Current Prices for Collectible Guns Revealed
In the video below, our friend at Forgotten Weapons remembers the prices for collectible guns at Jame D. Julia's fall auction. How much did a collector pay for an original assault rifle? How...
How to Buy a 1911 From the Civilian Marksmanship Program
Mark Johnson, Chief Operating Officer of the Civilian Marksmanship Program writes:
To all CMP constituents: The CMP Board of Directors has discussed at length how the sales of 1911s would be handled, if the CMP...
Cimarron Announces the 1851 Navy Percussion Peacemaker Revolver
Colt's 1851 Navy revolver was one of the authentic classics that cemented the Hartford, Connecticut gun maker's reputation. These 7.5-inch barrel cap-and-ball beauties were made for almost a quarter century until 1873 and used...
NRA Museums Director: How to Collect Guns
Jim Supica, NRA Museums Director writes : Few of us set out to be gun collectors. We usually start with a gun. For those fortunate enough to have grown up in a rural area or in...
Buffalo Bill Cody’s Colt Model 1851 “Navy” Revolver Revealed
The NRA’s National Firearms Museum is full of eminent collections and is honored to showcase a Colt revolver, on loan, that once belonged to W.F. Cody. Complete with an illustrious past, this Model 1851...
Question of the Day: Tear Down Confederate Military Statues?
"Their success on the battlefield leaves no doubt about the brilliance of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, but too often what they fought for is ignored," Hosea L. Martin writes at...
Obscure Object of Desire: Hateful Eight Colt Single Action Revolver
According to Jeremy S. The Hateful Eight was a one-hour movie condensed into three hours. Describing the movie's plot, imdb.com is equally succinct: "In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner...
Tell Me About My Old Smith & Wesson
This U.S. Navy marked .38 Special M&P Victory revolver was my step grandfather's. What I know about it is limited. Do we have any Smith & Wesson experts in the house? Feel free to...
Too Violent For Ivy League Sensibilities: Yale Sanitizes Library Entrance Carving of a Gun
Let's see. We have a dead white male. Said imperialist oppressor is pointing a musket -- a gun! - at a peaceful indigenous person. And the offending DWM is seen doing it on what is...
Top Five Guns of the National Sporting Arms Museum
The NRA National Sporting Arms Museum is nestled in the Bass Pro Shops flagship store in Springfield, MO. After ascending a staircase flanked by railings made of muskets, visitors enter a beautiful space filled...
Top Five Guns of the National Firearms Museum
There are approximately 3,000 firearms on display at the NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia. If you spent every minute of the 7.5 hours a day that the museum is open and tried...
The Sweetness of 16 Gauge: Nostalgia, Nonsense or Something More?
At one time, 16-gauge shotguns enjoyed a fair amount of popularity. Many said the "Sweet 16" came close to perfection in terms of gun weight and shot pattern. While a some folks still own 16-gauges...