Guns International #: 103320625
Seller's Inventory #: 258229

Category - Antique Rifles - 1500-1850 - Antique Rifles - Percussion

Category
Antique Rifles - 1500-1850
Antique Rifles - Percussion

Antique ENGRAVED .52 Percussion SHEATHING CANE GUN w/BRASS TIP Tampion Plug Common Accessory of the VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN

Description:
Antique ENGRAVED .52 Percussion SHEATHING CANE GUN w/BRASS TIP Tampion Plug

Common Accessory of the VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique Engraved Percussion Sheathing Cane Gun with a Hardwood Grip manufactured circa the mid-1800s. This piece is unmarked, making it difficult to determine an exact date. The common accessory of the Victorian gentleman was a cane, walking stick, or umbrella. With the improvement of metallurgy and precision firearms came the development of cane guns. Many were crafted during the late percussion era (1840-70), but most are from the early cartridge era (late 1850) and onwards. Often referred to as poacher’s guns, the high cost of these “canes” put them far beyond the reach of common people, and were instead carried by the wealthy, who may have used them for occasional opportunistic hunting. However, as with swordsticks and blades hidden within umbrellas, and parasols for the ladies, the cane guns served as deadly concealed weapons for a gentleman who didn’t want to carry a pistol within his jacket, or the scoundrel who desired an element of surprise at his side.

This example has a 32” overall length that has a brass tipped tampion plug that doubles as a cap box. It features a leather jacketed shaft, a hardwood grip section, and a round ball top. The mechanism used a spring loaded striker, secured before firing by a hook carved into the body of the grip. Cane guns are now very rare and difficult to find, since most fall foul of legislation prohibiting concealed weapons, and period examples, where permitted, are generally speaking in the hands of private collectors and museums.

The overall condition is good. The wood is in good shape with a repair beside the tang. Most of the engravings are discernable. There is a small gap running between the frame and grip. Strong action. The bore is dark and smooth.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Overall length: 33-3/4 inches.

Barrel length: 4 1/2 inches

Caliber: .52 Percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1600

#258229



 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,600.00
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