price Reduced $1,650!! 

This is an English made single shot pistol that generally follows the lines of a large Henry Deringer.  It is straight out of the woods and has not been cleaned up yet.  It has an overall length of 9 1/4 inches and a barrel length of just under 6 inches, is smooth bore and .52 caliber.  It dates to the 1840's to 1850's and was manufactured by Van Wart & Son, most likely for export to the Southern United States.  Van Wart had strong commercial ties with the Southern states, prior to the Civil War.  During the war he was a major supplier of military goods.  Every time I see something like this, I think Wilmington, Charleston or Savannah.  There is a hairline crack below the hammer and above the belt hook, in the stock, but it does not run all the way through. The gun was very nicely made with platinum banded breech, engraved furniture, nice wood and sharp checkering.  It is a very handsome pistol and more than likely a pre-war Southern import.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $1,250.  Price Reduced $950 OR Make Offer!  HOLD!!

This is actually a rare Southern Deringer manufactured by, not agent marked, F. H. Clark, Memphis, Tennessee.  It has a .44 caliber, 3 3/4 inch barrel with an overall length of 7 1/2 inches.  It has an iron trigger guard and ramrod ferrule with German silver mountings elsewhere.  The breech plug is marked F. H. CLARK & CO. MEMPHIS.  The gun has lost most of its checkering and has a hairline crack in the forearm on the right side.  Overall, it has moderate wear but no significant or disfiguring pitting and the action works smoothly.  You will notice at the bottom of this page that I have pictured it alongside another gun.  That gun is also made by F. H. Clark but it is not marked.  Both guns have the same style iron trigger guard and ramrod ferrule.  They are both obviously from the same source.  The top gun in the photo is completely devoid of markings.  If you will take the time to look at the bottom of page 210 in Doug Eberhart's book The Deringer in America, you will see another gun which shares exactly the same characteristics and is from the same manufacturing source.  It is agent marked H. E. Dimick.  All three guns are stamped RC with a die stamp on the bottom of the barrel.  It becomes apparent that F. H. Clark made a Deringer that served many purposes.  Some of them were marked with his mark, as this one is.  Some were left unmarked and sold to other dealers and some were agent marked by other dealers.  Yet they are all three made by F. H. Clark.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $2,950.  Price Reduced $1,950!! 

This is a solid, very good condition, Palmetto Pistol, manufactured in 1853 by William Glaze for the State of South Carolina.  The lock is marked with the Palmetto Armory and Palmetto Tree trademard forward of the hammer.  The the rear of the hammer, it is marked Columbia, SC 1852.  The PV over Palmetto tree proofs are clear at the rear of the barrel.  The left barrel flat is marked Wm. Glaze & Co.  The iron surfaces are a nice, smooth brown patination which have not been cleaned.  The brass surfaces have been lightly cleaned.  There is an extra screw in the backstrap, for some reason.  The rammer assembly appears to be original and there is a small crack, which is now sealed, about a half inch above the butt cap.  All in all a substantial Palmetto Pistol, which has seen moderate use.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $5,750.  Price Reduced $4,750!!

This gun is among the serious rarities in Henry Deringers.  It is very early production, about 1828-1830.  It is the first model made by Henry Deringer with a back action lock.  This one has a 4 1/2 inch .52 caliber octagonal barrel and an overall length of 8 1/2 inches.  There is a hairline crack in the wood on either side of the trigger guard and it looks to me like the lockplate screw escutcheon was crudely replaced during its period of use.  The hammer has an old forge repair, which stabilized a crack, but is still complete.  The lock and breech are marked with the second rarest marking on a Henry Deringer, which is DERINGER, PHILA.  The sunburst engraving on the breech is also a characteristic seen on these early guns.  It has an iron trigger guard and an iron ferrule for the ramrod.  The rest is German silver with no engraving.  You can view these early guns on page 13 of Doug Eberharts new book Henry Deringer Pistols from 1826-1870.  I recommend that you get this book, if you can.  It may be viewed as an addendum to Doug's earlier work on Henry Deringers. but in this work he pays more attention to the earlier guns, the dating of the guns and lays out a nice chronology.  At any rate, this is a very early production Henry Deringer and it is quite rare.  Click on image for additional views.   Price $3,750.  Price Reduced $1,950!!

This gorgeous sword is probably an early mounted artillery officer's sword.  It has a 28 inch, strongly curved blade.  The blade has a stopped fuller, is unmarked and has a tri-color finish, gold, blue and bright.  The left side of the blade is very strong, with almost all the blue present, staining in the bright, and of course the gold.  The right side of the blade has lost almost half the blue, but the gold is still there.  The scabbard is in very nice condition.  It is wood lined, which probably accounts for its survival.  You ill note that the upper mount, not only has a ring for attachment but also has a stud for mounting a frog.  This very early characteristic, coupled with the fluted grip, with no backstrap and the d-guard, likely dates it to about 1805.  The beautiful fluted or reeded grip is white ivory and fully intact, with no damage.  The guard, pommel and upper scabbard mount retain most of the gold finish.  It is a very impressive, completely intact, early U. S. Officer's Sword.  If you refer to American Swords by Norm Flayderman, edited by Stuart Mowbray on page 90-91, you will view a photographic display of very similar swords from the Medicus Collection. (Good Stuff!).  Click on image for additional views.  Price $3,750.  Price Reduced $2,250!!

This little .31 caliber Deringer was made in Belgium for the American market.  It has about 30-40% of the original dark varnish on the wood, sharp checkering and smooth metal.  The Belgium Liege proof marks can be found on the top of the barrel, right hand flat and on the bottom, beneath the stock.  The top of the barrel is marked "DERINGER".  There is a sheet of silver, wrapped around the end of the forestock, with the name Col. Sigmund scratched on it.  The silver band does not distort the original surface of the wood whatsoever, it is simply wrapped around the end of the stock.  I don't know if the name scratched on it is of any significance or not, but I'm going to leave it.  The gun is in pretty nice condition.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $1,950.  Price Reduced $1,650!!

This is an English made single shot pistol that generally follows the lines of a large Henry Deringer.  It has an overall length of 10 inches and a barrel length of 6 inches, is smooth bore and .50 caliber.  It dates to about the same period, maybe 1840 to 1850 and was manufactured by Van Wart & Son, most likely for export to the Southern United States.  Van Wart had strong commercial ties with the Southern states, prior to the Civil War.  During the war he was a major supplier of military goods.  Every time I see something like this, I think Wilmington, Charleston or Savannah.  The gun was very nicely made with platinum banded breech, engraved furniture, nice wood and sharp checkering.  This one could use a little TLC.  It is missing its ramrod, the barrel has been cleaned and there is a wood repair on the left side, opposite the lock.  Straightened up a bit, it would be a very handsome pistol and more than likely a pre-war Southern import.  Click on image for additional views.  Price $1,275.  Price Reduced $950 OR Make Offer!  HOLD!!

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