Nov 1, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EARLY DEVINE TEXAS SPRINGFIELD ARMORY M1A RIFLE 23-5439 Cal. 7.62mmS# 002445Bbl. 25″ over brake Early Springfield Armory M1A rifle, built in Devine, Texas by Springfield Armory as owned by Elmer Balance, prior to being sold to Bob Reese...
Nov 1, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY EARLY DEVINE TEXAS SPRINGFIELD ARMORY M1A RIFLE 23-5438 Cal. 7.62mmS# 000347Bbl. 25.25″ over brake Very early Springfield Armory M1A rifle, built in Devine, Texas by Springfield Armory as owned by Elmer Balance, prior to being sold...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY RARE EARLIEST CIVILIAN COLT DRAGOON 1ST MODEL, BEING THE 4TH REVOLVER MADE BY COLT IN HARTFORD 1848, EARLY BEVELED “PATERSON STYLE” CASING 01-23981 Cal. 44. S# 1344. This revolver was among the first few civilian Colt revolvers actually...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FULLY TRANSFERABLE GERMAN STEYR MP40 SMG ON WILSON REGISTERED TUBE 03-1641 Cal. 9mmS# MP-126Bbl. 9 9/10” Hooded fixed blade front sight, rear sight is windage drift adj. 2 Piece folding leaf. Of all the German WWII era SMGs, the MP40 may be...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow MATCHED PAIR OF FABIO ZANOTTI XXV SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE TRIGGER GAME GUNS WITH CASE 23-4813 & 23-4814 Cal. 12 Ga. 2 3/4″ (both)S# 5200 & 5201 These good quality handmade guns have 25-1/4″ chopper lump barrels fitted with...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE HENRY BIG BOY INDIANAPOLIS 500 CENTENNIAL LEVER ACTION RIFLE 23-4795 Cal. 45 ColtS# BB0016748CBbl. 20″ oct. Gold bead front sight. Sporting rear sight. Gold finished commemorative to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Numbered 77 out...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE AND IMPORTANT CONFEDERATE OFFICER’S GROUPING BELONGING TO CAPTAIN CHARLES H. DIMMOCK INCLUDING HIS CONFEDERATE ENGINEER’S KEPI 02-19963 This extensive group belonged to Captain Charles H. Dimmock of the Confederate States Engineer Corps....
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow INCREDIBLY RARE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CORDUROY UNIFORM PANTS WITH 25 REPUBLIC OF TEXAS BUTTONS ATTACHED 02-20192 This pair of Republic of Texas pants could arguably be the finest and rarest uniform pants, with an American history, known to exist...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FAMOUS TEXAS MADE CONFEDERATE BOWIE KNIFE CARRIED & MADE BY SERGEANT THOMAS FLOYD, GOOD’S TEXAS ARTILLERY 02-20011 14.25” overall 9.25” clip point blade, medial ridge, 2.5” sharpened clip, hefty .31” thick at ricasso, beveled top edge,...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE & FINE ENGLISH & HUBERS #2 PHILADELPHIA BOWIE KNIFE – ONE OF THE FINER EXAMPLES KNOWN 02-19961 15″ overall10 1/8″ clip point blade Blade stamped “J. ENGLISH / & HUBERS” on one ricasso, the other...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow PERAZZI SC3 WITH 3 BARREL SETS; 12 GA. DOUBLE & SINGLE WITH LATER 20 GA. O/U SET WITH CASE 23-4768 Cal. 12 Ga., 2 3/4″ & 20 Ga., 2 3/4″S# 46087 This gun was made in 1975 as a double/single set. A new set of 20 Ga. barrels...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow UNUSUAL HIGH CONDITION SPECIAL ORDER L. C. SMITH CROWN GRADE SXS SHOTGUN 23-4780 Cal. 20 Ga S# 26603 Bbl. 28″ with single sighting plane rib having a gold bar forward of the engraved rib extension. Right bbl. engraved “L. C. SMITH...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow REPRODUCTION IRON MUZZLE LOADING CANNON, CAISSON, AND TRAILER FOR HAULING 02-19472 Unmarked 3/4 scale iron Parrott cannon, 60″ cascabel to muzzle, 2.25″ smooth bore 51.5″ long, raised “US” surcharge forward of vent. 41″...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow HIGHLY DESIRABLE KRIEGHOFF 1937 DATE LUGER WITH MATCHING MAGAZINE 23-4742 Cal. 9mmS# 8877Bbl 4” According to Jan Still, in the book Third Reich Lugers, this example was one of 2,550 Lugers that were made in 1937 in the range 7300-10000. It has...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow MARLIN MODEL 1893 NO. 5-3 FACTORY ENGRAVED DELUXE TAKEDOWN LEVER ACTION RIFLE 23-4799 Cal. 30-30S# 355083Bbl. 26″ octagon Sporting front & rear sight w/ combination tang sight. Full length takedown mag. Case colored action has 5-3...
Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY FINE CASED COLT RICHARDS CONVERSION 1860 ARMY REVOLVER 01-24005 Cal. 44 CFS# 200307 This is a very fine example of the distinctive Richard’s conversion Colt army which was made concurrently with the first SAA revolvers 1873-1877 which...
Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FRESH TO MARKET A2 L.C. SMITH TRANSITIONAL BETWEEN TYPE 1 & TYPE 2 01-24214 Cal. 12 Ga. 2 3/4″S# 1135 Shipped on Feb. 22, 1896, very shortly after the A3 became the highest grade L. C. Smith gun offered. This gun has some early...
Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow JOHN ADAMS SR. CLASS D ENGRAVED 2ND GEN. COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER 23-4746 Cal. 45 ColtS# 70994SABbl. 4 3/4″ Six shot fluted cyl. Full coverage Class D engraving consisting of vine type foliate scroll w/ punch dot backgrounds...
Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BEAUTIFUL DEWIL-LIEGE COLT 1860 GOLD ENGRAVED REVOLVER 01-24180 Cal. 44S# 113487 Original 1860 Colt revolver engraved by Dewil of Liege, Belgium. Frame, backstrap, cyl., bbl. & loading lever have panels of fine scroll engraving. Panels are...
Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXTRAORDINARILY FUN 45-70 THUNDER VALLEY GATLING GUN 20-459 Cal. 45-70S# 1005Bbl. 31″ A full scale, functional reproduction of the well known 1883 Battery Gun. These guns boast a large round brass receiver w/ an exposed 10 barrel...
Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow REMINGTON 11/48-F PREMIER GRADE 2 BBL. SET AUTO SHOTGUN 23-4782 Cal. 28 Ga. 2 3/4″S# 4004644 The delightful 11-48 was a recoil operated shotgun produced from1949 to 1968. The “F” or “Premier” was the highest grade...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow NICKELED COLT 1ST GEN. SAA REVOLVER WITH STEER HEAD PEARL GRIPS 23-4776 Cal. 357 MagnumS# 3566640Bbl. 4 3/4″ w/ blade sight Fluted six shot cyl. Full nickel finish. Custom 2 piece pearl grips. Right panel has carved steer head w/ gold...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RENOWNED TARGET SHOOTER FREDERICK E. BENNETT’S ENGRAVED SMITH & WESSON NEW MODEL NO. 3 REVOLVER 01-24188 Cal. 44 RussianS# 25935Bbl. 6 1/2″ round w/ rib. Pinned blade bead front sight w/ windage adj. U notch rear sight. Six...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CASED ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1861 NAVY REVOLVER, EX-BOBBY SMITH, SANTA ANNA ATTRIBUTION 01-24001 Regardless if the Santa Anna attribution is correct or not, the accompanying story is interesting & the revolver is original and contemporarily...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE CASED CIVIL WAR ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER 01-23998 Cal. 44S# 68597 Revolver is in the standard configuration, 8” round barrel with one line New York U. S. America address, manufactured in 1862 at the height of the Civil War....
