W.C. Buddy Bass Antique Firearms Collection

Designed by Admiral John Dahlgren to replace the sword pattern bayonets of the era. Designed for naval close quarter combat on the model 1861 Plymouth

Type I musket in good original condition.

Type II carbine 25" barrel

40" barrel

40" barrel

serial no. 1291

Rare earliest version. In 1861, William Dickson, Owen O. Nelson, and Dr. Lewis H. Sadler started the Shakanoosa Arms Co. in Dickson, Alabama. They rec

plate dated 1823, period converted to percussion.

39" barrel, Approximately .58 caliber

Type IV late production rifle. Rare example of a Confederate Model 1855 pattern rifle manufactured at the Fayetteville, North Carolina Armory in 1864.

Early production "High Hump' Fayetteville rifle in good condition.

Type II rifle. 33" barrel

Confederate attributed flintlock rifle converted to percussion. 30" barrel,

Eli Whitney M1861 Civil War Musket

US Model 1817 H. Derringer Flintlock Rifle

Rare Confederate Talladega Alabama produced rifle that was rejected by the Confederacy due to it being non compliant / too small. Approximately 100 we

26" barrel 69 caliber lock plated dated 1847.‘Sappers & Miners” model, was contracted by the Ordnance Department in March 1847. Produced by...

Dated 1848

33" barrel

40" barrel

CSA marked Fayetteville 1864 lockplate. CSA marked brass buttplate. Carved star in stock, opposite of lockplate. 33" barrel

No. 5 Holster Model Texas Patterson. Modern replacement 9" octagon barrel, the rest of the gun is original. Engraved cylinder scene. Sometimes ...

7" barrel, backstrap notched for shoulder stock.

Serial 6274 presentation engraved on the backstrap "Presented to Pvt. T. Collins from the personel of Co. H 143 Reg. N.Y. Inf. for Gallantry At...

refiinished nickel, 8" bbl, backstrap/butt notched for shoulder stock. Lever pin is loose

Rare 1865 dated Confederate Richmond musket

Confederate Richmond Rifle With Bayonet 1864

Type II 33" barrel. Stock is in good condition

serial no. 3854 Lockplate marked Cook & Brother Athens, GA 1864 with flag. 21" barrel. Saddle ring bar has been ground off.

Lock plate marked CSA 1863. Model 1841 Mississippi converted to carbine with 26" barrel

Ring & trigger assembly is identical to Bilhars carbine.

Type II lock plate

22" barrel

serial no. 28182 4.5" octagon barrel. Wood case carved on top with American Eagle inlay.

.32 S&W long rim fire. Clear lettering, numerals and design on metal. Shipped from Smith & Wesson in January of 1869, with factory letter. S...

serial no. 33813 6" octagon barrel

serial no. 2939

Serial no. 6321, square back trigger guard. All matching numbers. 7.5" octagon barrel

5" barrel marked K 18 square back trigger guard

Rare H.E. Dimick marked Navy revolver serial no. 574. Approximately 300 of these guns were originally made by Metropolitan Arms and sold through H. E.

serial no. 89364 Ivory grips .36 caliber

serial no. 43111 7.5" octagon barrel, square back trigger guard. 2nd model. .36 caliber

Serial no. 31528, factory shows shipped to Lt. Col. G. D. Ramsay, U.S. War Department Washington Arsenal, February 15, 1862, in a shipment of 500 guns

serial no. 159833

serial no. 619

serial no. 85606 (backstrap numbered 149743)

Ivory grips, 6.5" barrel, .36 cal.

4.75" octagon barrel, ivory grips

7.5" barrel, one piece wood grips. Serial no. 34047, with factory letter, noting New York shipment December, 1876.

serial no. 13383 U.S. Marked 5.5" bbl, stag-horn grips