DAVEY'S ANTIQUE ARMS
"There's a story behind every gun!"
Est. 2024
Welcome to Davey's Antique Arms!
With our passion for collecting antique arms, air guns and more, we pride ourselves in making sure that all of our stock is authentic, properly researched and well-documented. Our present roster of items for sale is always available below for your viewing pleasure.
We're looking to stock antique pistols, revolvers, rifles and other long guns, air rifles, air pistols, swords, daggers, knives and much more!
Do check back often as we're always willing to put
new bits and pieces up for sale!
Please note that all of our items require no licence in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. All of the items sold on this site, firearms or otherwise, are legally sold as collectors' pieces within the UK. All deactivated firearms sold by us are also accompanied by a deactivation certificate. Sales will not be made to prohibited persons under UK law.
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1) Email us at daveysantiquearms@outlook.com with your full name, address and information about your desired item (including the item number will help, i.e. #0000000). Please be prepared to send proof of age when purchasing any firearms (including air guns) and/or any bladed weapons (a driver's licence or other form of ID would be acceptable).
2) We will forward you the necessary details to allow you to pay for your order via bank transfer (we will always send a sales invoice for all purchases back to you for your records).
3) We will then post the item out to your provided shipping address and email you with the tracking information for your order.
We will always be available for any queries you have prior to, during and following any purchases made with us, so don't hesitate to get in touch!
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Items in our regular stock are each assigned an item number
(i.e. Item No. #0000001, etc.). Items in our Collector's Corner have different reference numbers (i.e. Ref. A00001, etc.).
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PENDING = Pending sale
RESERVED = Already reserved
SOLD = Already sold
UNAVAILABLE = Removed from stock/sold externally
TBA = To be added to this site
Antique Guns (Live & Deact.)
(Item No. #0000006) - £200 (SOLD, 03/10/2024)
An antique percussion cap pistol of English origin, as seen by its proof marks, with a 2.8 inch turn-off barrel. All in good working order, despite externally showing signs of its age. A few marks and pitting can be seen on the wooden grips and its metalwork. Some imagery of what can be described as patterns of swirls can be found on both sides of the pistol's body, adjacent to its percussion action; a possible representation of vegetation given the composure of these patterns. Nonetheless, such imagery and the pistol's current condition are only indicative on a high standard of craftsmanship from the manufacturer... Read More
(Item No. #0000005) - £200 (SOLD, 03/10/2024)
An English percussion cap pistol with a strong action. This piece remains in good condition, being a largely non-descript percussion pistol that bears English proof marks which indicate its origin. No names or other markings can be found on this pistol, save for some elegant patterns marked into both sides of the pistol's body, adjacent to its percussion action (showings some signs of age, as expected). Some marks can be seen on the wooden grip, though it remains a sturdy part of this antique percussion firearm. Has a turn-off barrel of 4 inches in length, also showing signs of its age on the metalwork. A delightful... Read More
(Item No. #0000004) - £200 (SOLD, 03/10/2024)
A fine percussion pistol of Belgian origin. Made circa 1800s, the exact production year remains unspecified with this particular sample being a largely non-descript piece, bearing no names or serial numbers of any kind. This percussion pistol does bear Belgian proof marks, as pictured, indicating its origin. In perfect working order for its age, bearing a nice wooden grip, a turn-off barrel of 2 inches in length and a silver action. Also has the letter "D" stamped below the barrel. A broad estimation of when this percussion pistol was manufactured would place it between the 1840s to the 1880s. A wealth of non-descript... Read More
(Item No. #0000002) - £300 (UNAVAILABLE, 21/06/2024)
An Arabic Jezail matchlock musket. The term "jezail", or "jezzail", is derived from the Pashto Eastern Iranian language, meaning "long barrels", given this characteristic of the gun. Primarily used in warfare as opposed to hunting, the Jezail musket adopts a basic, cost-efficient design and was generally constructed by hand, also gaining popularity amongst the Pashtun tribesmen through their use across the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (dated 1838-1842 and 1878-1880 respectively). Muskets of this type, while primitive, were usually regarded by their users as very personal weapons, with their decoration... Read More
(Item No. #0000001) - £300 (SOLD, 03/10/2024)
A six-shot Belgian 7mm pinfire revolver. The early development and adoption of these pinfire revolvers has been widely attributed to the late French gunsmith Casimir Lefaucheux (1802-1852) following the acquisition of his first patent in 1827. Casimir had since followed and adapted, between the years of 1808 and 1812, the work produced by Swiss gunsmith and inventor Jean Samuel Pauly (born Samuel Johannes Pauli, 1766-C1821), with Casimir being credited with developing one of the earliest examples of an efficient self-contained cartridge system, using the aforementioned Jean Samuel Pauly's work for reference. Pauly... Read More
Weapon Parts & Accessories
(Item No. #0000013) - £35 (SOLD, 05/04/2025)
The Bren was produced from 1935 to 1971 and was in military service from 1938 up until 2006, with 500,000 of these light machine guns reported to have been manufactured over the years. Manufactured in the United Kingdom, the Bren light machine gun was a licensed copy of the earlier Czechoslovak ZGB 33 light machine gun that was designed by Vaclav Holek (1886-1954). It was also reported to have costed £40 to manufacture a single unit of the Bren, which comes to £2,281.78 today (based on inflation of £40 from 1938 until Jan '25; correct as of March 2025, though figures may change).