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXTREMELY FINE CASED GUSTAVE YOUNG FACTORY ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1849 POCKET REVOLVER WITH FACTORY IVORY GRIPS, APRIL 1854 01-23984 Cal. 31S# 86092 This exquisite 6 inch pocket model is listed by serial number in Gustave Young’s Ledger...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE LINDNER ALTERATION OF A US M1841 MISSISSIPPI RIFLE 01-23177 Cal. 54NSNBbl. 33” This rare gun is an M1841 Mississippi rifle with a Lindner alteration done in 1861. There were a total quantity of 100 alterations completed by Allen and Morse...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow STUNNING FABRIQUE NATIONALE PRESENTATION UPGRADE SUPERPOSED SIDE PLATED O/U SHOTGUN 23-650 Cal. 12 GaS# 78483S7-1 Spectacular 2 bbl. set shotgun with Chambord (F1) Royal style engraving. This is the finest European style engraving pattern...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BRITISH HOTCHKISS PORTABLE MK1* MACHINE GUN 03-1627 Cal. .303 BritishS# E20839Bbl. 23.5″ The rights to manufacture the Hotchkiss Machine Gun was was purchased by Great Britain to increase the number of machine guns in inventory during...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SCARCE CONFEDERATE NAVY CONTRACT LONDON LEMAT “GRAPESHOT” REVOLVER 01-24250 Cal. 42/18gaS# 8784 This revolver represents the final evolution of LeMat percussion grape shot revolvers purchased by the Confederacy in late 1864. These revolvers...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BROWNING DIANA GRADE SUPERPOSED TWO BARREL SET O/U SHOTGUN 23-4812 Cal. 20 ga. 2 3/4″ & 3″S# 18350Bbl 1. 28″ vent rib Fixed Mod & full chokes. Bbl 2. 26 1/2″ vent rib w/ Fixed Skeet & Skeet chokes. Both...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow NEW YORK ENGRAVED COLT SINGLE ACTION ARMY REVOLVER 01-24010 Cal. 45S# 121226 Standard configuration SAA, 4.75” barrel with two line address shipped to Schuyler Hartley and Graham in 1887 in a shipment of six guns, blue and not engraved. The...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow 1ST MODEL 1873 SPRINGFIELD OFFICER’S MODEL TRAPDOOR RIFLE 01-24153 Cal. 45-70NSN Beautiful officer’s model with 26″ barrel, Lyman hinged combination front sight, long range adjustable rear sight, graduated to 1200 yards. An...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FINE MARLIN MODEL 1881 DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE 01-24149 Cal. 45 Govt, (45-70)S# 16505Bbl. 28″ octagon German silver blade rocky mountain front sight w/ sporting rear sight. Blue finish w/ case colored hammer & lever. Full length...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BROWNING SUPERPOSED P1-GOLD SUPERLIGHT O/U SHOTGUN 23-4756 Cal. 28 ga 2 3/4″S# P73RN1134Bbl. 28″ vent rib w/ steel bead Fixed Mod & full chokes. Satin finished boxlock action w/ gold plated single selective trigger &...
Oct 9, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow DICKSON NELSON RIFLE 01-22811 Last ditch rifle made in Dawson, Georgia during last 3 months of war, but saw service & survived in “attic condition”, missing parts now professionally restored. This is well above average for other examples...
