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Here we have a 1850's percussion half stock rifle that I acquired from the Grandson of Pvt Joseph Felinzer of the 7th Indiana Infantry. Pvt. Felinzer resided in Marion County (Indianapolis area) when he enlisted. The rifle is not military but rather a hunting rifle. Here are Pvt Felinzer's stats:

Joseph Felinzer Residence Marion County IN; Enlisted on 9/13/1861 as a Private. On 9/13/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. IN 7th Infantry He was discharged for disability on 1/15/1863 Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.: Here is a capsule history of the 7th Indiana Infantry:

Seventh Infantry INDIANA (3 months and 3 years) Seventh Infantry Cols., Ebenezer Dumont, Tames Gavin, Ira G. Grover; Lieut.-Cols., Benjamin J. Spooner, James Gavin, John F. Cheek, Ira G. Grover, William C. Banta; Majs., Samuel P. Oyler, John F. Cheek Benjamin C. Shaw, Ira G. Grover, William C. Banta, Merit C. Welch. This regiment was organized at Indianapolis in April, 1861, as a three months regiment and was mustered in April 28. It left the state May 29, being ordered to West Virginia where it joined other forces at Webster. The 7th took the advance upon Philippi, Co. B driving the enemy's pickets back and the regiment entered the town on the double quick followed by the column, the enemy being driven from the town. It remained in camp here for six weeks, engaged in scouting, and marched to Belington, where it engaged for three days in heavy skirmishes. It joined in the pursuit of the enemy, and overtaking him at Carrick's ford, the 7th charged and captured his baggage. Overtaking the fleeing forces again at the next ford, the 7th again defeated him, Gen. Garnett, commanding the enemy, being killed. The regiment was mustered out at Indianapolis Aug. 2, 1861. It was immediately reorganized for three years, and was mustered in Sept. 13, leaving the state at once for Western Virginia, and joining Gen. Reynolds' command at Cheat Mountain. It was engaged in the battle of Green Brier, and then moved to camp near Green Spring run. It was in the battle of Winchester Heights, at Port Republic and Front Royal, then moved to Fredericksburg and back, and was assigned to Gen. McDowell's command. With Pope's forces it was in the campaign of the Army of Virginia, participating at Cedar Mountain, and the second battle of Bull Run. It joined the pursuit of Lee through Maryland, and was in the battle of Antietam. It next fought at Ashby's gap, and participated in the battle of Fredericksburg. During 1863, it was engaged at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, losing heavily in both battles. It was also in the battle of Mine Run in November and went into camp at Culpeper. It moved with the Army of the Potomac in the spring of 1864 being engaged at the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, Po River, North Anna River, Bethesda Church and Cold Harbor, being under fire for eighteen days during these engagements and losing heavily. On June 16, it moved to the front of Petersburg, and participated in the assault of the 17th. It remained on duty in the siege of Petersburg until Aug. 18, and was then engaged at the Weldon railroad. It was consolidated with the 19th Ind. on Sept. 23, and this organization in turn was consolidated with the 20th Ind. on Oct. 18, the 7th being mustered out as a regiment Sept. 20, Its original strength was 1,046; gain by recruits, 190; reenlistments, 46; unassigned recruits, 17; total, 1,299. Loss by death, 212; desertion, 26; unaccounted for, 27. Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

Here is the halfstock .36 caliber Indiana made rifle that belonged to Private Felinzer. The great-great grandson thought that this was the rifle that he carried during the Civil War but I informed him that it was not the rifle he would have been issued but was probably the rifle he used for hunting. This is an Indiana made rifle being made by T. N. JONES and so marked on the top of the barrel. Thomas Jones is listed in 'Gunmakers of Indiana' by Albert W. Lindert as listed in 1850 as a gunsmith; age 63, birthplace as Pennsylvania and located in Harrison County, Indiana which is way down by the Ohio River. The rifle itself is in excellent condition and the set triggers work well, albeit that the main spring is just a little weak but all works. The 36 caliber barrel is octagonal and in good condition with both sights. The lock is adorned with light engraving but is not marked. The stock has a most unusual configuration and the tang is flat to run across the top of the stock. The stock has not cracks or breaks in it but has been coated with something shiny that could probably be removed if desired. The butt plate is cresent shaped and is constructed of iron as is the ornate triggerguard. The ramrod tubes are iron as well. The nose cap is a hugh hunk of pewter and looks to have been cleaned at some point. The ramrod is a modern replacement as most are. All in all this is a beautiful impressive gun with this stock configuration! For this piece of Indiana History $695.00

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Here we have an Indian (India) used British sword during the time when the British Empire ruled India. This sword was a widely used but rarely seen adaptation of a Model 1796 Pattern Wide cut and thrust Light Cavalry blade with a Model 1821 Pattern 3 Bar Hilt. You can see more on this type of sword on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k92PstHFQRM This particular 19th century sword is marked MOLE which was a known exporter to the Confederacy during Civil War. We believe it has been lightly cleaned but not too bad. The sword is sheathed in a leather sheath with the original sheet iron drag and replacement brass upper mount. The upper mount was crudely done while the rest of the scabbard was very well done indeed. The stitching is intact on the reverse with no threads broken or missing. The leather is pliable-quite nice frankly. The only markings on the scabbard are on the upper brass mount which consists of a Z - and an X in a box. We really don't know the meaning of that. The sword is over 36 inches long overall with a nearly 31 1/2 inch long blade along the top curvature of the blade. The grip is sharkskin or shagreen with 3 strands of iron or steel wire. The sharkskin is well worn but most of it remains. There are no cracks or breaks to the 3 branch iron guard or backstrap. The blade is the wide blade being about 1 1/2 inch wide at the ricasso. The ricasso is marked with the same Z- and an X in the box like the scabbard as well as Cc on both sides and MOLE and enough of Birmingham to call it so. The last 6 inches or so of the blade has some minor to moderate pitting on it but not bad at all. The cutting edge of the blade has a few minor small nicks but nothing bad at all. The tip is slightly bent as witnessed in the last pic. A great wide bladed Cavalry sword used by the Indian Soldier during the British Expansion. Nice piece! $595.00

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Here we have a Colt Pocket Flask and an early .31 caliber brass bullet mold that would have been used with the Colt .31 caliber Pocket model revolver. The Flask has been

SOLD! but we still have the rarer brass mold. This mold is not marked but probably is a colt flask and molds a round and conical bullet. There is no spru cutter on these early brass models. This mold is in fair to good condition with bent handles. Shows use. $65.00

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Here is a good example of a Model 1884 Springfield Trapdoor Rifle in 45-70 caliber. This one has seen use with several dings in the stock but no breaks or cracks. There seems to be some old shellac applied to the stock and slopped over some on the metal parts. There is some ramrod channel damage to the edges and the ramrod is missing. This one has the breech marked Model 1873 and the serial number of 404008. The action works very well and the bore in the 32.75 inch barrel is somewhat dark but very serviceable. All the markings are very clear on the rifle but I see no cartouches on the stock. No doubt, however, that it is the original stock. The rifle is complete with all swivels but the stacking swivel is bent needing straightening. The butt plate is marked with the usual U.S. The lock plate has U. S. SPRINGFIELD and the Spread Winged Eagle & Shield. One of the great things about this rifle is that it has a rare experimental rear sight! I reached out to a Trapdoor Expert and he said that this rear sight is heavy duty Barringer sight produced in Europe as witnessed by the Crown on the top right of the sight. The other top side has the numbers 27 stamped in them. It is estimated that no more than 50 or so Trapdoor rifles were so equipped as part of a rear sight development trial and today only a handful are known to exist. These experimental sights were also applied to a handful of Krag rifles for similar tests. I have seen those Barringer sights and they are slightly different than this one. I have not seen another like this one. This is an extremely scarce Trapdoor variant for the advanced Trapdoor collector. For this rifle $1250.00 Check out the pics!