1941 saw the introduction of the Bren... Read More
(Item No. #0000012) - £35 (IN STOCK)
Designed in 1938 by Heinrich Vollmer (1885-1961), the Maschinenpistole 40, mostly known as the MP 40 or "Schmeisser", was a staple of Nazi Germany's arsenal during the Second World War. As a submachine gun, chambered in 9x19 Parabellum, it entered military service from 1939 up until 1945 in Nazi Germany, with other countries around the world making use of the MP 40 from 1940. Around 1.1 million of these were produced by 1945 across all of its known variants. The list of current known users consists of Ukraine, Syria and the Donetsk People's Republic. Spain, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and even the United States have... Read More
(Item No. #0000011) - £45 (IN STOCK)
Designed by British-Canadian firearms designer James Paris Lee (1831-1904), the Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifle began production in 1895, being entered into military service from this same year up until 1957 as the standard British service rifle. More than 17 million of these rifles were manufactured across all variants. In the United Kingdom, it was subsequently replaced in 1957 by the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) which came into military service as early as 1954.
From the early 1930s, the No. 4 Mk. I variant was put to the test via military trials. Officially, this variant was adopted in 1941, with one notable benefit with... Read More
(Item No. #0000010) - £135 (SOLD, 16/02/2025)
A very rare 14.5mm ammunition box for the KPV heavy machine gun (C1944-49), likely used with the KPVT variant, accompanied by a single Russian 14.5x114mm calibre inert training round (C1941-Present).
KPV is an acronym for the full name of this heavy machine gun; in Russian, this is "Krupnokaliberny Pulemyot Vladimirova", which translates to "Vladimirov's Large-Calibre Machine Gun" in English. A loose translation, courtesy of Google Translate, also simply names this heavy machine gun as "Vladimirov heavy machine gun".
The KPV heavy machine gun hails from the Soviet Union. It was designed in 1944, approximately one... Read More
(Item No. #0000008) - £59 (SOLD, 13/02/2025)
A wooden stock from a Beretta Model 1938/44 submachine gun that was never issued, likely from a batch of retired, excess stock (pun not intended here). The Beretta Model 1938/44 is a derivative of the Beretta Model 38, of which a series of variants were produced in large quantities. The Beretta Model 38 is a close relative of the Beretta Model 1918, one of the world's first submachine guns. Produced in 1938, the Beretta Model 38, also known as the Beretta Modello 38, was a submachine gun that originated in the Kingdom of Italy and rose to prominence in World War II, also being used in a series of other conflicts such... Read More
(Item No. #0000007) - £59 (SOLD, 13/02/2025)
A genuine steel stock from a HK G36 assault rifle, manufactured by the famous Heckler and Koch (widely abbreviated as HK), with a small letter "C" painted on one of its inner sides (possible armoury or batch reference of some sort). Produced from 1996 and being introduced into service from 1997, several variants and configurations of the HK G36 (also known as the Gewehr 36) assault rifle are still being made and used today under both the civilian and military markets, with more limited examples and variants, most notably the HK SL8 and its derivatives, being made accessible to the former. At present, a sum of 260,000+... Read More
Inert Ammunition & Ordnance
(Item No. #0000009) - £45 (IN STOCK)
A set of two prototype .224 Boz cartridges, both inert, developed in the late 1990s, according to public records.
