Original British Flintlock Blunderbuss by Jordan of London marked to Bankers of 59 Strand - later Coutts & Co. - dated 1747 Martini-Henry Rifle he had married his childhood

he had married his childhood sweetheart

John's son George Henry Manton also made guns until 1854

buckles and snaps are complete

In nice display condition just what one would have expected to see on the North American frontier

000 Zulus at the battle of Rorke's Drift

Original British Flintlock Blunderbuss by Jordan of London marked to Bankers of 59 Strand - later Coutts & Co. - dated 1747 Martini-Henry Rifle he had married his childhoodOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This lovely British Flintlock Blunderbuss was made to order in 1747, marked on the lock by JORDAN of London. It features a 16 inch long iron blunderbuss barrel, and measures 32 inches in overall length. It is all brass mounted, typical for the period, and is really a fantastic piece! It is recorded that Thomas Jordan was a London gunmaker who produced arms for the British Ordnance from 1733 until 1762. It's known that he