Firearm Auction News: The Biggest One of the Decade
The folks at Rock Island Auction Company have been busy. Based in Rock Island, Illinois, they will be hosting their best firearms auction ever in their two-decade history on April 20th, 21st and 22nd....
View ArticleClassic Guns: “Vintage Carry” and the Colt Model 1903 Hammerless Pistol
In the world of carrying handguns, a number of phrases have evolved to describe exactly what reason or method a handgun is carried in a particular way. There is “open carry” which is simply to carry a...
View ArticleFirearm Auction News: the Guns of Ted Williams
Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. Ted Williams, also known as “The Kid”,” The Thumper” and, “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived”, is marked down in history for his...
View ArticlePhotos: Rock Island Antique Gun Auction Results
The Rock Island Auction Co. based in Rock Island, Illinois, hosted its largest antique gun auction of the decade on April 20, 21 and 22, 2012. The auction generated $12.6 million in sales.The post...
View ArticleClassic Guns: LeFever Shotguns
Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. Daniel Myron LeFever might not be a name that many people are familiar with but he is marked in history as a great American...
View ArticleClassic Guns: Thompson-Center Contender
Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. In his just-released book, “Greatest Handguns of the World, Volume 2,” author Massad Ayoob includes the Thompson-Center Contender...
View ArticleClassic Guns: Collecting Custom Rifles
Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. Tom Turpin’s new book, “Custom Rifles: Mastery of Wood and Metal” will be hitting the bookstores this month. It’s a handsome...
View ArticleGun Collecting: Vintage Paintball Guns
There is an interesting development happening in the gun world and it resembles what has occurred in other shooting sports: a move back to the retro. In the sport of paintball, there is a movement...
View ArticleThe Most Important Gun in American History
If you were to try to determine which guns truly influenced the history of the world, you could draw a few conclusions. Paging through The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest edited by Dan Shideler, you see...
View ArticleBritish Gun Collector’s 350 Shotguns Seized
Martin Young, a 67-year-old antique gun collector in England, is battling Oxford city council to have his 350 guns returned and his gun license renewed. He has 30 days to arrange for the guns to be...
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