Originally, I had acquired three of these rounds as a set, though I had decided to put two together as a set and only retain one for the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner, given my fondness for prototype pieces. See Ref. A00012 for the listing of this single inert prototype round. The information between these two listings has been replicated.
The .224 Boz round was designed as a potential future replacement of the 9x19mm Parabellum round under NATO's use. Originating from the United Kingdom and manufactured... Read More
Misc. Militaria
(Item No. #0000003) - £49 (IN STOCK)
An authentic Turkish government-issue leather briefcase with a working two-stage combination lock. A very interesting and intriguing piece, this briefcase would have been issued in limited quantities to employees, officials and possibly even visitors on business working within the Centre of Excellence in Turkey. The primary purpose of the case itself would have been to safely and securely transport important documents. The legitimacy of the briefcase can be proven through the presence of its markings. A selection of these can be seen on the case; one on the left side of the flap on the front side of the case, bearing the Centre... Read More
Collector's Corner
Want to learn more about antique guns and other historical pieces? As collectors ourselves, we've put together a showcase of what we've collected over the years just for you! Items presented in this section are not up for sale unless stated otherwise.
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CC Antique Guns (Live & Deact.)
(Ref. A00002) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: January 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A matchlock musket of Indian origin. This sample has an impressive overall length (5 foot 8 inches, or 69.6 inches). Due to its cheap, simple and effective design at the time, it became a staple in the Mughal Empire's arsenal in South Asia. Starting out as being in use from the 16th century up until the mid-19th century, Toradar muskets also typically beared markings, usually decorative imagery of animal figures that are native to their users' home regions (more often than not, within India and its surrounding territories), which... Read More
(Ref. A00003) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: February 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
An unusual 20 bore percussion shotgun of French origin. No other names or markings can be found on this shotgun besides the word "Bourges" on a silver-plated dish above the stock. A rather non-descript antique shotgun, save for the aforementioned "Bourges" marking. The silver-plated dish itself has a worn finish. At present, the name "Bourges" cannot be traced back to any firearms manufacturer as far as we have researched, though this marking is also the name of a city in France, Bourges, the present capital of the department of... Read More
(Ref. A00004) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: April 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A medium-sized musket of British origin. The musket itself is a British EIC (East India Company) Percussion Sepoy 1/2 Stocked Enfield Musket. It bears a great resemblance to the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket, albeit this example is shorter in length, hence it being 1/2 stocked, possibly to accommodate for a smaller user. The term "Sepoy" means an Indian soldier serving under British or other European orders. The furniture and metal parts of the musket evidently show signs of their age, and the percussion mechanism and trigger are... Read More
(Ref. A00006) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: May 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
An Arabic Jezail matchlock musket. The term "jezail", or "jezzail", is derived from the Pashto Eastern Iranian language, meaning "long barrels", given this characteristic of the gun. Primarily used in warfare as opposed to hunting, the Jezail musket adopts a basic, cost-efficient design and was generally constructed by hand, also gaining popularity amongst the Pashtun tribesmen through their use across the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (dated 1838-1842 and 1878-1880 respectively). Muskets of this type, while primitive, were usually... Read More
(Ref. A00008) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: June 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
An Arabic Jezail matchlock musket of an impressive overall length (6 foot 6 inches, or 79.2 inches). The term "jezail", or "jezzail", is derived from the Pashto Eastern Iranian language, meaning "long barrels", given this characteristic of the gun. Primarily used in warfare as opposed to hunting, the Jezail musket adopts a basic, cost-efficient design and was generally constructed by hand, also gaining popularity amongst the Pashtun tribesmen through their use across the First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (dated 1838-1842 and 1878-1880... Read More
(Ref. A00011) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: October 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
An old percussion musket of Indian or Afghan origins. Initially identified as what appears to be a Pattern 1853 Enfield type of musket, though records state that such muskets were of the .577 calibre as opposed to being .75 calibre. Given the presence of its Pattern 1853 Enfield-type wooden stock, a possible replacement at some point during the musket's lifetime, we were prompted to dive deeper into the background of these famous and widespread muskets.
