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Militaria: US Civil War: Weapons


What's New in the Collector's Showcase of Militaria: US Civil War: Weapons?
The Most Recent Additions to This Category are First!
Today I have for sale a Grice, Shortland Version, British musket. This musket is a later version of a musket produced by William Grice. It was manufactured around 1768. There were several changes made. The barrel was much shorter, reduced to 42 inches. The caliber was also changed from a 79 caliber to a 77 caliber. One of my husband's aquaintances sells antique weapons, and he verified that this is an authentic musket, not a reproduction. This particular musket has many, many issues. Due to its condition, I am selling it AS IS. My shop is located in Huntsville, TX, and it was found buried in the clay, underneath a dried up pond. It has been really hot and dry in Texas this summer. A lot of ponds have dried up. Found in the hole with this weapon was another musket, which I am going to list for sale, and a Civil War Snake belt buckle. I believe this entire group may have belonged to a confederate soldier. I am posting several pictures, and a more precise description, which I copied from the redcoat's brown bess web page. Thanks. Lurleen Impressed by its experience with the Marine or Militia design, the Board of Ordnance approved a similar pattern during 1768 for issue beginning in 1769 as the new standard infantry arm. It adopted the shorter 42" (.75-cal.) barrel length as well as the flat side plate and reduced butt tang (no top screw), yet kept the straight double-bridled lock, steel ramrod, cast nose cap, escutcheon, four rammer pipes and hazelnut trigger guard of the 1756 Long Land (above). Limited production of Long Land muskets would continue for specific units until 1790. This new Short Land arm was issued gradually as earlier inventories were depleted. The regulation bayonet (4" socket; 17" blade) continued. The example shown is marked on the barrel, "71 Regt 1T B," for Fraser’s 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (1775-1783). Length: 58" Barrel: 42", .77 cal. Lock: 7"x1 1/4" Trigger guard: 11 1/4" Butt Tang: 3 3/4" Side Plate: 6 1/4" Furniture: Brass Weight: 10.2 lbs.  WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOTE: WE CAN NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL or GOOGLE FOR ANY OF OUR ANTIQUE FIREARMS. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. THANK YOU. JM FREE Shipping to the lower 48 Through the years, I have become extremely attached to my gun collection, but I simply cannot keep every gun I buy, so after many, many years serving as one of the highlights of my collection, I am offering this very special piece of Civil War History for sale. I will miss this fine old rifle. It is a US model 1842 which was made, as marked, at Harpers Ferry in 1850. The date and maker marks are very good; it is the Union marking of an eagle and heavy use and the effects of time have worn the U.S. stamped beneath it that away. The eagle is still visible as is the US mark, but that is where this gun becomes unique. It takes a high-powered magnifier and a sharp eye to see the changes that were made by someone long ago, but they are there. I have no way of photographing an actual magnified close up, but I think if you look closely at the lock photos below, you will see how the top of the U. was carefully scraped and scratched into the shape of a C. I truly believe a Confederate Infantry Soldier carried this musket during the Civil War. The gun has all the correct markings and although it is worn down, the stock still bears the US Inspector's Cartouches that were stamped there in 1850 at Harpers Ferry Armory. Perhaps the soldier was originally with the Federal Army, but chose to join his southern brothers when the war began. The other telltale sign that this gun was used by someone other than a Union soldier is the fact that the stock bears the hand carved initials JHB. It is unlikely a union infantryman would have been allowed to deface his weapon in such a way. Doing so was frowned upon by the commanding officers of the North and would have earned the young man a rather harsh punishment in most cases. As you can see in the pictures, the rest of this rifle is in very good shape for its age and other than the ramrod, which I added because the original was missing, everything you see is original to this old infantry musket. If you want to own a piece of Civil War History that will be an absolute eye opening thrill to those fortunate enough to see it, this my friend is just what you are looking for. Please ask any questions you may have before placing an order for this rifle. I want to make certain the buyer is certain about everything before making their purchase. This gun should not have to travel more than need be. Even with the best packaging, risking something so rare and unique is not something I like to do. JM  WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL or GOOGLE FOR ANY OF OUR ANTIQUE FIREARMS. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. THANK YOU. JM FREE Shipping to the lower 48 Incredible workmanship! Rare Pecklers & Fils (Pecklers & Sons) Muzzle loading percussion double barrel hammer shotgun. Approximately a 12-gauge shotgun with a beautiful hand carved ash or chestnut hardwood stock and the gun maker’s name applied in gold overlay onto the barrel's center rib. Yes.... I said Gold! <smile> This is a gun I have been working on for a long time. As you'll see by reading my notes on some of the photo pages, the stock on this old beauty was all but cut in half when I bought it. I also had to refit and re-bend two hammers as well as rebuild both lock mechanisms to get this old scattergun back into working order. This is one of those rare guns that really gets me wondering just how we have become so far removed from the skill and the pride of workmanship that was required in order for our ancestors to make this fantastic shotgun. I think the notes I’ve included with some of the photos will explain about everything that is important about this gun, as well as bear witness to the fact that Pecklers and his Sons were truly master gun makers. What is also interesting to note is that for a time, both generations of the Pecklers were employed by the famed gun builder, Leige of Belgium. Leige was the best-known gun maker in the world in the early to mid 1800's and produced a great many of the guns that were used during the Civil War. This shotgun was likely not a Civil War gun, at least not of a type one could consider as anything of standard issue, but it does carry the Leige markings and a lot of other inspection and coded stampings on the underside of the barrels and it does pre-date that great conflict, so who can say what role it may have played in shaping the world as we know it today? The barrels themselves are very worn, but are still easy to identify as having been made in what was called a Damascus, three iron, stub twist pattern. This pattern of Damascus barrel was one of the most difficult to make and one of the most prized for its strength and its unique look. The ramrod is one I made to look like the type used with this gun. The shotgun was made sometime between the late 1830's and early 1840's. The price is based on the time it took to do all the repairs that were needed, plus the cost of buying it, (even though it was a relic, the gun was still relatively expensive because parts for a shotgun like this are all but impossible to find.) and finally, because the carving done on the stock of this hammer gun is a true work of art. To buy this wonderful antique shotgun from a high-end gun dealer, the price would undoubtedly begin somewhere upwards of five to seven thousand dollars. I don’t profess to be a high-end gun dealer and frankly I wouldn't feel right selling a gun such a high price. Who knows, perhaps this old double barrel is an historic firearm and worth ten times the price I’ve chosen, but even if it is not some long lost and rare, high sought relic, I doubt there exists another shotgun like this anywhere and that alone makes it something very special. No matter if you buy this old shotgun or you do not, you will surely enjoy having a look. JM Please be ready to supply proof that you are at least 21 years of age if you plan to buy this gun. Also check your state laws regarding handguns. Remember, in the eyes of the Federal Government, this gun is a true antique and does not require all the paperwork that comes with buying a modern pistol, but some states do not agree, so check yours to be certain.  I can honestly say in all the years that have gone by since I fell in love with my first antique gun, NOTHING has ever struck me as being as incredible or amazing as this little side by side 16 gauge muzzle-loader. The shotgun itself is really just a canvas where a truly gifted artist has left a sample of his work for all to see. Every time I look at the intricate carving on this wild boar I shake my head in disbelief. How could anyone have been so talented as to carve this wondrous animal and all the other details surrounding him, and then fail to place his name on his amazing work of art? If any magazine or periodical or coffee table book ever wants the perfect example of Folk Art sculpted in wood, this my friends would be the perfect choice. I guess I have raved long enough for now, so let me fill in a few blanks. The gun itself is sound and all original. It shows a lot of use and wear and is pitted and worn with age. The hammers work, but not well enough to ever risk firing. I can find no markings topside and I simply refuse to risk taking the gun apart in hopes of finding any. Perhaps hidden somewhere beneath the hardware a name or mark could be found, but the work is just too exceptional for me to tamper with in any way. This is a smallish sized double barrel. It measures only 39 inches tip to tail and the barrels are just 24 inches long. The gauge would be about 16 and I have based my theory that the gun is of German decent on the style of locks and other features I have seen in antique firearms made in the same era in Germany. The bottom line? This is not a gun. Not any longer. This is a work of art. FREE Shipping to the lower 48 NOTE: PayPal and Google can not be used to pay for any antique firearms.

Grice Shortland Version 1768 British Mus $950.00

  

US 1842 Harper's Ferry Musket. Confedera $4200.00

  

1850's Belgium SxS shotgun - Hand Carved $2788.00

  

1850's SxS shotgun. Best Carved Stock. $3775.00
The model 1855 percussion musket was produced by both Harpers Ferry Armory and Springfield Armory, during the years from 1857 to 1861. Total number of these early rifled barrel long-arms was 59,273. Of that number Springfield Armory produced slightly over 47 thousand and Harper's Ferry a little over 12 thousand of this model. Having a 40 inch round, 58 caliber, rifled barrel, the model 1855 was responsible for a drastic change in the accuracy and the distance the previous military muskets could provide. The front sight also doubles as lug for an angular bayonet. The gun's metal parts were finished to bright, bare iron and the most notable change from earlier rifles were the rifled barrel and the incorporation of the Maynard Priming System. The Mynard system used a roll of caps much like you may have used in a favorite cap gun as a child. The idea was revolutionary, but the problem was that the caps always seemed to be too damp to ignite. Even after additional improvements to the cap primers were made, they continued to fail so often that most soldiers dismantled the inner mechanism and went back to using the copper nipple caps. Even with its problems, the model 1855 was by far the most used gum in the Civil War and wasa the staple arm of the both north ands south. For all its failings, this was still the most accurate gun of its day and it was the first U.S. martial arm that fired the Minie bullet in 58 caliber. I'll let the photos describe this well worn, but very cool old musket.  Here is another fine example of a large bore, large frame, double action 12mm Cavalry Type Pin-fire Revolver that dates to the times of the Civil War. It is quite possible this was a Confederate pistol. One reason is that I bought this at an auction near Harper's Ferry more than 30 years ago and back then, no one seemed to care much for these odd type pistols. I have learned to very much appreciate how deadly these guns must have been as compared to the standard issue Colt percussion muzzle loaders of the Union. A double cartridge gun was far superior even to a Colt of those times and these large bore Cavalry models were the preferred weapon of many a Confederate Officer. This gun has the added oddity of being maker marked by two different major gun suppliers to the South in those days. The cylinder bears the ELG and a star within an oval ring which is the logo marking of the world's largest gun maker at the time, Leige of Belgium. The second maker who placed their name on the gun is the famous French gunmaker, E. Lefaucheux. The truth is their is nothing too strange about the two companies both marking the same gun. Leige made every thing from one part to entire guns for hundreds of other gunmakers a decade or so prior to our Civil War and for many years after. What their customer chose to do to the product after it was paid for didn't seem to matter in the least the Leige, thus the two maker marks from different countries. This is a very nice example of how a great many Cavalry soldiers would customize their sidearms in order to make for faster loading, firing and unloading. The reason I call this a Cavalry model is the fact that it was made with a lanyard ring, which would not be of much use to anyone other than members of the cavalry. To keep from constantly having to open the loading gate to load shells, many soldiers would remove the gate completely. Then because the unloading rod had a bad habit of slipping into one of the gun's chambers and causing the gun to explode, most took off the unloading rod just to be safe. The Union had a contract with Colt to supply most of their holster pistols, but the Confederate Army would buy guns where ever they could and since the French were unofficially sympathetic to the rebel cause, they were one of the largest suppliers of firearms doing business with the South. This old pistol is in good working order and is a handful with lots of advantages over the cap and ball pistol of the North. This particular gun is a great looking piece that should make anyone proud to add to their collection. WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL or GOOGLE FOR ANY OF OUR ANTIQUE FIREARMS. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. THANK YOU. JM FREE Shipping to lower 48 Please be ready to supply proof that you are at least 21 years of age if you plan to buy this gun. Also check your state laws regarding handguns. Remember, in the eyes of the Federal Government, this gun is a true antique and does not require all the paperwork that comes with buying a modern pistol, but some states do not agree, so check yours to be certain.  From Mr. Picker’s own collection, here is a Model 1860 Civil War Cavalry saber made by and marked Ames mfg. Co. Chicopee, Mass. This Cavalry sword is in very good, as found condition. I have heard Mr. Picker say, many times, ‘Some folks make the mistake of cleaning and polishing some of these great and rare old pieces of our history. I think by doing so, they are cleaning away a part of history itself and that is a terrible shame.’ He may have told me this last part about this sword, or perhaps one of the many other’s he’s collected, but what is true for one, is true for all, so I’d rather see the dirt and the pitting left on the sword, where it belongs. The fact is, tat old grime - ‘IS’ - what connects this sword, to its history. Submitted here for you to examine is a real sword that bears the scars of real history on its back. The maker’s stamping mark is etched on the blade at the hilt. Although the engravings are all very clear, someone carved an X over top of the maker’s name. The same X, only lighter is carved over the military marks on the opposite side of the blade. Stamped US with GKC the inspector’s initials, stamped next in line and finally the date of 1864. Perhaps the X’s are the work of an angry confederate soldier who had been fighting the Union Army throughout the long and bloody war. Perhaps he had taken the sword in battle and then simply crossed out the Yankee marks is a gesture of defiance and anger, in order to claim it for his own. We will likely never know the truth of it all. The saber grip are made of leather and wrapped in copper or brass wire. Other than a few cracks, the grips are in good condition for the sword's age. Tight and very much intact, the blade itself is pitted here and there, but mostly smooth. The curved blade measures 35 inches to the hilt and the entire sword measures 41 ½ inches tip to butt. The scabbard is 37 inches and is coated in rust and missing the throat, but otherwise is in good shape and fits the sword well. A fine example of a Civil War Cavalry sword; Dated and maker marked as proof of it being part of Civil War History. More Photos available, so please ask.  WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOTE: WE CAN NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL or GOOGLE FOR ANY OF OUR ANTIQUE FIREARMS. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. THANK YOU. JM Here is a real nice little 7mm pin fire revolver that dates back to the time of the Civil War and has been altered at some point along the way to look much like the presentation pistol given to Stonewall Jackson by his men. You can see that the hammer has been ground away, which makes this strictly a double action pistol. The gun bears several matching inspection markings as well as the Liege mark; ELG inside an oval over a star. This gun works extremely well and will make a great addition to someone's Civil War collection. FREE Shipping to the lower 48 PLEASE NOTE: This is a true antique, pre 1898 black powder firearm and as such is considered a collectible antique under Federal Law. Please be aware that some states have differing laws pertaining to old firearms. You are responsible to know the laws of your state of residence before purchasing this or any other antique weapon. Thank you.

