100 year old plus guns

[Ridge Runner]

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Are those Jaegers?
Or 1/2 stock ______?

Edit: answered my questions before I finished reading response threads.

1840ish fur trade?? Flintlocks??? By the 1820's(?) cap locks were more predominantly used unlike during the early to late 1700's/turn of the century; for various obvious reasons. The last of the westward expansion had started.

Curious as that would be nearing the end of the fur trade and more curious as to 1/2 stocks being trade guns, since most trade guns were full length stocks,....and of questionable barrel straightness.

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"Smell that! That's the smell of black powder. I love the smell of black powder in the morning. "

 

[degoins]

Rigby .375 that started out as a 350/400 in 1905. Rigby did not do the re-bore. Lon Paul did the restoration work.

 

[Datchew]

I've been a Webley fan since I first saw Indiana Jones as a kid. Then Lawrence of Arabia and others.

Here (bottom pistol) is a Webley W.G. version (Webley-government) with the seller's store address in London on the ridge of the barrel. It has the officers initials put onto the back of the handle.

This is the highly finished commercial version available for private purchase to British officers during the Boer war period.

The upper pistol is a much younger Mark 6. I believe these began being issued in 1915 but mine is likely much younger.

Both in unmolested .455 Webley.

My favorite feature of these pistols is the methodology they used to place small stamps and markings all over the guns. It tells a story.

Oh, if the WG could talk. The stories it might tell.

 

[degoins]

Rigby .275 with 1910 stamped on the receiver. It was refinished in England at some point.