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This is a rare, very desirable,
fine condition and all matching Model 1900 American Eagle Luger in ..
This is a rare, very desirable,
fine condition and all matching Model 1900 American Eagle Luger in 7.65 mm
manufactured by Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (“DWM”). Only about 8,000 of the Model 1900 American
Eagle Luger were manufactured in 7.65 mm caliber. These Lugers were manufactured especially for
the US market beginning in 1900 and this particular Luger, serial number 8059,
was manufactured towards the early-middle of production as the serial number
range for the Model 1900 is 2,000 to 20,000.
This Luger was probably manufactured in late summer 1901.The Bar..
This is a very fine condition and
very rare Colt Government Model 1911A1 Pistol that incorporated t..
This is a very fine condition and
very rare Colt Government Model 1911A1 Pistol that incorporated the Swartz
Safety mechanism. This particular Colt
was ordered by the Argentine Navy in 1941 and remains in its original Colt high
polish blued finish with the Swartz Safety mechanism still in place. Argentina, like many countries in
South America, had only a nascent arm manufacturing capacity in the 19th
century and primarily relied on American and European arms manufacturers to outfit
is military and police forces. As a result,
the Argentine Government purchased 21,616 Co..
This is a rare and antique fine condition Civil War
Sharps New Model 1863 Military Rifle that remai..
This is a rare and antique fine condition Civil War
Sharps New Model 1863 Military Rifle that remains in its original percussion
configuration. This particular Rifle is
in the serial number range of those New Model 1863 Rifles issued to the 6th
United States Veteran Volunteers. Serial
number C 37687 was issued to Daniel H. Collins in Company H, and serial number
C 37696 was issued to two different soldiers, John Kuhen and Christopher Rrehr,
both in Company E. The story of all Sharps firearms begins with Christian
Sharps who lived from 1811-1874.
Christian Sharp..
This is an historically
significant, very rare and documented U.S. Model 1902 Revolver, known as th..
This is an historically
significant, very rare and documented U.S. Model 1902 Revolver, known as the
Philippine Constabulary Revolver Model of 1902.
This particular revolver is one of the two official pre-production sample
revolvers sent to General William Crozier, the Chief of Ordnance, in January
1902, which are the first revolvers incorporating the new longer trigger and
larger triggerguard.The origin of the U.S. Model 1902
Revolver begins with the Colt Model of 1878 Double-Action Revolver. The Model 1878 Double Action Army Revolver itself
followed closely on the heels o..
This is a very good
and original condition Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Rifle that was manufa..
This is a very good
and original condition Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Rifle that was manufactured
in June 1899. This particular rifle is
documented to have been issued to Private Joseph Korros, Company I, 44th
U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which fought in the Philippines from December
19, 1899 until May 27, 1901. There were two phases to the
Philippine-American War. The first
phase, from February to November of 1899, began when Philippine nationalists
learned that the United States did not intend to leave the Philippines after
deposing Spanish rule, and na..
This is a scarce and original
condition Model 1870 Trapdoor Rifle in .50-70 caliber. While the..
This is a scarce and original
condition Model 1870 Trapdoor Rifle in .50-70 caliber. While the American Civil War was
predominantly an Infantryman's war using muzzle loading, percussion cap
ignition rifles, the use of breech loading, cartridge firing weapons
(principally carbines) left an indelible mark on both the US Army and weapons
designers in the United States. The Army's experience during the Civil War left
post-war Army leaders with two distinct impressions. First, the accuracy and
long-range of modern infantry rifles made the linear, Napoleonic-style of
infantry tactics ob..
This is an extraordinarily rare and exceptional condition,
Springfield Armory Model 1903 Rifle in i..
This is an extraordinarily rare and exceptional condition,
Springfield Armory Model 1903 Rifle in its original .30-03 caliber that was
manufactured in 1905. This rifle is very
rare because it was one of the very few Model 1903 Rifles manufactured that
remains in its 1905 modification configuration.
