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The World’s Most Comprehensive Collection of American Firearms

The World’s Most Comprehensive Collection of American Firearms

by Ron Spomer | Jun 18, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

With 7,000 firearms and 30,000 related artifacts on display, the Cody Firearms Museum has the world's most comprehensive collection of American firearms. Roughhewn men walked the streets with guns. Aggressive kids plinked at cans in backyards and sharp-eyed women...

Rigby Releases Limited Edition Big Game Series Commemorating Tsavo Man-Eaters

Rigby Releases Limited Edition Big Game Series Commemorating Tsavo Man-Eaters

by Sporting Classics Daily | Apr 17, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS | 0 Comments

London gunmaker John Rigby & Co. has announced a new series of limited edition rifles, called the “Tsavo,” modeled on the firm’s phenomenally successful bolt-action Big Game. Following hot on the heels of the exceptionally popular “Mopani” special edition series –...

Pappy’s Pistols

Pappy’s Pistols

by Roger Pinckney | Mar 25, 2020 | FIREARMS, LIFESTYLE, PERSONALITIES, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

Black magic, junk pistols and lessons learned thereby. Pappy was county coroner 36 years; an elected position. It didn’t pay much, but he got to keep all the murder and suicide guns, and he was the only man who could arrest the sheriff, which he did when the new...

Harry Selby’s Spectacular Weatherby Rifle Becomes Available

Harry Selby’s Spectacular Weatherby Rifle Becomes Available

by Sporting Classics Daily | Mar 18, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

  A popular old saw suggests that a lady known as Good Fortune has the power to change someone's life with but a well-directed smile. Taking that for true, she didn't just show some teeth to a young Kenyan formally monikered John Henry Selby. Nope. She instead...

Left-Hand Conversions

Left-Hand Conversions

by Dwight Van Brunt | Feb 27, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Sporting Classics Daily | 0 Comments

Although it makes me appear a bit long-in-the-tooth, I’ve been actively participating in the firearms market for nearly 40 years. In point of fact, I clearly remember attending my first gun show in March 1982 and being captivated by the process. I jumped right in,...

George Hoenig’s Rotary Round Action Rifle

George Hoenig’s Rotary Round Action Rifle

by Ron Spomer | Feb 25, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

The clean lines and simplicity of all functions in George Hoenig's Rotary Round Action gun camouflage the creativity and elaborate engineering involved in its creation. Many premier side-by-side shotguns are sold as round actions, but rounded is the more accurate...

Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express Available

Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express Available

by Sporting Classics Daily | Jan 27, 2020 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

Extraordinary Makinson & Son .600 Nitro Express, 1,100 hours of engraving by Adone Pozzobon, serial 600, 900-grain, one of the finest double rifles extant. As is sometimes the case with unique and valuable firearms, a degree of speculation and unintended...

Robert K. Brown Firearms Now At Auction

Robert K. Brown Firearms Now At Auction

by Sporting Classics Daily | Dec 11, 2019 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS | 0 Comments

Robert K. Brown, USAR (Ret.) has lived a life of incredible adventure. He served in Vietnam as a Green Beret, trained troops and fought communists alongside them in hotspots around the globe and has defended the Second Amendment via his long-held seat on the NRA Board...

Serial Numbers 1 and 2 Winchester Pre-’64 Model 70 Rifles Offered By Sportsman’s Legacy

Serial Numbers 1 and 2 Winchester Pre-’64 Model 70 Rifles Offered By Sportsman’s Legacy

by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 11, 2019 | FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

Absent anything short of absolute certainty, each of these rifles stands among the world’s most important and valuable sporting arms. That they are paired presents an unequaled acquisition opportunity. Both rifles have a captivating history. According to Roger...

Morphy Blockbuster $10M Firearms Auction

Morphy Blockbuster $10M Firearms Auction

by Sporting Classics Daily | Nov 4, 2019 | AUCTIONS & EXHIBITIONS, FIREARMS, RARE & UNIQUE GUNS, Slider | 0 Comments

Intense bidding drove many rare, historically important guns to prices well beyond pre-sale expectations on October 23rd where Morphy Auctions sold the widely acclaimed gun that fired the first shot at the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill for $492,000. The company’s...

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