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Photo of John Forbes of Liverpool Sawhandle Smoothbore Adjustable Trigger .62 Calibre Percussion Conversion Fine Antique Dueling Pistol
$4950
John Forbes of Liverpool Sawhandle Smoothbore Adjustable Trigger .62 Calibre Percussion Conversion Fine Antique Dueling Pistol
Howdy Townpost! I have a truly amazing one of a kind piece here for sale. I bought this for myself in the US over a year ago and I had it professionally restored and fully repaired. I am now looking to sell it. John Forbes, of Liverpool, was gunmaker to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. And according to my research made mostly dueling and target pistols, and some small pocket pistols for only 5 years. Those years being 1805-1810. He spelt his name with I or Iohn and later switched the spelling to a J or John based on public records and some of the other examples of his dueling pistols that have sold at auction. That makes this a very rare and finely made pistol. This pistol would have cost a small fortune at the time it was made. Oftentimes dueling pistols come in pairs but it was cheaper to buy just one if they were offered as a single, and should you encounter someone who has insulted your honor and you demand satisfaction from them, they can bring their own pistol to the duel. The engraving is extremely fine, intricate and skilled. It would have taken many dozens of hours to complete and it was all done by hand. The engraving features drums, banners and spears, floral patterns, sunbursts on the base plate and lock, and a pineapple in the front of the trigger guard, which symbolizes wealth and status. Because this gun is a percussion conversion of the original flintlock mechanism the percussion hammer is engraved in a different style by a different engraver in a more simple floral and fish mouth style of engraving with gold inlay. Every screw is engraved to look like a flower and the escutcheons are also each engraved like a wreath. Overall there is a lot of fine detail with some simpler and less detailed later additions on the percussion mechanism and one spot on the side plate. The gun features gold inlay on the hammer which largely worn away. There is silver inlay on the outside of the breach, and a sterling silver wreath styled band wrapped around the base of the grip and a sliver bead front sight. The ramrod tip (which is a replacement) is silver plated brass, so too are the front stock cap near the muzzle, the rod pipe, cross key, and escutcheon around it are too. The grip baseplate is silver plated steel. The workmanship of this pistol is certainly of a quality of gunmaker worthy enough of being the gun maker of the Prince of Wales. The pistol is located in Calgary AB for local delivery or pickup. Or I can ship it too.
categories:GunsSporting Goods
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Calgary, AB1 week ago
Photo of Hollis Screw-Barrel .40 Cal. Percussion Antique Coat Pistol
$1200
Hollis Screw-Barrel .40 Cal. Percussion Antique Coat Pistol
Howdy Townpost. This is a fine English pocket or coat pistol made by Hollis and Sheath company which is the precursor to Hollis and Sons or Isaac Hollis and Sons. Wallace and sheath became Hollis and Sons in 1861 when Isaac Brentnall Sheath left the company to immigrate to Canterbury, Australia and raised sheep and owned coal mines in an area that is now a suburb of Melbourne. His gun making days were behind him, he'd become an industrialist down undah. Sheath & Hollis co-founded the company in 1849 and Sheath stayed with the company until as previously stated, 1861. That dates this firearm between 1849 and 1861. This is a single shot side hammer lock percussion pistol. It's a screw-barrel meaning you unthread the barrel, fill the powder chamber and place a ball on top it. You then use the barrel itself and the threads to seat the ball inside of the breach. Then a percussion cap on the nipple, put it at half cock put it in your dapper overcoat and pull it out should you meet any Scallywags on your travels. The gun is mechanically excellent. The bore condition is very good, there is some minor shallow pitting but overall the rifling is very sharp and clean and shiny. The overall exterior condition of the metal and wood is in excellent shape the diamond checkering are sharp and defined. The powder chamber has only minor pitting as pictured and was cleaned out internally. For a defensive coat pistol, the sights are excellent and easy to pick up and with a rifled bore in good condition I expect this pistol could be fired very accurately. To shoot this gun I would use 3F powder. Both number 10 and 11 caps fit the nipple reasonably well. A 40 caliber lead ball would be ideal as a projectile but you could definitely use .375 caliber balls with a patch no problem in my opinion. I haven't tried it myself though. The pistol is located in Calgary AB for local delivery or pickup. Or I can ship it nationwide too.
categories:GunsSporting Goods
10546 impressions
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Calgary, AB1 week ago
Photo of Antique Swedish Husqvarna Model 1887 Nagant 7.5mm Revolver, Shoots SMOKELESS .32 S&W Ammo!!!
$4500
Antique Swedish Husqvarna Model 1887 Nagant 7.5mm Revolver, Shoots SMOKELESS .32 S&W Ammo!!!