Almost all of those rifles manufactured as 1905 modification rifles were
subsequently modified to the .30-06 transition configuration.As Lieutenant Colonel William S. Brophy wrote in his landmark
book, The Springfield 1903 Rifles, “As
fine a rifle as it turned out to be, it surel..
This
is a very rare Robert & J. D. Johnson U.S. Model 1817 Flintlock Common
Rifle manufactured..
This
is a very rare Robert & J. D. Johnson U.S. Model 1817 Flintlock Common
Rifle manufactured in 1825. The Robert
& J. D. Johnson Model 1817 Rifles are the rarest of the five manufacturers
of what is already a rare model rifle. This
particular Model 1817 was manufactured by Robert & J. D. Johnson as part of
their only Model 1817 Contract with the Ordnance Department of only 3,060
rifles and was manufactured and delivered in 1825. Robert & J. D. Johnson entered into its
contract on December 10, 1823. It only
manufactured the Model 1817 for five years:..
This is an antique fine condition,
scarce and historically significant US Model 1842 Navy Percussio..
This is an antique fine condition,
scarce and historically significant US Model 1842 Navy Percussion Pistol
manufactured by Nathan P. Ames of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1845. Only about 2,000 of these pistols were
manufactured for the U.S. Navy. This pistol is historically
significant because it was the first percussion pistol adopted and ordered by the
United States Government, specifically for the U.S. Navy. The history of US percussion pistols starts,
naturally, at the end of the flintlock period and the transition was not a
quick one. The history of t..
This
is a rare WWI Colt Model 1911 Pistol that was originally a Commercial
Government Model, which..
This
is a rare WWI Colt Model 1911 Pistol that was originally a Commercial
Government Model, which was converted to an Army Model 1911 at the Colt plant
in Hartford in 1918. Only a very limited
number of these weapons exist and all from only two months during the summer of
1918. According
to Colt shipment records, this Colt 1911 is in the serial number range of one
of three shipments sent in August and early September 1918 to the American
Expeditionary Force Ordnance Officer at Bush Terminal in Brooklyn, New York for
shipment to the AEF in France. The three
shipments were..
This is an excellent condition and
quite rare Walther PP Pistol that was manufactured in 1940, and ..
This is an excellent condition and
quite rare Walther PP Pistol that was manufactured in 1940, and which was
issued to, and marked by, the Reich Justice Ministry. This pistol is in 7.65 mm Browning caliber,
also known as .32 ACP. The Waffenfabrik Walther was
founded by Carl Walther in 1886 in Zella St. Blasii, Thuringen Free State,
Germany. After World War I, in 1919, the
city of Zella St. Blasii was combined into the adjoining town of Mehlis to form
the Twin Cities of Zella-Mehlis. Walther
was known before WWI as a manufacturer of fine small pocket pistol..
This is a documented, fine
condition, rare and all original Nippes Contract, Maynard Lock Alteratio..
This is a documented, fine
condition, rare and all original Nippes Contract, Maynard Lock Alteration of a
US Model 1840 Musket. In early 1848, Daniel Nippes,
whose factory was in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, began
producing the final 600 US Model 1840 flintlock muskets under a 1,600-musket
contract received from the Ordnance Department in 1846. On February 23, 1848, Nippes received a new
Ordnance Department contract to alter 1,000 of these muskets to percussion
using the Maynard tape priming system for $4.00 per alteration. At the time of this..
This is a very early, very good
condition and very scarce Springfield Armory Model 1873 Trapdoor Ri..
This is a very early, very good
condition and very scarce Springfield Armory Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle in
.45-70 caliber that was made in early 1847, which is the first full year of
Model 1873 production. This particular
rifle is New Jersey surcharged. The serial number on this rifle is
31099, which places the date of manufacture of the receiver to late 1874. Serial number production in 1874 started at
number 1,943 and ended at 35,217. Only
22,397 Model 1873 rifles were manufactured in 1874, with the balance being
carbines and cadet rifles. The Barre..
