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A New Book On Antique Guns
A book for collectors and shooters covering the large number of military style carbines, still in existence, which carry private proof marks from London or Birmingham and were not issued by the Board of Ordnance. These carbines were made for private sale to volunteers, officers, police, prison service, The East India Company, overseas military and many others.
Privately proved Pagett carbine by Allport (20in barrel) The book covers the political and economic conditions under which such carbines were made together with a categorisation of the carbines into groups based on the style and operation. The main and most important part of the book, however, is a photo gallery with colour illustrations of carbines from 1750 to 1900. The photo gallery has been prepared, not with the well known photos from The Tower, Royal Armouries or The National Army Museum. Rather I have searched out the carbines that you will find at Arms Fairs, Auctions, Dealer Catalogues & Private Collections. These are mostly not Museum Quality (although some are exceptional quality) but the style and condition of carbines that you will come across in the real world! Target Date For Publication mid year 2011 The text is largely prepared and currently undergoing final editing. The photo gallery is almost complete, apart from a few critical carbines, which I need to photograph to complete a comprehensive study. In particular, I’m looking for:
If you can please help me with any of these, please contact me via the web site, or directly at: barry.chisnall@yahoo.com Web Site There is now a web site for the forthcoming book: |
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