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This one is a full stock with the unusual 'MULE EAR' hammer on the lock. It's a percussion lock. The rifle is about 49 inches long with a 33 3/8ths inches long barrel with the name W. GARDNER-GENEVA stamped on it. In AMERICAN GUNSMITHS by Sellers there is a H. Gardner of Geneva New York that made a Pill Lock full stock and this is what they call this lock type. I call it Mule Eared like the Civil War Carbines . There was also a G Gardner that made the same kind of rifle with the same kind of lock from Geneva. The lock is marked W. GARDNER PATENT GENEVA so there must have been an entire family of gunmakers there. This barrel is heavy being octagonal with rifling being about 45 to 50 caliber. The ramrod is held in by 3 brass thimbles. The stock is walnut and has a few repairs around the lock and looks like the last 10 inches has been replace but they did a good job and it's definitely period. Hey, someone LOVED this rifle and kept it going! The cresent shaped butt plate is brass and so is the trigger guard. This is a single trigger set up. The lock and hammer is very nice with florals on it. There is a silver escutcheon on the top of the stock behind the barrel and there is a hole in the stock there as well so they may have used a tang sight at some point. There is a crack in the stock in front of the lock that terminates at about 2 inches out. You can see the repairs in the photos. There is a raised relief cheek rest on the reverse stock. This rifle weighs 12 #. It's a beauty even with the repairs! For this one $1,450.00

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Here is a buttstock off an old musket that is expertly incised carved with with the following information:

AS FEATURED IN NORTH SOUTH TRADER'S CIVIL WAR MAGAZINE VOL. 41-1

CO. A. -- JOHN.T.JONES. --14TH REG. ARK. VOL.--1863--C.S.A. along with florale and line banner carvings. This is an outstanding piece!!! There is another like it in Flayderman's Catalog on page 658 which is for JOHN C. GILLESPIE...CO. K...18TH ARK. INFT. VOL...C.S.A.. The 18th and the 14th served together in 1863 and both pieces were obviously done by the same carver. He probably made a living doing this carving in camp. The one in Flaydermans was done on a British Brunswick percussion rifle but I don't know for sure what kind of rifle this broken buttstock came from. I checked out both soldiers on civilwardata.com and the information on each buttstock is correct. I wish I had the entire rifle but frankly what we have is outstanding!!! Take a look at the pics.

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S&W No. 1 , Second Issue, .22 caliber revolver made from 1860-1868. This revolver features a blade front and notch rear sights, 7 round un-fluted cylinder, square flared butt, blue barrel and cylinder and silver plated brass frame. The top of the barrel is marked "SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD, MASS" and the cylinder is marked with the patent dates. They made 117,000 of these serial numbered up to 128,000 as they began at 11,672 with this one being s/n 71846 which puts it probably 1864-65. This is the standard model with the 1855, 1859, and 1860 patent dates on the cylinder. Some wobble to the hinge. This one works well but needs a new trigger return spring as you have to push the trigger forward to engage the action. The barrel markings are nice and clear as is the cylinder markings. This model has very nice rosewood grips. The top spring is still present on this piece as well as the ejector rod. A good amount of the silver on the brass frame is remaining but is black now with age. This is a nice little Civil War Revolver! $525.00

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Here's an older reproduction percussion wood stocked pistol representating the 1840's. There is no name on this piece but the barrel is nicely machine engraved. The lockplate and the hammer have some embellishments on them as well. This is a .44 caliber weapon. The stock is in very good condition along with the ramrod. I do not believe that this weapon was ever fired due to the condition of the nipple and to the fact that there are no powder burns on the wood. Everything is nice and crisp!!! This is a good quality piece. $125.00

