Trigger Collection

Variety of pistols, incl Colts Deringer pistol / Peacemaker
A variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistol, the Snapchance Revolver, a full-size cartridge

Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger the horse. Date: 20th century

Dead Mans Handle
A dead mans handle is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Breechloader rifle, in use around 1700. Ammunition is loaded via the rear end of the barrel. Date: circa 1700

White Star Line - antique brass flare pistol
White Star Line - rare antique brass SPRA flare pistol, stamped White Star Line 22368 with proof mark. Barrel 3.75 inches. with deactivation certificate, dated 5/4/00

Successful campaign in the Libyan desert. Italian soldiers about to trigger an underground device. Date: 1941

A Driver Climbing in to his Cab
A train driver climbs in to the cabin of a British Rail diesel locomotive. Photograph by Heinz Zinram Date: 1950s

Musket, Flintlock, . 75 In New Land Pattern
New Land Pattern. 75 in Light Infantry musket, 1810 (c)

Ideal gun by Mimard & Blachon Ideal gun by Mimard & Blachon
Ideal gun by Mimard & Blachon. Date: 19th century

German Gewehr 88 rifle with face guard
German Gewehr 88 bolt-action rifle, in service from 1888 until the early part of the First World War. The face guard may be a later addition. (1 of 4) Date: 1888-1915

Simplex gun by Mimard & Blachon. 19th century

Robust gun by Mimard & Blachon. 19th century

Balistes capriscus, or Grey Triggerfish (described here as a Filefish). Date: 1865

Christmas card in the shape of a gun. Date: circa 1890s

Buffalo rifle by Mimard & Blachon
Carabine Buffalo (Buffalo Rifle), de luxe model, by Mimard & Blachon. 19th century

The Desideratum shotgun by Cogswell & Harrisons new hammerless gun Date: 1882

Instrument for tattooing deserters, 1850 (c). Brass body and trigger with brass D plate and steel spikes. Engraved on side with manufacturers name, Savigny and Company, London

Ideal Perfection gun by Mimard & Blachon
Ideal Perfection gun, English type, by Mimard & Blachon. 19th century

Pistols. 18th century. Colored engraving

Jameson Raid / Crossing
THE JAMESON RAID Dr Jameson and his escort cross the frontier into the Transvaal, hoping to trigger a rising of the Uitlanders against the Boers : vainly. Date: 29 December 1895

British warships by G. H. Davis
All that goes to produce a great British warships battle thunder : cold science behind the big guns

Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear in left hand, and a rifle mounted on his chest with a string extending from the trigger to his mouth. Date 1904 or 1905

Jameson Raid / Captured
THE JAMESON RAID - Dr Jameson and his party fail to trigger an Uitlander rising in the Transvaal : captured at Doornkop, they are handed over to the British authorities 2 January 1896

Rigbys Needle Gun

Dougalls Pat. Lockfast
Dougalls Patent Lockfast rifle

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