Nicely figured, bag-shaped, walnut grips with some minor handling marks, sharp contours and 85% finish. For anyone purchasing an unlicensed antique gun that falls into this category, and wishing to shoot it, the Firearms Law, Guidance to the Police (2002) states that An antique may therefore be brought on to certificate or removed, as the case may be, from time to time A signed statement of intent should be sufficient to effect the necessary change of status when required. When the factory at Enfield became operational, a special room was set aside to store newly created sealed patterns, hence it became known as the 'Pattern Room'. Overall length, 19". Peter Dyson & Son Ltd. is a family firm, founded in 1964 to channel Peter Dyson's engineering skills into his lifelong antiquarian and black powder shooting interests. The barrel and lock with steel-gray surfaces with some light patches of discoloration. (please see H. L. Blackmore's: "Gunmakers of London 1350-1850", pg. The extensive collection also assisted law enforcement and national security agencies by providing comparative examples. The collection is also a unique reference source consulted among others by documentary filmmakers, authors and antique firearm collectors. . 1760s: In overall very good+ original flintlock condition. The wrists with finely detailed Silver Wire inlayed Rococo Scallop Shell aprons, at the barrel-tangs. Est. In many ways, it was the reuniting of two halves of the same collection a circle that had been completed after 150 years, wrote Smithurst. (Please see H. L. Blackmore . 1, pg. Email Newsletter - Sign up for details of new stock, items of interest and trade fairs. Finely detailed Martial Theme sideplates with Deeply Embossed Stands of Arms with Flags, Armour & Cannons. Traditional Japanese, all brass, Snap-type, Matchlock mechanism. 1780s. Saudi Arabias airforce is armed with BAE fighter jets.