Oct 5, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow OUTSTANDING WINCHESTER 1ST MODEL 1876 OPEN TOP LEVER ACTION RIFLE 01-24194 Cal. 45-75S# 5107Bbl. 28″ octagon Sporting front sight w/ graduated leaf rear sight. Full length mag. Blue finish w/ case colored hammer & lever. Walnut...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CIVIL WAR BERDAN SHARPS RIFLE 01-24151 Cal. 52S# 57298 Bbl. Among the most iconic of Civil War Union longarms is the Sharps rifle with Hiram Berdan modifications for his elite Sharpshooter units which accounted for the highest kill rate of any...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXQUISITE LONDON ENGRAVED COLT MODEL 1878 REVOLVER WITH CASE 01-24017 Cal. 45S# 3735 You won’t find a more impressive Colt model 1878 DA revolver. The accompanying factory letter states gun was shipped to London agency in 1880 but makes no...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CONFEDERATE 2ND MODEL GRISWOLD REVOLVER 01-22606 Cal. 36S# 2093The most popular and iconic of Confederate revolvers are the brass frame copies of Colt 1851 navy revolvers made by Samuel Griswold in Griswoldville Georgia. This is good looking...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BEAUTIFUL US ARMAMENT CORP 1877 BULLDOG GATLING GUN SERIAL NUMBER 5023-1192 Cal. 45-70S# 050Bbl. 18″ Beginning in 2007 the U.S. Armament Corp started manufacturing their reproduction of the 1877 Gatling Gun, from original Colt...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SCARCE PARKER 2-1/2″ .410 VH GRADE DOUBLE SHOTGUN 23-1400 Cal. .410 2-1/2″ chambersS# 218893 It is estimated that fewer then 500 .410 V grade guns were made; most had 26″ barrels as is the case with this gun. Rib is marked...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BEAUTIFUL FULLY TRANSFERABLE C&R MP44 MG 03-1640 Cal. 7.92×33 Kurz.S# 305.Bbl. 16.5″ Manufactured 1945. The MP44 is commonly referred to as the first true modern assault rifle. Chambered in 7.92x33mm, this allowed the standard...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SHOWY BERETTA SO6 EELL GAME GUN WITH SUPERB LARGE SCROLL AND RELIEF GOLD INLAID GAME SCENES BY R. GOLINI 23-4815 Cal. 12 Ga. 2-3/4″S# C11993B (1989) The 28″ monobloc barrels fitted with matted ventilated rib have fixed modified...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow WINCHESTER EXTRA LONG 1886 LEVER ACTION EXPRESS RIFLE 01-24158 Cal. 50 ExpressS# 99763Bbl. 30″ octagon Replacement bead front sight w/ Winchester Express rear sight. Full length mag. Case colored action w/ double set triggers. Forearm...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow COLT 1ST GEN. ENGRAVED SAA CASED PAIR REVOLVERS 23-4739/23-4740 BOTH: Cal. 38 WCF, (38-40)Bbls. 5 1/2″ Six shot fluted cyl. Class C engraving. Frame, bbl., cyls. & grip straps have vine type foliate scroll w/ punch dot backgrounds...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow MARIO TERZI ENGRAVED PERAZZI MX20 O/U GAME GUN WITH CASE23-4759Cal. 20 Ga. 2-3/4″S# 97994 (1998)The 26-3/4″ monobloc barrels are fitted with choke tubes, narrow matted ventilated rib and solid side ribs. Maker’s name and...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BROWNING SUPERPOSED EXHIBITION GRADE O/U SHOTGUN 23-4758 Cal. 20 ga. 3″S# C83Bbls. 26 1/4″ vent rib w/ white front sight Fixed Imp-Cyl. & Mod chokes. Satin finished boxlock action w/ full coverage exhibition grade engraving...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY FINE CIVIL WAR COLT FACTORY ENGRAVED MODEL 1851 NAVY REVOLVER WITH ENGRAVED “AMERICAN INDIAN WEARING WAR BONNET” 01-24185 Cal. 36S# 98258 This is an exemplary factory engraved Colt Navy shipped to Colts New York office February 11, 1861....