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Here we have an old single shot pistol that missing a hammer. There were a large quanity of these little pistols made from the 1850's thru the 1880's so a hammer is bound to show up! This is listed in Flayderman's as 7C-045 "B" which is an Unidentified,Center-Hammer Percussion Pocket Pistol. This one is .31 caliber which is typical. The piece is unmarked and in great condition minus the hammer. The hammer had a center bar cast through it which fit into a 'dimple' on each side of the frame to pivot. Quite crude but effective! Unfortunately if the side plate screw became a little loose the hammer would fall out and be lost. That's probably what happened to this one! Otherwise this little pistol is complete . Take a look at the pics. For this one $125.00

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Here is an old holster that I think dates to around the 1880's, But could be Civil War, and is made for a smaller revolver like a Colt Root Revolver or one of the long barreled single shot pistols. . The holster has been made from another item as indicated by sewing holes that have no purpose on this piece. The holster measures about 9 1/2 inches long overall and is 3 1/2 inches wide with a closure flap. The rivits are the split faced rivits . For this nice piece $125.00

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Here's an unusual piece that we acquired. This is a Trapdoor Rifle bayonet complete with locking ring but it has an interesting field repair to it about an inch or so away from the US stamping on the ricasso. The bayonet was not broken clear through but it was broken on the top edge by some unknown force. Accident? Shot? Sword blow? Tomahawk? Who knows but it's fun to try to guess. The piece was brazed repaired and it was crudely done but effective. Take a look at the pics. $35.00.

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Here is a leather belt with square clipped corned brass belt plate from the 19th Century. This is a French belt and plate with the plate marked 'COTTIAU'. The belt including the plate and catch is 42 inches long. It looks like to me that the leather is pigskin instead of cow leather but I'm no expert. The outfit is in great condition with just a little green on the brass from leather to brass exposure over the years. There is nothing else written or stamped on the plate or the belt. Nice!! $175.00

Here we have some parts and complete bayonet scabbards that we ran onto.

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1. Here is a steel scabbard body minus frog for a .45-70 bayonet. Single steel tab for the frog. $20.00

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2. Here is a steel scabbard body minus frog for a .45-70 bayonet. Double steel tap for the frog. $20.00

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3. Here we have a rare 2 rivit scabbard complete minus 4 to 5 inches of stitching and leather surface mostly. $110.00

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4. Here we have a 7 rivit scabbard but it's missing the belt loop and most of the stitching. At least the brass tip is present! $65.00

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5. SOLD Finally I have here what I believe is a scabbard for a hall bayonet. I think so because that's the only scabbard I know that has this brass button that you see in the pic for an angular bayonet. The brass tip is typical of American scabbards. $85.00

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Here we have a model 1855-70 bayonet in good condition in a rare-hard to find 2 rivit scabbard!! The bayonet has some rust on it but it's complete and has a sharp US on it. This would probably clean up well as it seems to be mostly surface rust. The scabbard looks to be brown leather and although there is a little leather surface loss on the reverse and an age crack in it this piece is also complete and hard to find! The frog is soft but has a 'memory' from being in a certain position for some time. There is some surface leather loss and crazing to the frog as well. The original brass tip is still here and solidly affixed. There looks to have been a repair a half inch above the brass tip but I'm not really sure. At any rate this style is hard to find and it has not been treated in any way. I'll leave that up to the new owner. Great display item!!! $325.00

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This next bayonet is from the late 1800's and is most famously associated with the Zulu Wars in South Africa being a Henry Martini. This bayonet is complete except for the locking ring and scabbard. The blade is full length of 21 ½ inches and is marked with various different British markings on the ricasso. For this one $45.00

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Here we have two model 1873 Springfield trapdoor bayonets and metal bodied scabbards for the Model 1873 Trapdoor rifle of Indian Wars fame.