Howdy Townpost! I'm looking to sell my rare bird antique revolver. Husqvarna made 13,619 model 1887 revolvers over the course of 9 years between 1897 and 1905. Of those only 350 were made in 1897, and thus those are the only antique status Husqvarna model 1887s in Canada that are recognized by the RCMP CFP Lab Technicians. This is one of them, number 260. These are not common to say the least. These revolvers are chambered in the 7.5 mm Nagant cartridge. The chamber dimensions are essentially almost identical to the 7.5 Swiss revolver cartridge used in their model 1882s. So you can make proper brass and the proper dimensional cartridge for this gun using either .32-20 Winchester, .25-20 Winchester, 7.62mm Nagant (1895), or 8mm Lebel Revolver brass as parent cases. I have some virgin 7.62 Nagant brass that I'll throw in as a freebie to the buyer and there's like 50 pieces in this bag. Or the more expedient way to shoot this gun is to shoot 32 Smith & Wesson long or short as an inexpensive and smokeless off the shelf ammunition. This is commonly done in Switzerland with Swiss model 1882 revolvers, and given that this has almost essentially identical chamber dimensions (they Husqys are actually little a bit tighter) you can do the same. So I decided to give it a whirl with the .32 S&W and was actually very pleasantly surprised by my results. My best three round group at 25 yards with PPU .32 Smith and Wesson Long with round nose lead bullets was 2 inches. Those were the first three rounds I fired through the revolver but the three following rounds in the same cylinder opened up to a 5 inch group as the barrel heated up. I still have the target and can provide a photo of it upon request. I imagine any almost any .32 Smith & Wesson standard velocity factory ammunition would be fine to shoot in this except Sellier & Bellot because it has a fairly small diameter rim diameter and the rounds sink into the chamber and will not headspace properly and the hammer can't reach them. One in five cases bulges and splits open, but the majority of rounds fired essentially fire form to the chamber and could be possibly reloaded in my opinion. Overall the ammunition performs surprisingly well for being how undersized it is and as long as you use lead bullets or maybe a hollow-based jacketed bullet, the bullet will expand and grab the rifling and stabilize very well and achieve good accuracy. The revolver is all matching except for three parts. The cylinder is an unserialized replacement. The trigger guard and the side plate are also replacements in the 4200 SN# range. The chambres and bore are all in excellent condition. There is one spot of extremely shallow corrosion sot in the bore and that is pictured. Beyond that, the bore is sharp with tall lands and is mirror shiny. And all of the chambers are very clean and shiny as well. They are also pictured. Overall the gun is in very good condition the most noticeable wear is on the color case hardening that is on the loading gate trigger and loading gate spring. The non-matching side plate was reblued to more closely match the original blue on the frame. I will include a little document dossier I've put together in a binder that provides documentation on this firearm. It includes a copy of the Firearms reference table entry or FRN, a copy of the regulations prescribing antique firearms, and some copies of emails I received from the RCMP lab technicians confirming their opinion of the antique legal status of this particular example SN#260 revolver that I received in order to import this firearm easily. So all of your legal bases are covered. The revolver is located in Calgary AB for local delivery or pickup. Or I can ship it nationwide on the buyer's dime. I can do Alberta meetups too. It depends on the time of year though and whereabouts. I too have video footage of me shooting this firearm with 32 Smith & Wesson ammunition and the target I used I just have to edit the clips together and upload them to YouTube. I haven't got around to doing that yet. I suspect the revolver will be sold before I get around to doing that, but I will upload that footage regardless for the buyer. But for now you'll have to take my word for it until I upload the video and if that's not good enough for you then you'll probably miss out on the sale cause it's exactly what happened with my .38 Special converted Colt model 1889 that's sold in less than 24 hours.
categories:GunsSporting Goods
19898 impressions
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Calgary, AB1 week ago
Photo of Czech Brno Post-War K98 Mauser
$1250
Czech Brno Post-War K98 Mauser
Many Czech produced post-war Mausers were made with mostly late war and some newly produced parts. These were sold to various different militaries and on the commercial market many and of these were sold to the Israelis as well. The rifle features many late war stamped parts including the oversized winter trigger guard but does include a half size cleaning rod unlike the Kriegsmodell K98's produced by the Germans. It does not have a stock disk, as it just has a hole drilled in the butt cap for disassembly of the bolt. This particular example has a low serial number, but the serial number ranges are all over because of different contracts. The whole gun matches with the new forced match serial number. It has a scrubbed receiver, and has a beech wood stock and handguard in a nice brown color. The rifle bore is actually in very good shape, but there is some stubborn fouling stuck in there and I don't have a 32 Caliber cleaning brush to remove it but I'm sure if you use the proper brush it should come out pretty easy since it's not rust. Just shooting the rifle might even remove it. The muzzle crown is an excellent condition as pictured. The rifle does have minor some stock damage. It looks like a vice dent or some sort of hammering pattern, but it's only on the one side (pictured). Overall the gun is in very good original condition and the action is nice and smooth and it is unfired by me. This is a nice unique example of a k98 made by Brno, who is very well known for their quality produced firearms. The rifle is located in Calgary AB for local delivery or pickup. Or I can ship it nationwide on the buyer's dime. If you live in Alberta I do get around the province a fair bit throughout the year, so if I happen to be heading to your area maybe we can do a meet up along the way on my travels to save you the shipping costs. PAL will be verified as per C-71.
