This is a standard P-53 .577 Enfield in every respect.  It has a 39 inch barrel and a 55 1/2 inch overall length.  It has early style barrel bands and is complete, to include the sling swivels and rear sight.  The ramrod has been with it for a while but is not Enfield in style. It is a smooth gun with light patina, minor handling marks and dings and has an unusually crisp action.  The bore is rifled and the wood is very sound, with no burnout behind the bolster.  The lock and hammer have crisply engraved border lines but there are no markings on the lock.  At the left rear of the barrel, there are three proof marks that I am not familiar with.  There is a crown over P within a circle, a D within a circle and a sunken cartouche with a D and star finials.  There is a two digit assembly mark, which is found on each barrel band, the inside of the lock, the hammer, the bottom of the barrel and the stock.  Without any doubt, it is in its original configuration.  Who made it is a mystery to me.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

This is a delicate Mule Ear Combination gun which has really nice lines.  The top barrel is rifled and about .44 caliber.  The bottom barrel is smooth bore and slightly larger in diameter.  The barrels are extremely well made and joined.  The mule ear lock functions perfectly, one hammer at a time or both at once.  The stock is walnut with brass mountings and is very sound except for a small crack above the lock, which should be easily repaired.  The gun is devoid of any markings but it does have nice architecture.  A fairly scarce American made rifle.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

This massive 10 gauge Double Barrel Shotgun has barrels that measure 42 inches and an overall length of 58 1/2 inches.  It is double keyed, double triggered with checkered wrist, smooth forearm and iron mounted.  It is an English made shotgun by Joseph Manton.  The action works fine on it and there is some engraving around the breech, locks and hammers.  While the barrels have suffered moderate wear, it is obvious they are of fine twist steel.  A very big gun.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

This is an interesting Civil War period Enfield "M" Rifle.  It shows moderate wear with numerous dents and dings in the wood but no disfiguring pitting except maybe on one swivel.  It has a brass trigger guard, butt plate,  nosecap,  what appears to be an American walnut stock, is complete with rear sight and ramrod.  The lock is marked 1861 forward of the hammer and Eagle over "M" within a shield to the rear and the barrel has no proof marks.  The iron parts have a smooth, natural brown patina and the brasses are lightly tarnished.  The gun is actually an odd length.  The barrel is 35 inches long with a good bore.  It has certainly been in this configuration since the period of use.  It has lost its bayonet lug on the right side of the barrel and the end of the ramrod is properly threaded.  An interesting Civil War Rifle. Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

A nice, honest, all matching five inch Baby Dragoon.  Everything appears to be correct and original, i.e., wedge, cylinder pin, etc.  The barrel, frame and cylinder are well marked.  It retains the majority of its cylinder scene and functions crisply.  It has a nice, untouched patination with no major pitting or dents and dings.  The grips are sound with no repairs having light wear and minor dings.  A fairly hard to find little gun in decent condition.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

An Adams Revolver from about the 1860 time frame, lots of blue with light rust mingling in.  The gun is completely intact, matching numbers and functions nicely.  The trigger pull is a little hard but it functions quite crisply.  It has superb checkered grips and is engraved on top of the barrel "Manufactured by P.B. licensed by Dean Adams Dean."  The gun is in .44 caliber and has no proofing, unusual for an Adams.  The right side of the frame is marked Adams Patent No. 21032.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

Robert Adams, as a historical figure, looms large in the production and delivery of firearms to the South during the Civil War.  He was a major shareholder in the London Armoury Company, which provided both Kerr and Adams revolvers to the Confederacy.  Concurrently, he was producing Adams Revolvers from his 76 King William Street, London location.  He held the patent for the Adams Revolver and allocated serial numbers in batches to different manufacturers, who would then pay royalties.  This gun is marked R. ADAMS, 76 KING WILLIAM St, LONDON, on top of the barrel and ADAMS PATENT No. 60027 on the right frame.  It has a matching serial number on the cylinder and London proofs on the left barrel flat.  I am pretty sure it is concurrent production with the London Armoury Company guns, as well as others.  The gun has a considerable amount of original blue, mixing with a pin prick brown patina.  It is completely intact, with strong grips.  It functions perfectly on single action, with a slight miss in its double action function.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This is a crisp, tight, sharp as a tack, inscribed # 2 Old Model.  It is all matching and complete in all respects.  It retains about half the finish, blending with a beautiful smooth patina.  The blue is just barely turning brown.  No pits, dings, etc.  The rosewood grips are in superb condition.  The barrel address is sharp and crisp as is the patent date on the cylinder.  The hinge at the top of the frame is tight as new.  The backstrap of the gun is inscribed Capt. Charles Storrow.  There is an extensive amount of research accompanying the gun to include a photo copy of a picture of Captain Charles Storrow in uniform.  He apparently started his own company of the 44th Regiment, Mass. Volunteers.  He seems to have been something of the adventurer.  In 1860 he was shipwrecked on a merchant ship bound for Indian and China in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Malaysia.  He managed to get back home to Massachusetts, just in time to raise his own company of the 44th Mass., in which he served as Captain.  The regiment saw most of its service in North Carolina and he mustered out in June of 1863.  He attended Harvard and has quite a lineage in the New England area.  It appears that the regiment was posted in 1862, around Buford and New Bern, North Carolina and was engaged and took casualties at Rawle's Mill, Kinston, Whitehall and Washington, North Carolina.  A nice bit of history and a nice little gun to go with it.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!!