The top one has a real nice mostly blued bayonet that has a sharp US stamped on the ricasso. The locking ring is present and except for some minor rusting this piece is real nice. The leather frog has the MASS button on it. The clip at the top of the leather frog and into the scabbard is missing. This one is very nice and is complete with locking ring. $195.00

TWO OLD PISTOLS FROM THE LATE 1800'S

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Here are two old pistols from the late 1800's. The first one is marked HECLA on the top strap and I admit I don't know what that means. The piece is nickel plated being a .32 caliber weapon with nice hard rubber grips. The hammer cocks and drops when you pull the trigger but the cylinder is extremely loose and this thing will never fire again. It'll look good in a shadow box hanging on the wall. Cheap at $75.00 Item Weapons 040 B

The next one is a small 32 caliber 5 shot revolver and it's marked on the top strap YOUNG AMERICA DOUBLE ACTION. This revolver doesn't look too bad and it was made by H & R arms (Harrington and Richardson). The America Double Action Revolver was made c. 1884 to 1941 (1,500,000 of them) so since this one doesn't have a serial number on it I will have to transfer it. This one is is relatively good condition and works in double action only. 2 inch barrel octagon barrel. The company info is stamped on the barrel. Cylinder doesn't always advance when it is suppose to. There is also a chip out of one grip at the bottom. For this one $120. Check out the pics.

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1700's - 1800's NORTHERN INDIA MATCHLOCK MUSKET WITH DAMASCUS CANNON END BARREL!

Gunpowder was introduced to India as early as the 13th century, with artillery and early firearms being employed in warfare shortly thereafter. It was the 16th century Mughal Empire, however, which introduced the matchlock musket and began both producing and using firearms on a truly massive scale, revolutionizing Indian warfare. The army of Emperor Akbar, for example, maintained a force of some 35,000 musketeers. India during this time became one of the world's great musket manufacturers, with Indian matchlocks being renown for their quality.

The matchlock was the first mechanism, or "lock" invented to facilitate the firing of a hand-held firearm. This design removed the need to lower by hand a lit match into the weapon's flash pan and made it possible to have both hands free to keep a firm grip on the weapon at the moment of firing, and, more importantly, to keep both eyes on the target.

This musket is old but appears to have been restored at some time. This piece measures 60 inches long and is quite nice. The hardwood buttstock has deep regimental markings stamped into it and it looks like S.L.K 9. The piece seems to be complete except for a little cover that would have covered the pan so that the gunpowder wouldn't fall out and to protect it from getting wet. The mechanish works well. There is a burn spot on the buttstock that you can see in the pics that shows that the cord was wrapped around the buttstock and on up to the 'drinking monkey' lighted cord holder. The metal shows age and some pitting here and there but has been cleaned at some point. One can still see the damascus type markings in the barrel. The barrel terminates into a cannon type of flared end. It's about a .60 caliber or 20 guage at the end of the barrel. The barrel is held onto the wooden stock by rattan or wrapped reeds or grasses. There are simple stimpled punch marks outlining the various metal parts. The barrel is about 41 inches long with a simple block sight at the rear and a simple bead sight up front. Nice unusual piece! $995.00 Item weapons 024

ON THE LOOSE .69 CALIBER TIN FOR CARTRIDGE BOX?

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Here we have a cartrige box tin for cartridge box but really doesn't fit in a .69 regular cartridge box. This box measures 4 5/8 tall by 3 13/16 wide by 1 1/2 inch deep. This one is in good shape with the divider just showing some surface rust on it. If you need another tin to complete the box then here it is!!! $45.00

MISSOURI CAVE FOUND RIFLE!

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Here is an old percussion musket with military barrel that was found in an old cave near Thayer, MO. This old musket has a very dry stock and the lock will not operate. Someone had wired the stock to the barrel to secure it. The lock is marked JOHN P LOVELL. John P. Lovell worked out of Boston, Massachusetts from 1820 to 1897. The barrel is an old military musket barrel, probably from the early 1800's and has the US proof mark on the barrel that you can see in the pics. The barrel was converted to a shotgun and has a brass bead on the front. The gentleman who sold it to me thought it may be a foragers weapon for the military but I really don't think so. At any rate it's a cook relic that was found in a cave in Missouri. $395.00

