Our Next Show

We will be exhibiting our guns, cases and accessories at the Vintage Cup World S/S Championships and Exhibition held at Pintail Point, Queenstown, Maryland on 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th September 2010. Full details of the venue can be found at the link above.

Vintagers
Order of Edwardian Gunners


Recent Additions To Our Stock List

And how rare is this?! A sidelever Holland & Holland Royal. According to H&H records, the gun was most probably made for stock as opposed to a specific order and it has been suggested that it was built as a marketing piece, pitted against the sidelever guns by Boss and Grant.

See here for full details.

This lovely hammergun made by J S Boreham of Colchester recently came to us in a very sad state. Some 40 hours later we have this little beauty looking for a good home. The engraving is really lovely and with 2 3/4" nitro proof is well worth a closer look.

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We have just finished this rare and unusual Holland & Holland Hammergun. It is in beautiful condition and is a must for any H&H fan.
Check it out!
It may be a non-ejector but it is fantastic value for clays or game. Made by William Moore & Grey in the last decade of the 19th Century, this is a real beauty.
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We came across this lonely H&H leather & brass case recently and after a reline we felt it just had to join our Holland & Holland Needham Ejector. We managed to save the label, albeit slightly damaged and have equipped the case with a pair of nice old chrome snapcaps, a new Ebony & Brass cleaning rod and contemporary style pewter oil bottle. Take a look!
Good luck has to happen to someone and obviously someone very significant was looking down on us when we left a halfhearted bid on a pile of externally rather ordinary gun cases at the same auction house where we had acquired a Westley Richards BiW hammergun no. 5527 some 9 months earlier. Lo and behold, there was the case for the WR, complete with label and relineable partitions. The rest is history so take a look!

 

We have become familiar with the cartridges of RST Ltd through the US double gun competitions and exhibitions that we attend and can thoroughly recommend their products. Their range includes many light loads for those shooting classic guns or simply wanting to take advantage of light recoil and improved patterns. For those not able to access CIP standard ammunition, we would strongly recommend the use of the RST Ltd cartridges in our guns, ensuring of course that the correct case length and load is used for the gun in question.
Technical inquiries about RST Ltd cartridges should be addressed directly to them.

 

Visit our Hand Made Tools and Accessories page for details of our unique Damascus Bodied Snapcaps, Oil Bottles and Striker Pots. You will also find details of our bespoke Engraving Service for these fabulous accessories.

 

Heritage Guns is delighted to offer a new service to our customers:
Independent Auction Condition Reports.
For a modest fee, we will examine items offered at any of the main London auctions and provide an e-mail report of its external condition. Furthermore, if you wish to proceed with a bid, we will arrange for it to be made on your behalf.
If you want further information on the service, please contact us.

 

Heritage Guns is an organization with a well-defined ethos.

We are passionate about guns made around the turn of the 19th Century and especially so about those by lesser known gunmakers both in London and the provinces.
Our aim is to produce an historic, aesthetically delightful gun suitable for use in the modern sporting landscape.

Every Heritage Gun can be ordered with a Heritage Companion, a unique leather bound manual which gives a fascinating insight into the history of the gun's maker, the gun itself and a mass of patent and other technical information.

If required, all guns can be supplied in a beautifully restored case, fitted with hand crafted tools.

 

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