Widely adopted by the British army and the US military, among a series of other... Read More
(Ref. A00013) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: February 2025
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A matchlock rampart gun of impressive size. Boasting an impressive overall length of 8 foot 1 inch, or 97.2 inches. The ramrod alone comes to a length of approximately 5 foot 9 inches, and can be removed and inserted back into its dedicated slot under the weapon's barrel without issue. A very heavy and extravagant piece of unusual size, rampart guns like these were used on sturdy walls, posts and other fortifications to fend off oncoming enemy forces. Given its structure, mechanism used and the excellent degree of craftsmanship demonstrated... Read More
CC Post-1939 Guns (Deact.)
(Ref. A00005) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: April 2024
Status: Not Owned Anymore, Sold (as of 24/04/2024)
PPS stands for "Pistalyet Poolemyot Sudayeva" (ENG: Sudayev's machine gun, in reference to Alexey Ivanovich Sudayev, one of the two original designers of this weapons alongside I. K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky), a name issued to a family of Soviet submachine guns that used 7.62x25mm Tokarev ammunition. Used in the USSR from 1942 up until the 1960s, with other countries being reported to have used them starting from 1942 up to the present day. Notable users of this submachine gun throughout the years include China, Ukraine... Read More
CC Air Guns
(Ref. A00001) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: November 2023
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A Gem air rifle. A marvel developed by Henry Marcus Quackenbush (1847-1933), an American inventor and industrialist, founder of the H.M. Quackenbush Co.; Quackenbush is often informally dubbed by some collectors as "the great grandfather of air guns". Quackenbush was born in Herkimer, New York, where he spent his entire life. The Gem started out following Quackenbush's filing of U.S. Patent 370,817, simply called "Air-Gun", issued October the 4th, 1887. The patent shows a break-barrel air rifle, with certain components such as the... Read More
(Ref. A00007) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: May 2024
Status: Not Owned Anymore, Sold (as of 18/11/2024)
An "F" series model of the Webley Premier air pistol, introduced as early as 1964. Made by the arms manufacturer Webley And Scott of Birmingham, England, close to the time when they had ceased their manufacturing of live firearms altogether (halted in 1979, to be exact, though their firearms production had restarted in 2010). The halt of this firm's manufacture of air guns from their Birmingham factory followed decades later in 2005. As the standard with an abundance of Webley And Scott products, this air pistol bears... Read More
CC Inert Ammunition & Ordnance
(Ref. A00009) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: N/A (acquired early 2024)
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A pair of 18 pounder artillery shell cases, made from brass, which came as a pair. Of sentimental value. Used to belong to my grandfather until his passing in 2009 during my younger years. As I had few memories of him, I decided to proudly display these two keepsakes here on our Collector's Corner. They've have been in our family for over 40 years. Kept a hold of both of these, keeping them together, given their background. Being over 100 years old, they certainly show their age as expected of discarded military ordnance.
The... Read More
(Ref. A00012) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: December 2024
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale (see Item No. #0000009)
A single prototype .224 Boz cartridge (inert). These were reported to have been developed in the late 1990s, though the .224 Boz round was never widely adopted, if at all, excluding its brief use during several military trials to gauge NATO's potential interest in using it.
Originally, I had acquired three of these rounds as a set, though I had decided to put two together as a set and only retain one for the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner, given my fondness for prototype pieces. See Item No. #0000009... Read More
(Ref. A00014) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: March 2025
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A set of four antique lead musket balls, estimated to be from the 18th to 19th century, though could be earlier. Musket balls were used as early as the 14th century, though they were replaced by the Minie ball in the mid-19th century. Musket balls were commonly used in the English and American civil wars, though they saw very widespread use in other early conflicts.
Musket balls were typically loaded into the muzzle of early firearms, accompanied by a piece of cloth or paper (wrapped around the projectile itself). They were known to... Read More
CC Misc. Militaria
(Ref. A00010) - (Part of the Davey's Antique Arms Collector's Corner)
Date Bought: N/A (knife acquired pre-2019, advert bought September 2024)
Status: Still Owned, Not For Sale
A gold-plated collector knife of sentimental value. Belonged to my late father and was given to me by him during his final years, prior to his passing in late 2019. The one of the most, if not the most, prized piece in my collection given its level of sentimental value. The going rate for these knives are, from my own findings, relatively cheap; between £30 to £50, at varying prices that hover around these two figures. Several hours of searching online would reveal that these knives are... Read More
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