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Here's a wonderful ancient weapon that's still kind of a mystery to me. This is an early snap matchlock musket! The Snap Matchlock is a type of matchlock mechanism used to ignite early firearms. It was used in Europe from about 1475 to 1640, and in Japan from 1543 till about 1880. The serpentine (a curved lever with a clamp on the end) was held in firing position by a weak spring, and released by pressing a button, pulling a trigger, or even pulling a short string passing into the mechanism. The slow match held in the serpentine swung into a flash pan containing priming powder. The flash from the flash pan travelled through the touch hole igniting the main propellant charge of the gun. As the match was often extinguished after its relatively violent collision with the flash pan, this type fell out of favour with soldiers, but was often used in fine target weapons.

In Japan the first documented introduction of the matchlock which became known as the tanegashima was through the Portuguese in 1543. The tanegashima seems to have been based on snap matchlocks that were produced in the armory of Goa India, which was captured by the Portuguese in 1510. I have done considerable research on this weapon but still have not quite pinned down the country of origin although I believe it to be Mid eastern or Indian. This old piece is 56 1/2 inches long with a 51 1/4 inch primitive barrel that looks to start around 12 guage and finishes up at the other end at about .410 guage. The iron snap lock and barrel look to be hand wrought iron with the barrel being held onto the thin hardwood stock with thin brass straps. This snap lock uses a trigger. It looks like a couple of these brass straps must be missing but otherwise the musket is complete. The lock is held onto the stock with two iron rectanglar pins at the back and the front portion of the lock is held onto the stock with a brass barrel band. The lock does not rest directly onto the barrel. The thin hardwood stock is compolete with no breaks. The front of the stock has a small hole bored into it probably being for excess firing cord. The butt of the musket is small and obviously fits into the hand. There was a brass strap that went around the curve of the butt but that is now lacking. I've taken several pics for you to view. This is a very unusual musket and any other info that I can post would be appreciated. I have this piece priced at $2,500.00

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Here's an instant collection of early 20th century revolvers. Here they are in order:

The first one is a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber Double-Actioin 5th Model revolver chambered for the .38 S&W cartridge. This firearm was manufactured between 1909 and 1911. The action works fine and the grips are entirely entact. This pistol has a 3 1/2 inch barrel. There is about 20% nickel left on the frame. The triggerguard and top toggle is blued and has most of the color left. The top of the barrel is stamped SMITH & WESSON SPRINGFIELD MASS U.S.A. PAT'D JAN 24 '65, JULY 11, '65, AUG 24, '65, REISSUE JULY 25, 71, MAY 11, 80, JAN, 5, 82. Still a good piece! $225.00 This pistol is the top one in the next two photos:

The second revolver is a Forehand Arms company pistol and is marked on the top of the barrel FOREHAND ARMS COM. WORCHESTER, MASS. USA PAT'D DEC 7, 86 & JAN 11,87. This piece works fine as well with a 3 1/2 inch barrel. The plastic grips are marked with F & W over a Union Shield. One of the grips has a substantial chip out of it that you can see in the pics. This is a .32 caliber double-action revolver with a hinged barrel with toggle assembly. this one is nickel plated with approximately 70% of the finish remaining. This is still a nice pistol having been made from 1998-1902 and known as the perfection automatic. Good to very good. $195.00 and it's the 2nd pistol down in the first two pics.

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This last pistol in the pics is an Iver Johnson Arms, Inc. pistol. The top of the barrel is marked IVER JOHNSON ARMS AND CYCLE WORKS FITCHBURG, MASS U.S.A. PAT;D APR. 6, 86, FEB 15, 97, DEC 25,93 PAT'S PENDING. This particular revolver is a .32 centerfire double-action revolver with a 3 inch barrel. There is about 35% nickel plating left. The action works fine and the Owl's head grips are fine as well. This one is missing the rear sight and the rear barrel locking toggle. This is definitely a display model of an early pistol. These revolvers were made between 1893 and 1950. I believe this one to be early 20th century. This one is $95.00

or you can purchase all three for $310.00 for a substantial savings. Nice to put in a display case on the wall!! These have to go to either a C&R license or your local gun dealer can transfer them for you.

