A FLINTLOCK TURN-OVER SPORTING CARBINE with shortened reblued three-stage barrels (some pitting) released by a spring-loaded catch in front of the trigger-guard, rounded back-action lock with indistinct signature 'David Alquier in Vardolpimo (?)' (top jaw missing), figured walnut full stock (fore-end wormed, butt and butt-plate replaced), and iron mounts including turned ramrod-pipes (ramrod missing), late 17th Century; and an Irish percussion back-action smooth-bore carbine with signed rounded lock, walnut three-quarter stock (cracked through at the lock), plain brass mounts (fore-end cap missing), and associated iron ramrod, by Kavanagh, Dublin, circa 1840