Goodson. Gunmaker Dublin.

 

Goodson

Gunmaker

Dublin

  A percussion pistol with magazine stock, captive ramrod assembly. Back Action Lock engraved "Goodson". Round steel barrel with top sighting channel with "Dublin" inscribed within.

Top views showing the sighting channel to the barrel and breech. In addition, the hinged magazine stock. The lower image showing the captive ramrod assembly and white metal escutcheon engraved "THG" including an unidentified crest.

Photography courtesy of Garth Vincent Antique Arms & Armour.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Wexford 1843 Registration No. WX-5589

                                                WX-5589

                            4 Shot All Steel Rotary Tophat Percussion Pistol by Wm & Jn Rigby.

                            Our sincere thanks to the owner for photography and permission to publish.              

                                                    Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

 

Wm & Jn Rigby Duelling Pistols No 8079 & 8080. 1837.

 

 Wm & Jn Rigby

Gunmakers

Dublin

 

 

                                A Pair of Wm & Jn Rigby Duelling Pistols No. 8079 & 8080. 

                             Image courtesy of Amoskeag Auctions, New Hampshire, U.S.A..

             This fabulous set sold to Lord Glendine for £26-5-0 in 1837 recently sold in auction 

                                                                  for over $36,000.

 

                                    For information on this pair of pistols please refer to: 

              Great Irish Gunmakers, Messrs Rigby.1760-1869                   by D. H. L. Back. 1992.  

 

                                                        Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Happy St Patricks Day

 

 

                                  To all our Customers/ Readers in Ireland and around the World

                                                            Happy St Patrick's Day.

                                                                    Dave Stroud. 

 

Robert McCormick Duelling Pistols No 49 for AD 1791 Belfast.

Robert Mc Cormick

Gunmaker

Belfast & Dublin

               Pair of Duellers by Robert Mc Cormick produced in 1791 and serial numbered 49.

 Private Collection.

We are always pleased to know of other numbered pistols/guns by this great gunmaker.

Dave Stroud

 

 

 

Lorenzoni Repeating Pistol. Marked Lewis Alley, Dublin

 

 Lewis Alley

Dublin

 Lorenzoni Repeating Pistol.

 

 

 

                    Extremely Rare Lorenzoni Repeating Pistol attributed to L.Alley, Dublin.

                London Gunmakers Proof. Birmingham Assay Marks to Silver Butt Cap. (1779)

                   Our sincere thanks to the owner for photography and permission to publish.

                                                     Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

Robert Mc Cormick Gunmaker. Belfast & Dublin.

 

Robert McCormick

Gunmaker

Belfast & Dublin

 

Pair of Silver Mounted Duelling Pistols by Robert Mc Cormick, Belfast.

 Image courtesy of Bonhams.

 

Between 1787 and 1796 Mc Cormick produced 10 Pairs of duelling pistols per year. These were all serial numbered and dated thus:

 

No.1-10...... 1787

     11-20......1788

     21-30......1789

     31-40......1790

     41-50......1791

     51-60......1792

     61-70......1793

     71-80......1794

     81-90......1795

     91-100....1796

 

The above pair produced in 1791.

Please refer to our older posts with respect to this esteemed Irish gunmaker. 

 

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk