This is a magnificent, cased Match Target Whitworth, made by the Whitworth Rifle Company, Manchester, England in 1862.  The Match Target Rifle was Whitworth's highest achievement.  They are the most beautifully made and most accurate of all of Whitworth's rifle making endeavors.  This gun is the highest condition Whitworth I have ever seen.  It also has the highest level of embellishment/engraving I have ever seen on a Whitworth.  You might actually call it an exhibition grade gun.  All the original brown finish is on the barrel, thinning ever so slightly.  The cased surfaces are intact on the lock, breech, trigger guard, butt plate etc.  The bore is new.  For all practical purposes, the gun is in new condition.  There are a few dents in the wood and one dent on top of the barrel in the Rigby flat (some klutz probably dropped it).  The sights are of the highest quality.  They are platinum lined.  The front sight is a micro-adjustable, platinum lined, globe sight, which allows for interchangeable sight disks.  The rear sight on the barrel is platinum lined, rack & pinion gear drive.  The Vernier sight is again platinum lined, demarcated in degrees in minutes and micro-adjustable.  The sights are all serial numbered to the gun and they are precious (you can shoot jack rabbits at a thousand yards with this thing).  The case still has its bullet mold, numbered to the gun, which casts a hexagonal bullet.  It has a two piece wooden cleaning rod with wooden jag, oiler, punch tool for removing the bullet from the mold, etc.  All the markings are crisp and sharp on the gun.  The whole thing is just over-the-top.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This Cavalry Saber is an early product of the Confederate States Armory operated by Lewis Froelich at Kenansville, North Carolina.  It is a sword that I seldom see.  It has a crudely seamed scabbard with brass throat, drag and ring mounts, a fairly standard looking guard and a single wire iron wrap with an unstopped fuller to the blade.  He apparently made three variations of Cavalry Saber for the South, of which this one would be one of the rarest.  This particular sword is in attic condition with minor dents in the scabbard.  The blade is very smooth and has tarnished.  All the brasses have a deep nut brown patina.  About half the original leather and all the wire is still present on the grip.  This sword has not been molested in any way and wears its age very nicely.   Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

Somewhere around 6,000 to 7,000 of these guns were made in 1864-65 time frame.  This particular one is a nice, honest, fine to excellent condition gun.  It is accompanied by its original sling and its original, Collins & Company angular bayonet.  The barrel of the gun has the majority of its original blue, slightly aging.  The frame, bands, nosecap, lock, hammer, etc. have the original case hardened surfaces, which are beginning to silver off, with some residue of color still showing.  The wood is original, oil finish with appropriate sub-inspector marks on the forearm and butt.  The cartouches are full and legible.  The bore of the gun is bright and shiny, with a few spots.  An occasional dent and ding, but generally smooth and solid as a rock.  The action is crisp and the breech block is tight in the receiver.  The spring and cover at the top of the lock, the priming mechanism, is missing.  Should be fairly easy to recover.  The bayonet has been with the gun forever.  It is smooth with no pitting and is stamped C & Co. which is the correct Collins & Company bayonet that was made for these guns.  The markings on the barrel, sight base, lock plate, receiver and tang are all sharp and legible.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

For years, these swords were lumped together with other unmarked Confederate Cavalry Sabers and termed "Dog Rivers."  Basically meaning, we don't know who made it.  However, in the last few years, this particular sword has been widely accepted as a product of Haiman Brothers, Columbus, Georgia.  They manufactured prodigious amounts of war materials for the South.  As is characteristic, this sword has an oil cloth wrapped grip with a single strand iron wire and a heavy cast guard, copied after the US Model 1840 Wrist Breaker.  The blade has an unstopped fuller.  The scabbard is complete, with the throat, mounts and drag, and has a smooth patina.  You will notice it is lapped with a broad lead seam running its entire length.  The blade is smooth with light rust spotting and no chips.  The grip wrap is authentic and the scabbard has very minimal dents.  This sword is nice and substantial with a good look.   Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

An excellent condition Massachusetts State marked .36 Johnson.  This gun is exceptional.  The iron parts appear to still be in the original burnish, with slight staining.  The wood is nice with sharp markings and minor dents and dings.  The lock markings are quite distinct and there are liberal case colors on the hammer, lock and breech plug.  It is mechanically excellent and complete original, including the rammer assembly.  The top of the barrel is marked MS for the State of Massachusetts.  The left side of the stock, opposite the lock, is marked MS K 13.  This is in addition the standard US inspection and proof marks found on the top of the barrel and the left side of the stock, all of which are sharp and distinct.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

This little flask is the Colt's Patent Flask for the 1849 Pocket Colt, Well Fargo, etc.  It was made for use with the later production .31 caliber Colt Revolvers.  It actually bears the Colt's Patent marking above a field of Stars, which surmounts an eagle above a stand of arms.  The seams are solid and there appears to be no dents in the flask.  Some of the original finish surrounds the embossed motif, while the rest has patinaed off.  A really nice, honest original Colt Flask.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

A solid, very good condition .577 caliber Enfield Rifled Musket.  Good wood, smooth metal and nice markings.  The lock plate is marked, forward of the hammer, 1863 over Tower, with a Crown stamped behind the hammer.  The barrel bears the 25 bore Birmingham proof marks, which are correct for export guns.  The wood is sound with no repairs and minimal dents and dings.  Opposite the lock, the stock is stamped "33" twice.  I don't know the significance of it but I suspect it is a regimental or rack number.  The bore still has good strong rifling and the gun seems complete to include swivels.  A sound Civil War era Enfield.  Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