Civil War Rifled Musket model 1855. Spri $2959.00

  

Civil War DA Pinfire 12MM Large Frame - $977.00

  

Original Ames Model 1860 Cavalry Sabre. $579.00

  

7mm Hammerless Pinfire Revolver - like S $295.00
WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE NOTE: WE CAN NOT ACCEPT PAYMENTS THROUGH PAYPAL or GOOGLE FOR ANY OF OUR ANTIQUE FIREARMS. PLEASE PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ONLY. THANK YOU. JM Here is a no frills cavalry model pin fire revolver that may well have been used during the Civil War. The grips are tight and fit well and the gun functions partially, but does not lock up or return the trigger to DA, it needs a push. Overall this is a real good looking gun and will make a fine display, but the really neat thing about this gun is that it not only bears the marking remnants of the famed French gun makers, Lefacheux, it also bears what is left by age and time of the equally famous Belgium gun makers, Liege of Belgium. I've included a close-up to show you both of these partial markings. It may seem odd at first that the maker marks of two different gun makers, in two different countries are found on this old Civil War era revolver, but it is not so very unusual at all. In the period of our Civil War, Liege of Belgium; who used the letters ELG inside a circle as their maker mark, was the leading manufacturer of firearms in the entire world. They perfected the double action pin fire revolver almost two decades before any American company was willing to venture beyond the pepperbox pistol, when it came to double action handguns. Lefacheux was almost as large a supplier of guns during that time as was Liege, but Lefacheux did not have the capability to produce anywhere near the volume of pin fires in double action as Liege. This led to a very profitable example of the old, "If you can't Beat um, Join um!" saying and just like that, Lefacheux became one of Liege of Belgium's largest customers. Depending on the size of a particular order, Lefacheux would buy parts, or even entire pistols directly from Liege. This gun was likely one where Lefacheux made the frame and bought the barrel and cylinder from Liege. In any case this old pin fire is a 10mm or approximately 40-caliber six shot cartridge pistol. The lanyard ring is gone, but the mount for it is still firmly set into the grip frame and that is the easiest way to tell the difference between a cavalry model and a standard holstered version. This gun has been stripped down to fighting weight in the same way most pin fires that were used by cavalry soldiers typically would modify their sidearm. The ejector rod was removed; because they too often worked loose and wound up jammed in the cylinder just when they should have been trading fire. The loading gate is also gone; this was done to make it easier to holster and to load the pistol while riding a fast moving horse. The rest of the parts are intact, but the gun has some broken springs or levers causing the cylinder to spin free and requiring a little help in returning the trigger back to its engaged position. The grips are tight and fit great and overall this is a real good example of what most regular cavalry soldiers would have had strapped to their hip as they rode into battle in the days of the Civil War FREE Shipping to the lower 48 PLEASE NOTE: This is a true antique, pre 1898 black powder firearm and as such is considered a collectible antique under Federal Law. Please be aware that some states have differing laws pertaining to old firearms. You are responsible to know the laws of your state of residence before purchasing this or any other antique weapon. Thank you.  Less fortunate Confederate soldiers from rural areas carried powder horns often made by themselves from a cow horn. This is an example of one with the following hand etched inscription. "Jorry Dawson - 1860 to Dr. Craddle-1885, Clark County, Kentucky." The bottom has a hole in which there would have been a ring type (nail or screw) that would have been attached to the shoulder strap. Missing cap. It could have been traded for medical services or given to a friend.   

Civil War Era Cavalry model Pinfire Pist $329.90

  

Confederate Hand-Made Powder Horn $99.00

   


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