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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
8188 impressions
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Calgary, AB2 days 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
16250 impressions
631 views
Calgary, AB2 days ago
Photo of 1991-92 SCORE #1-660 COMPLETE SET IN BINDER with SCORE #1-40 YOUNG SUPERSTARS
$60.00
1991-92 SCORE #1-660 COMPLETE SET IN BINDER with SCORE #1-40 YOUNG SUPERSTARS
$40 – 1991-92 SCORE # 1 – 660 COMPLETE SET IN GROSNAR BINDER All cards are Very Good to Extra Fine condition offered in Polygard protector pages in a Grosnar binder (pictured). ALSO AVAILABLE: a BOXED SET #1-660 for $25.00 This 660 Card Set includes 29 ROOKIE CARDS, i.e.: Tony Amonte, Dominic Hasek, John LeClair, Niklas Lidstrom, Vladimir Konstantinov, Pat Jablonski, Andre Racicot, Geoff Sanderson, Tony Twist, Doug Weight, and more. SET ALSO FEATURES: #262-265 1000 POINT CLUB: Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Dave Taylor, Michel Goulet, and Dale Hawerchuk. #294-301 SEASON LEADERS: Wayne Gretzky 700th Goal, Fleury/McSorley +48, Brett Hull, Sergei Fedorov, Al MacInnis, and Ed Belfour. #315-325 AWARDS: Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Ray Bourque, Ed Belfour, Dirk Graham, and Dave Taylor. #331-335 & 361-369 FRANCHISE: BLACKHAWKS - Jeremy Roenick, BLUES - Brett Hull, BRUINS – Ray Bourque, CANADIANS – Patrick Roy, CANUCKS - Trevor Linden, CAPITALS - Kevin Hatcher, FLAMES - Al MacInnis, FLYERS - Rick Tocchet, ISLANDERS - Pat Lafontaine, KINGS - Wayne Gretzky, MAPLE LEAFS - Vincent Damphousse, NORDIQUES - Joe Sakic, NORTH STARS - Mike Modano, OILERS - Mark Messier, PENGUINS - Mario Lemieux, RANGERS - Brian Leetch, RED WINGS – Steve Yzerman, SABRES – Pierre Turgeon, WHALERS – John Cullen. #372-377 DREAM TEAM: Ed Belfour, Brian Leetch, Patrick Roy, Brett Hull, Wayne Gretzky, and Luc Robitaille. #378-383 ALL ROOKIE TEAM: Ed Belfour, Rob Blake, Eric Weinrich, Jaromir Jagr, Sergei Fedorov, and Ken Hodge . . . WITH . . . $20 – 1991-92 SCORE YOUNG SUPERSTARS # 1 – 40 COMPLETE FACTORY SET All cards are Very Good to Extra Fine condition offered in Polygard protector pages in a GROSNAR binder (pictured) with the 90-91 Score full set. This Special 40 card Factory Set was ISSUED BY SCORE to SHOWCASE SOME OF THE LEADING YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS. It notably includes, i.e.: Sergei Fedorov, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Richter, Mark Recchi, Mats Sundin, Eric Desjardin, Theoren Fleury, Robert Reichel, John Cullen, Tim Cheveldae, Dimitri Kristich, Eric Weinrich, Stephan Lebeau, Murray Baron, Rob Blake, Darren Turcotte, Ken Hodge, Troy Gamble, Mike Ricci, Eric Lindros, Trevor Linden, Benoit Hogue, Peter Ing, Ed Belfour, Alexander Mogilny, Ron Tugnutt, Martin Gelinas, Pat Elynuik, Chris Terreri, Mike Modano, Jeff Norton, Bobby Holik, Bob Essensa, Yves Racine, Mark Tinordi, Jaromir Jagr, Curtis Joseph, Stephane Morin, Joe Sakic, Kevin Miller
categories:Hockey EquipmentSporting Goods
12859 impressions
1227 views
Wetaskiwin, AB6 days ago
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