A really nice, original flint 1819 North that is lightly cleaned but with great markings, wood and smooth metal.  The lock has a full and complete North marking, forward of the hammer with 1822 to the rear.  The barrel is marked with US, "P" proof and inspector initials.  The Luther Sage cartouche is visible on the left stock, opposite the lock.  There is a "V" sub-inspection mark in the wood at the tail of the lock.  The wood is nice and the metal to wood fit is nice.  There is a grain crack above the butt cap but it is sealed properly and does not detract.  Overall, this is a very solid gun with nice patina and unusually sharp lock markings.   Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

This little gun has moderate pocket wear evenly disbursed across its entire surface.  Somebody, no doubt, carried it for a very long time, probably in their pants pocket, likely the gentleman whose initials appear on the escutcheon T. V. J.  Even so, it has a good look and probably one of the very few original ramrods I have ever seen.   The .42 caliber barrel measures 3 inches in length and the gun is 7 inches in overall length.  The barrel has two beautiful gold bands and the mountings, ie. the trigger guard, escutcheons, etc. are done in silver, not German silver.  German silver is white brass.  Silver, in this period, is either Sterling or coin silver.  I suspect this is sterling, but I'm not sure.  The lock is marked DERINGER, PHILADELA, as is the breech of the barrel.  The "P" proof with sunburst is very distinct on the left side of the barrel.  The top of the barrel is marked MANd FOR F. H. Clark & Co. MEMPHIS, TENN.  The markings on this gun are quite nice and it wears its age and use with character.  There are no repairs or replacement parts.  The gun is a deluxe version of a Henry Deringer with the ramrod, nosecap and provision for cap box in the butt.  It has all of the little extra fancy characteristics that can apply to a Henry Deringer rolled into one.   Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!

Benjamin Mills had the reputation of being one of the finest gunsmiths in America.  Born in New York, he came to Harrodsburg, Kentucky about 1839 and worked as a gunsmith until about 1869.  He was appointed as the Master Armorer at the Harper's Ferry Arsenal by Secretary of War, John B. Floyd in 1858.  He served as the Master Armorer for about a year and was one of the people captured and held by John Brown during his infamous raid.  He even later testified at John Brown's trial.  He must have figured that was enough and went back to Harrodsburg, which would have been a more peaceful location for making guns.  The gun we have for sale has seen much use and is typical of his work.  Notice the extension of the patent breech tang, which is horizontal with the barrel and extends far beyond the hammer.  This acts as a horizontal sighting platform.  The barrel on this gun measures 34 inches in length.  It is half round, half octagon with an integral sight base machined into the forward end.  I understand that this round barrel version is far less common than the standard full octagonal.  The gun has a patent breech, is completely iron mounted to include butt plate, trigger guard, nose cap, escutcheons, etc.  It has set triggers, which are still functional and would appear to be in about .40 caliber.  The end of the barrel has four pilot holes for the loading block, which is no longer with the gun.  The lock is clearly marked "Mills, Harrodsburg, KY."  The barrel is marked "Cast Steel."  The wrist of the stock has a fine crack and, as you can see, has been thoroughly repaired with two iron strips on either side.  The wood was apparently not well aged and perhaps a little green when the gun was made.  There are numerous grain cracks opening in the forearm and butt stock.   Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

A very good condition, double action Tranter, serial number 20746 which is probably early 1864 production.  The gun shows moderate use and has a brown patina with traces of finish in the corners and good checkered grips.  It is complete with a repair to the tip of the cylinder pin (the part that is exposed beneath the barrel.  The top of the barrel is marked Thomas Williams, South Castle St Liverpool.  The mechanical function of the gun is fine and it's kind of interesting to note that most of the original English nipples have been replaced, during its period of use, with U. S. nipples.  This model Tranter, in this serial number range, was one of the English Revolvers imported into the South during the Civil War.   Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

If anyone wants a cheap Enfield Rifle, this is it.  It is missing the rear sight, the sling swivel and the ramrod but the rest seems to be intact.  It has a 30 inch rifled barrel with bayonet lug on the right side, two bands and is iron mounted.  I don't see any markings on the lock but Birmingham .25 bore export proofs are clearly stamped on the left rear of the barrel.  The lock works fine, but is not engaging the sear probably the sear spring is broken.  The gun shows moderate to heavy wear with all the metal parts being a smooth brown and the stock showing numerous dents and dings.  I believe the bore is five groove rifling, so it may be a naval pattern.  At any rate for the price, it should make a pretty good fixer.  Click on image for additional views.   SOLD!!

This is a large size Henry Deringer of fairly early production.  The barrel is 5 inches in length to include the breech.  The overall dimension is 9 inches.  It is large bore, I'd say about .50 caliber.  It has the nosecap with provision for ramrod, a cap box provision in the butt and a very rare adjustable set trigger.  You will note the adjusting knob for the set, forward of the trigger, inside the trigger guard.  The rear of the breech is gold banded.  The trigger guard and all the escutcheons, with the exception of the nosecap and the butt cap, are made of sterling silver.  The checkering is still sharp on the grip.  The gun is in very pleasant, fine condition.  A very rare Henry Deringer.  Click on image for additional views.    SOLD!!

This old gun has seen better days.  It has lost most of its markings from its lockplate and barrel.  The front barrel band is cracked on the top, but it is otherwise is complete and sound.  The rammer assembly is original and the stock still shows cartouches.   Click on image for additional views.  SOLD!!