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE & HISTORIC COLT 1862 POLICE REVOLVER PRESENTED TO CIVIL WAR ADJUTANT GENERAL LORENZO THOMAS WITH “COMPLIMENTS OF COL. COLT” 01-24002 Cal. 36S# 2514 No Civil War Colt revolvers are more historic than those personally presented by...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY RARE CIVIL WAR COLT 1861 NAVY REVOLVER W/ORIGINAL SLIM JIM HOLSTER 01-24000 S# 16Cal. 36S# 16 Less than 100 fluted cylinder navies are thought made. Other early serial numbers noted are 1, 3, 11, 29, & 30. Like fluted model 1860...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE COLT FACTORY ENGRAVED MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER WITH ORIGINAL SLIM JIM HOLSTER INCRIBED GENERAL DIAZ AND CARVED “REPUBLICA MEXICANA” GRIPS 01-23999 Cal. 44S# 151733 This revolver is in the standard configuration with exception...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SCARCE WINCHESTER 1866 SECOND MODEL 44 RUSSIAN LEVER ACTION SRC 01-23946 Cal. 44 RussianS# 22531 In 1869 & 1870, Smith & Wesson filled a contract w/ Russia for revolvers in 44 S&W Russian cal. Case dimensions were length .960, rim...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow UNIQUE & INTERESTING COLT SAA REVOLVER; POSSIBLE TEST OR PROTOTYPE FOR THE 32 COLT CARTRIDGE 01-23130 Cal. 32 ColtS# 1597 It is widely known amongst collectors that the Colt Manufacturing Company was not one to waste parts. This centerfire...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow PHENOMENAL MAUSER C96 CONEHAMMER, WITH MATCHING STOCK, CASED 01-24224 Cal. 7.63mmS# 450Bbl 5 1/2″ One of the earliest Conehammers, to have the standard three address on top of the chamber, still with the nonreinforced barrel extension...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE & “AS FOUND” REPUBLIC OF TEXAS TRYON CONTRACT FLINTLOCK MUSKET 01-23975 Cal. 69NSN57.5” overall, 42” barrel Only a few original complete unadulterated Tryon Texas contract muskets exist. They are prized by the few institutions who own...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow IVO FABBRI PINLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR SINGLE TRIGGER O/U TARGET GUN WITH FINE FLORAL ENGRAVING BY CREATIVE ART AND CASE 23-1705 Cal. 12 Ga. 2-3/4″S# E856. The 29-1/2″ demi-bloc barrels fitted with medium width low matted ventilated...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow LOVELY GIOVANELLI ENGRAVED PERAZZI MX28 SCO STRAIGHT GRIP GAME GUN WITH CASE 23-4762 Cal. 28 Ga. 2-3/4″S# 99104 This superb little gun has 26″ monobloc barrels with IC & Full fixed chokes, narrow matted ventilated rib and solid...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FINE & RARE SOUTH CAROLINA INSPECTED CONFEDERATE LEECH & RIGDON REVOLVER 01-24190 Cal. 36S# 1031 Manufactured in late 1863, one of 1000 revolvers made at Greensboro GA under Confederate contract and one of 300 with South Carolina...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXCEEDINGLY RARE US M1915 GOLD AND SILVER MILITARY AVIATOR BADGE 02-20191 This Military Aviator Badge of the WWI era is of a pattern made by the Rock Island Arsenal in 1915 and has a 14-karat gold bar at the top that reads “MILITARY AVIATOR”....
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SPECTACULAR AND EXTREMELY RARE US M1913 GOLD MILITARY AVIATOR BADGE 02-20190 This 14-karat gold Military Aviator Badge of WWI was originally issued to 24 officers of the fledgling Army Air Corps and, according to a world-renowned expert, the...