categories:GunsSporting Goods
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Calgary, AB1 week ago
Photo of Wolfdog Puppies (38%) Upcoming Litter (Arctic Type) For Sale
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$4500
Wolfdog Puppies (38%) Upcoming Litter (Arctic Type) For Sale
Spring 2026 upcoming 38% Wolfdog litter. To inquire; feel free to call 587-336-6789 These will be extra large Wolfdogs. I will send you a PDF form with questions and much more information about Wolfdogs to those inquiring; as Townpost descriptions can only be so long, and I have a lot of important information written there. This litter will be an F2 Arctic Wolfdog mix with true Arctic Wolf blood (Canis lupus arctos) from Ellesmere Island of North Canada on the father’s side. His name is Kato, and he is DNA tested at 73% Gray Wolf, 27% Alaskan Malamute. He is cleared of any of the 273 health problems Embark tests for. The mother of these pups; the female that will be bred to Kato, is a selectively bred mix that I have worked on for years. This canine mix combines the strongest, fastest, smartest, most obedient dog breeds on Earth. In the DNA are the largest, tallest, and best livestock guardian breeds that have the least health problems. She is also a true micro content Wolfdog. These dogs are at the top echelon of their specialties in the dog world. In the PDF, you can read about physiology and behaviours, how I selected these breeds, pros and cons of owning one, information about the family lineage, the genetic aspect of these animals, why the pricing is fair, about the the parents and their temperaments, phenotyping and trait selection, DNA testing, what you will need to do to own one, their diet and enclosures, the creation of this lineage, and you will be able to get additional photos and videos of individuals from this lineage. These specific breeds in the mother are: Turkish Kangal: 19.5% Caucasian Shepherd: 16% Greyhound: 12% Belgian Malinois: 8% Border Collie: 8% Australian Shepherd: 6% Alaskan Malamute: 5.5% Great Pyrenees: 5.5% Gray Wolf: 5.25% Sarplaninac: 5% Whippet: 5% German Shepherd: 4% This mix is in a league of its own. I have never seen the combination of these breeds in a Wolfdog; I specifically created it in Alberta, Canada. I have also traced the lineage and have pictures of the family tree back to 1993. My animals are DNA breed and health tested with the most accurate test out there, Embark, that screens for hereditary diseases and accurately pinpoints the breeds in the dog, the alleles, finds relatives, and has descriptive information pertaining to your dog. These will be massive Wolfdogs. They have had very very chill ancestors for Wolfdogs; I bring them in public all the time. While each pup comes out different, the genetic lineage of these puppies is insanely outgoing for Wolfdogs. Good in public; and not shy. Also, my lineage doesn’t have escape artists in its recent lineage which could save you a headache, as some Wolfdogs are set on escaping. I’m not even being biased but legitimately, from a genetic standpoint they will be the most enhanced genetic specimens of Wolfdogs on Earth. The prior generation of males in their owners homes have males at 31.5 inches at the shoulder and 135lbs, and others that are 140-150lbs and 33 inches at the shoulder. Each generation has gotten bigger. Though Kato is 29”, his pups should definitely be over 30” with this lineage integrated. Females will be smaller, likely around 85-120lbs depending on the individual. Kato is insanely rare, as his Coefficient of inbreeding (COI) is 1% DNA tested… 1/20th that of the average dog. Another thing; he is legitimately a true F1; almost unheard of in Arctic Wolfdogs, as is the same with his COI. What is also super rare about him is that he presents only two breeds in his genetic make up. Whereas 99% of Wolfdogs have more than two breeds, consisting of some assortment of Gray Wolf, German Shepherd, Malamute, and Husky. These dogs would make great survival dogs and companions, sled dogs, or predator deterrents. They are probably the strongest variety of Wolfdog out there as well. I bred them for prepper purposes. They are legal in western Canadian provinces, and many states in the USA. In some countries internationally Wolfdogs are also legal, such as France, Italy, and Mexico. That being said; those who are interested in this truly one of a kind litter on Earth; get in contact with me and feel free to call. -Luke 587-336-6789
categories:DogsPets and Animals
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Stony Plain, AB1 week ago
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