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Here's a few of the 1st Model Maynard .36 caliber cartridges that I found. There are all in good condition with some sort of waxy buildup over the lead. The cases are in generally good condition with dirt and discoloration on them. Hard to come by! $65.00 each.

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Here's an item that I picked up a while back and I'm looking for more examples. This is a double socket bayonet for a shotgun. They were used on shotguns in the old countries for hunting but they were also used in this country for weapons on the double barrel shotguns used by the Confederates. This one is over 15 inches long with a 2 1/8 inch double socket that would probably fit a 20 guage shotgun barrel. There are no markings anywhere on this piece. What makes it doubly collectible is that it came with the original iron mounted leather scabbard! The seam is split but it's there. I've seen several examples of this piece and none of them had the original scabbard. Take a look at the pics and if you have one you want to sell just let me know. Thanks!

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CONSIGNMENT: This bayonet is the last of the French sword-type bayonets and was made to fit the model 1874 Gras infantry rifle. This bayonet is dated 1877 on the back of the blade. They were manufactured from 1874 until around 1885. The bayonet is uncleaned, but has a semi-bright blade with minimal dark spots and no pitting. The brass pommel has a great patina from years of not being messed with. The push-button mechanism works well. This model bayonet was was carried by the French Foreign Legion and used in the following overlapping conflicts: •French Indo-China in 1873-1874 •French Indo-China in 1882-1883 •Sino-French War 1883-1885 •Madagascar Wars 1883-1885 and 1895 •1st Mandingo-French War 1885-1886 •1st Dahomeyan-French War 1889-1890 •2nd Dahomeyan-French War 1892 •Conquest of Chad 1897-1914 •3rd Mandingo-French War 1885-1886 •Moroccan War 1907-1912 •World War One / WWI (early) The Scabbard is in good conditon showing most oif not all of the original blue but has rust spotting that with a little 000 steel wool and gun oil those should disappear. This is a nice piece! $150.00

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Here is a pair of Russian Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Bayonets lacking scabbards. One is much better than the other one and the price reflects that. These are for the 2nd pattern Mosin-Nagant Rifles. These are considered Communist Russian or post 1918 and use a spring loaded locking button instead of a locking ring which was present on the 1st model. The tips of the bayonets were able to be used as a screw driver. These bayonets were used into WW2. They were also used by Finland and Austria. For the better one $75 and for the lesser quality one $55. The only differences are that the more expensive one looks like new although reissued and the other one has surface rust that can be cleaned up. Nice ones though!

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Here is a British Model 1876/1895 Martini Socket Bayonet and Scabbard. This one is in very nice condition with just a little survace rust which can be cleaned. The bayonet is 25 inches long overall with a 3 inch socket. Various markings are present on the ricasso and the triangular blade is mottled with some roughness on the edges. The locking ring is present and works fine. The brass mounted leather scabbard is complete with just some seperation along the back upper seam for about 4 inches or so. A little leather glue would fix that problem. The scabbard upper brass mount has stamped on it WD (war department) 'a crown' E 23. Still a nice displayable outfit! $100.00

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Here's a dug pistol that I believe is an Allen and Thurber Center Hammer pistol or similiar type. This one appears to be .36 caliber and has CAST STEEL WARRANTED stamped on the barrel but I can't find any other markings. The entire piece is 7 1/2 inches long with a 4 inch barrel. Don't know where it was dug but it came out of Wisconsin. $95.00

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Here is a small priming horn that measures about 6 inches in length along the outside length not counting the brass measuring spout. The brass measuring spout is designed to poor enough powder in to make a good priming charge for the old Flintlock rifles. This brass spout fits into a brass collar inserted into the horn. The spout itself measures about 2 1/4 inches long and has a space for another accessory that I believe could have been a nipple pick. The horn is kind of crudely built with a pine butt plug fastened by round headed nails. Probably 19th century. $65.00