Oct 4, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CASED PAIR OF FACTORY ENGRAVED EARLY 3RD MODEL 1851 NAVY REVOLVERS 01-23993/23994Cal. 36S# 19477/19488 Standard configuration, 7.5” octagonal barrels, brass pin front sights, stamped: “– Address Saml. Colt New-York City –” with...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow HIGHLY DESIRABLE CASE COLORED WINCHESTER 1894 SEMI DELUXE LEVER ACTION RIFLE 01-23947Cal. 32-40 S# 15333 Case colored receiver, hammer, lever, forearm cap & buttplate. Research indicates that only 155 model 1894s were shipped from the...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow IMPORTANT CONFEDERATE PRESENTATION DUFILHO STAFF OFFICER SWORD 02-19445 Unique high grade Confederate staff officer sword with raised relief “CS” add Louisiana State seal on fine stippled background with etched blade presentation:...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FINE PERAZZI MX20C SIDEPLATE SCO GAME GUN ENGRAVED BY LORENZO GAMBA WITH CASE 23-4761 Cal. 20 Ga. 2-3/4″S# 118931 (2000) The 28-1/2″ monobloc barrels are fitted with narrow matted ventilated rib, solid side ribs and choke tubes....
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXTREMELY FINE COLT US CAVALRY SAA REVOLVER 01-24189 Cal. 45 ColtS# 112166Bbl. 7 1/2″ w/ blade sight Fluted six shot cyl. Bullseye ejector head. Blue & case colored finish. Frame, bbl., grip straps & cyl. have matching numbers....
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow OUTSTANDING SMITH & WESSON NO. 3 FIRST MODEL RUSSIAN NEW YORK ENGRAVED SA REVOLVER 01-24182 Cal. 44 S&W RussianS# 12960 Bbl. 8″ round w/ rib & pinned blade semi-circular sight. Six shot fluted cyl. This special revolver is...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow HIGHLY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 1886 LEVER ACTION RIFLE 01-24193 Cal. 45-70. S# 126265. Bbl. 24″ octagon to round. Lyman no. 4 bead front sight w/ sporting leaf rear sight. Button mag. Action has spectacular unsigned full coverage...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow HENRY MODEL 1860 LEVER ACTION RIFLE 01-24169Cal. 44 HRF. S# 340. The iconic Henry rifle was important during the US Civil War & evokes images of the United States frontier expansion. Approx. 1400 Henrys were produced 1860-1866. Bbl....
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CONFEDERATE 1ST NATIONAL “STARS & BARS” BATTLEFLAG OF LT. RUSSELL CAPLES,SEARCY SHARPSHOOTERS, 16TH MISSOURI INFANTRY 02-21024-1 Paper files included with this lot include a statement by Russell B. Caples stating “APRIL...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE AND DESIRABLE HENRY SCHIVELY BOWIE KNIFE 02-21016 Many collectors and historians believe that Henry Schively made one of the first Bowie knives for Jim & Rezin Bowie during their visit to Philadelphia in August of 1832 based on...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXTREMELY RARE MODEL 1819 PATTERN FOR A HARPERS FERRY DESIGN PISTOL FOR PRODUCTION BY SIMEON NORTH 01-23200Cal. 54. NSN. Bbl. 10”. This rare pistol is one of 6 produced at the Harpers Ferry Arsenal in Virginia (now West Virginia) in the year...
Oct 3, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF M1805 HARPERS FERRY FLINTLOCK PISTOLS DATED 1806 & NUMBERED 106 01-23197Cal. 54S# 106Bbl. 10 1/16” President George Washington selected Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) as the location of one of the...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow FEDERAL PERIOD EAGLE HEAD OFFICER’S SABER WITH INTRIGUING TRI-COLOR BLADE 02-19965 Overall length: 38 1/2″. Blade length: 33 1/4″. Blade has a single wide fuller with gilded etching on a blued field amongst white panel highlights....
