Antique British Guns, Shotguns, Rifles and Vintage Cars

 
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Pair 12 Bore Holland & Holland Hammer Ejector Guns

A very rare pair of guns. Possibly unique as we have not traced another pair of hammer ejectors in the records. Made for a Mr Buxton in 1898 and recorded as having "Purdey Style under levers.

30" Barrels (no2 gun sleeved).
2 1/2 chambers.
1/2 and 3/4 choke.
14 3/4" well figured stocks with "silvers" pads.
In their Holland and Holland oak and leather gun case with 98 Old Band Street label.

£30,000
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The Revolver and Rifles of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Sold by the Morton Stanley Trust in 2002 and acquired by Ormiston Double Guns.

.500 The Revolver.
By E. M. Reilley, London c 1870 (no license is required in the UK for this revolver).

Carried by H. M Stanley on all his expeditions and most famously on the Livingstone expedition in 1871. On the discovery and mapping of the Congo (travelling downstream from East to West) expedition Stanley's party fought natives in 34 battles in 120 days. This revolver would have fired thousands of rounds "in anger".

Complete with old label stating "The Property of the late Sir H. M. Stanley".

£40,000

.44 Rimfire Calibre Model 1866 Winchester
Manufactured January 1871. (No licence is required in the UK to own this rifle).

Given to Stanley by Edward Morris the American Ambassador to Constantinople and carried by Stanley on the expedition to find Livingstone and probably on later expeditions. Stanley also left a similar rifle with Dr. Livingstone when he left him to return back to Britain and America.

The rifle has 3/4 length magazine and "musket style" 3/4 length forend to stock.

£50,000

.45 - 75 Model 1876 Winchester Rifle by Watson Bros. c 1878
Carried by H. M Stanley on the Congo Free State venture when he set up the administration in the Congo for the King of the Belgians.

Full length magazine, receiver with dust cover.

£20,000
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Single Barrel 18 Bore Flintlock Shotgun

By Ross of Edinburgh. Excellent (both inside and out) browned twist barrel.
Waterproof pan and roller frizzen.

A very good gun to shoot.

£1,800
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Charles Lancaster '450 NE (3 1/4) Back action non-ejector (formerly ejector) double barrelled big game rifle

Double Barrelled '450 NE Big Game Rifle which was the personal weapon of Hon. Denys Finch Hatton, Big game hunter and lover of Karen Bloxen (Out of Africa).

Completed in 1911 and re-barrelled in 1928. Silver escutcheon with D.F.H initials and the date 1925.

In its original leather red beige lined case with initials D.F.H. This rifle is extremely accurate and a target is available.

Denys Finch Hatton was born in England on April 24th 1887, the son of Henry Stormont Finch Hatton, Earl of Winchelsea and Anne Finch Hatton (nee Coddrington), a daughter of a former Admiral of the British Fleet. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Denys was a natural sportsman and scholar of the arts. In 1911 the 24 year old Denys bought land in British East Africa as an investment which would give him the freedom to spend his time hunting. He would spend every Autumn and Winter in Africa doing just that.

In 1925 he became a professional big game hunter and took numerous wealthy and distinguished clients on safari - including H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor (the then Prince of Wales). His taste for adventure led him to learn to fly, and it was on May 14th 1931 that he died in a fatal plane crash in his Gypsy Moth near what is now the Tsave National Park, Kenya. He is buried in the Ngong Hills and an obelisk marks his grave to this day.

The story of Denys Finch Hatton and his love affair with Karen Blixen (his only known romance) is immortalised by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep in the Academy Award winning film "Out of Africa" (1985).

£125,000
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12 Point (royal) Mounted Stag's Head

By John McPherson of Inverness

£800
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3 Draw Stalking Telescope

By Ross of London with leather carrying case.

£500
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