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THE WINCHESTER BOOK by George Madis, 4th printing, 1966. 366 pages with many illustrations. This book has the lighter brown binding with raised decoration on front of a buckskin clad rider with rifle on horseback and raised gilt text that has some minor wear. This book is excellent! You'll love it! $55.00

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This is a hookbill bladed knife that is marked George Wostenholm Cutlery and is the Sailors type. The blade has been sharpened as expected and the grips are complete and very nice! Overall length extended is about 6 1/2 inches or better. $95

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I have 5 Percussion cap tins in stock. I have one that is pasteboard entitled on top UNITED STATES ARMY CAPS-WATERPROOF-100 with an Eagle on it. Inside the box it is labled PRESENTED TO ARGUS OGBORN BY HIS GRANDFATHER JOHN CHRISTOPHER MENKE THIS ONE SOLD! (NY 7th Infantry Veterans, promoted to Corporal and was wounded on 4-2-1865 at South Side Railroad, VA)(and on the bottom of the box it is labled ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR PERCUSSION CAPS FOR MUZZLE-LOADING ARMY RIFLED MUSKET--COLLECTION OF ARGUS E. OGBORN. COL. SVR (sons of veteran reserves) 258 N. 22 ST RICHMOND, IND. SOLD! Argus was a big time collector and passed away several years ago. The top of the box must have come loose as someone has taped it down but it's still in good condition. $65 Other tins include PERCUSSION CAPS-CENTRAL FIRE SHEFFIELD 100 XL NO. 11 FOIL LINED WATERPROOF and it is pistol caps $35, WATERPROOF-LACQUERED MADE IN FRANCE EXTRA QUALITY 100 MUSKET CAPS 4 WING ALCAN COMPANY INC. ALTON, ILL U.S.A. rifle caps $25 (not sure of age). Another one by Alcan of 100 G 10 F pistol caps-made in France for $10 and the last one is for pistol caps by REMINGTON ARMS COMPANY, INC. (not sure of the age on this one either as it could be from the 1950's or 60's) $10. All have a considerable amount of caps in them.

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Here are two wooden cartridge blocks for the cavalry cartridge boxes. Don't know what they fit but they are drilled for around 50 caliber cartridges. Each hold 14 cartridges. Each one $35.00 Item Weapons- 151 b

Item weapons 4 Here we have an obvious Allen and Thurber D.A. Bar Hammer Pistol that was used in a Grand Army of the Republic display as evidenced by the copious amounts of Gold paint and some silver paint still present. This looks to have been a pickup, probably off a battlefield but now that information is lost forever. This one has the 4 inch barrel being half round half octagon. The frame has engraving on it. The grips are complete and still in nice shape. The triggerguard is missing and the main spring is broken. I can see traces of makers markings on the side of the bar hammer. Nice display item! $245.00

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BIXLER & IDDINGS , LAFAYETTE, IND LOCKPLATE!

Here's a nice restorable Bixler & Iddings Lockplate. Bixler & Iddings was set up in business making complete guns and parts in Lafayette, Indiana from 1850-1880. This plate does have some parts still with it but needs more to be complete. This lock is about 4 3/4 inches long by 1 inch tall at the notch. From the tail to the front of the notch is 2 1/2 inches. The Bi in Bixler and iddings has some old glue over it but you can see the letters fine under the glue. Just needs cleaned. If you have one of these rifles with the lockplate then you really need this! $125.00

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Item weapons 1 TWO CIVIL WAR DUG LOCKPLATES!!!

Here we have two Civil War rifle/musket dug lockplates. These came from central Indiana and I have no idea where they were dug. The one on the top appears to be a model 1863 or Special Contract Springfield lockplate complete with hammer. Some of the 'inards' are still present but no markings are present at all. This is a nice display piece! $45.00 item Weapons 171

The second lock is a French Model Musket which could be the Model 1842, 1853, 1857 or 1859 musket. This one is complete with the hammer and some inards as well. $40 for this one. Item weapons 172