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow COMPLETE CURIO PAPERED DEWAT JAPANESE TRAINER MG 03-1629 Cal. 6.5 Wooden Training AmmoS# 305Bbl.16″ The Japanese Machine Gun Trainer was designed to help new students understand their perspective role as part of an MG Team, without the...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CONFEDERATE USED SHOTGUN, “THOMAS S. MORGAN” MORGAN’S CAVALRY 01-23965Cal. 12 ga. NSN Carved in stock “Tho. S. Morgan”, “C.S.” & Ky”. The carving appears impeccable with some red wax inset still visible. This relic was found about 40 years...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXTREMELY RARE CIVIL WAR “MILLIGAN’S PATENT MESS KETTLE” FOR OFFICERS 02-19977 John G. Milligan advertised his ingenious field mess kit in October 1862 in New York Times. It must have been popular as excavated pieces are found in Civil War...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow LARGE CONFEDERATE BOWIE MADE BY AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVE LEWIS CRENSHAW, HOPE HULL, ALABAMA 02-19969 20.5″ overall, 15.75″ spear point blade, 2″ wide, .22″ thick, oak slab grips, original leather sheath. This knife is...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow BERETTA S04 O/U SKEET GUN WITH BRILEY TUBE SET INTERCHANGABLE CHOKES AND CASE 23-1696 Cal. 12 Ga. 2-3/4″S# C06652B 1980. The 28″ mono-bloc barrels are fitted with invisible choke tubes and matted ventilated rib. Bottom of mono-bloc...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SCARCE PARKER REPRODUCTION DHE 12 GA. 3 BARREL SET WITH CASE 23-1272 Cal. 12 Ga. 2-3/4″S# 12-00513 Records indicate that only 1800 DHE 12 Ga. guns were made. This 3 barrel set is very unusual; perhaps unique. Barrels are all 12 gauge...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXCEPTIONALLY FINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA SILVER MOUNTED HOLSTER PISTOL BY JOHN REA 01-23350 Cal. approx. 55NSNBbl. 9 1/8” The rare cannon style round paktong barrel is embellished with several sets of rings and becomes octagonal about 2” from...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow SILVER HILTED WAR OF 1812 MOUNTED OFFICER’S SABER BY COOPER OF NEW YORK 02-19594 Overall length: 37″. Blade length: 32″. Blade has a very large, unstopped fuller and shows gold highlighted etching on a blued field over 16″ of...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow LIMITED EDITION “BIG 5″ SMITH & WESSON MODEL 500 SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL 1 of 300 23-1402Cal. 500 S&W MagS# SCI0050 Bbl. 8 3/8″ Mfg. 2004. The first 500 S&W Magnum revolver was introduced at SHOT Show 2003 &...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow ARMY CLASS A DRESS UNIFORM FOR 4 STAR GENERAL & FUTURE SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN L. POWELL 02-19946 This superb Class A dress uniform belonged to one of the most famous Generals of the modern age, Colin L. Powell. Powell rose to the rank of...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow EXHIBITION SHOOTER HERB PARSON’S WINCHESTER MODEL 64 DELUXE RIFLE, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, BOOK AND TABLE COVER 23-1654 Cal. 30 WCF (30-30) S# 1117903 Bbl. 24″ tapered round Herb Parsons began his career as a regional salesman for...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CUSTOM DELUXE FABRIQUE NATIONAL M98 AFRICAN DANGEROUS GAME BOLT ACTION RIFLE 23-1644 Cal. 404 JefferyS# 20843 Very special FN M98 custom shop African hunting rifle. The 2 color raised gold inlay portrays scenes with scroll and feathered...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow INTERESTING AND DESIRABLE SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1922 SINGLE SHOT BOLT ACTION INTERNATIONAL MATCH TARGET RIFLE 23-1232 Cal. 30-06S# 1227923Bbl. 28 5/16″ Lyman 48B aperture rear sight. Interchangeable aperture front sight. These rifles were...
Sep 8, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow RARE HIGH CONDITION U.S. SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 BUSHMASTER RIFLE 23-1194Cal. 30-06S# 78748Bbl. 18″ with ladder rear sight graduated to 2850 yards Blade front sight. Sight has issue protective hood marked on the left side with a circle...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY CLEAN DEWAT JAPANESE TYPE 11 LMG 03-1632 Cal. 6.5mmS# 35231Bbl. 20″ Mfg. Nov. 1939. First brought into service in 1922, this was the first light machine gun that Japan had designed for themselves. As odd as it may appear compared to...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow VERY NICE COSTA RICAN BREDA MODEL 1930 CURIO MG 03-1626Cal. 7mm MauserS# 35Bbl.19.5″ Mfg. 1935. The Breda Model 30 was designed following the late 1920’s machine gun trials. While it was one of the first to utilize a quick change...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow HIGH ORIGINAL CONDITION L.C. SMITH FIELD GRADE .410 SHOTGUN 23-975 Cal. .410 3″ chambers S# 192803 Made with 28″ Armor steel barrels fitted with raised flat matted rib; usual L.C. Smith markings are on tops. Case hardened small...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow GOOD SCOTTISH ALL METAL PISTOL BY THE WELL KNOWN T. MURDOCH 01-21919 Cal. 60 NSN Thomas Murdoch worked in Leith and the famous gunmaking town of Doune from the 1740’s until about 1790. He was a very well respected and prolific maker of...
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FollowFollowFollowFollow SCARCE WWII ERA JOHNSON MODEL 1941 SEMI-AUTO MILITARY RIFLE 23-2222 Cal. 30-06 S# 0053Bbl 21 3/4″ replacement bbl. Fully adj. aperture rear sight graduated to 1,000 meters. Blade front sight w/ protective ears. The Johnson rifle was...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow PERAZZI SCO GOLD SINGLE BARREL TRAP GUN WITH GRIFFIN ENGRAVING BY THE CELEBRATED BILL MAINS 23-2098 Cal. 12 Ga 2-3/4″ S# PU70521 The 33-1/2″ mono-bloc barrel fitted with choke tubes has very high matted ventilated rib. Mono-bloc is...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow GINO CARGNEL COWBOY ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 12 SKEET PUMP SHOTGUN 23-2093 Cal. 20ga 2-3/4″ S# 1677007 Outstanding gold & silver inlaid hand engraving by Belgium trained master engraver Gino Cargnel. Right side scene features camp...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow GINO CARGNEL NATIVE AMERICAN ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 12 SKEET PUMP SHOTGUN 23-2092 Cal. 20ga 2-2/4″ S# 1968090 Spectacular hand engraving by Belgium trained master engraver Gino Cargnel. Features include gold and silver inlays of...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow DESIRABLE PTR91 JLD HK21 BELT FEED 7.62 NATO RIFLE 23-2077 Cal. 7.62x51mm S# B0216Bbl. 17.5″ The HK21 is often thought the pinnacle of a serious HK collection. A 7.62 NATO, belt feed, designed to perform w/ readily available US M13 links...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow KOKURA ARSENAL JAPANESE TYPE 92 PAPERED DEWAT 03-1635 Cal. 7.7mm S# 20494Bbl. 30″ Mfg. November, 1940 by Kokura Arsenal. The Japanese Type 92 was one of the most widely used by the Japanese Army in WWII. Chambered in the much more...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow JAPANESE TYPE 96 DEWAT LMG 03-1634 Cal. 6.5mm S# 18167Bbl. 22″ Mfg. November, 1944. The Japanese Type 96 was introduced in 1936 intending to replace the Type 11 LMG. The Type 96 deleted the hopper feed mechanism of the Type 11, instead...
Sep 7, 2023 | 2023 - Fall Highlights
FollowFollowFollowFollow CASED HIGH GRADE PRESENTATION M1850 STAFF & FIELD OFFICER’S SWORD BY CLAUBERG TO 1st LT. FRANK F. NOXON OF THE 3rd US ARTILLERY 02-18393 An impressive sword grouping to an officer of the 3rd US Artillery that includes the presentation...