This is a fine condition and all
original, early Model 1903 Rifle manufactured by Rock Island Arsen..
This is a fine condition and all
original, early Model 1903 Rifle manufactured by Rock Island Arsenal in 1913
that was purchased through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship and is marked
“NRA.”. The Model 1903 Service Rifle was
officially adopted on June 19, 1903 and it was initially chambered for the
.30-03 round and had an internally-stored rod bayonet, similar to the rod
bayonet design used on the Model 1884 Trapdoor Rifle. When the design was
finalized, the Ordnance Department ordered both national armories, Springfield
Armory and Rock Island Arsenal to begin preparing for p..
This is a scarce and fine
condition Parker Brothers PHE Grade, 12 Gauge hammerless, side-by-side sh..
This is a scarce and fine
condition Parker Brothers PHE Grade, 12 Gauge hammerless, side-by-side shotgun
from 1928. This shotgun comes with a Parker
Brothers Historical Letter indicating this shotgun was completed on July 23,
1928. The information on this shotgun is
found in Parker Brothers’ Stock Book No. 78, and listed it as a PHE hammerless
shotgun, 12-gauge, with Parker Steel barrels with a length of 30 inches. The stock configuration is confirmed as
capped pistol grip and the length of pull is specified as 14 ¼”, the drop at heel
at 2 5/8”, the weight at 7 ..
This is a scarce and original condition
Springfield Armory Model 1868 Rifle in .50-70 Caliber that ..
This is a scarce and original condition
Springfield Armory Model 1868 Rifle in .50-70 Caliber that was manufactured in
1870. The genesis of the Model 1868 was the
earlier Allin alterations. At the end of the Civil War, the Ordnance Department
realized that a breech loading infantry rifle was needed to replace the
obsolete muzzle loading percussion arms used during the late war. With so many
Model 1861, 1863 and 1864 percussion rifled muskets on hand at war’s end,
Springfield Armory Master Armorer Erskine S. Allin developed the U.S. Model
1865 Rifle, also known as the First Allin ..
This is a an original and very
good condition Springfield Armory Model 1899 Cavalry Carbine. ..
This is a an original and very
good condition Springfield Armory Model 1899 Cavalry Carbine. The Model 1899 Krag Cavalry Carbine was the last
of the Krag Cavalry Carbine designs. Model 1899 Krag Carbine production
began in September 1899, at serial number 226,701. This carbine, serial number 346796, was manufactured
in September 1901. The Model 1899 Krag Carbine
incorporated several changes from the Model 1898 Carbine. The Model 1899 Carbine Stock is approximately
2” longer than the Model 1898 Carbine Stock.
The Model 1899 stock also omitt..
This is a very good
and original condition Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Rifle that was manufa..
This is a very good
and original condition Springfield Armory Model 1898 Krag Rifle that was manufactured
in May 1899. This rifle was manufactured
two months before Springfield increased rifle production to 200 per day in
response to beginning of the Philippine-American War. There were two phases to the
Philippine-American War. The first
phase, from February to November of 1899, began when Philippine nationalists
learned that the United States did not intend to leave the Philippines after
deposing Spanish rule and nationalist leader Emilio Aguinaldo’s attempted ..
This is a scarce and original condition
Springfield Armory Model 1868 Rifle in .50-70 Caliber that ..
This is a scarce and original condition
Springfield Armory Model 1868 Rifle in .50-70 Caliber that was manufactured in
1870. The genesis of the Model 1868 was the
earlier Allin alterations. At the end of the Civil War, the Ordnance Department
realized that a breech loading infantry rifle was needed to replace the
obsolete muzzle loading percussion arms used during the late war. With so many
Model 1861, 1863 and 1864 percussion rifled muskets on hand at war’s end,
Springfield Armory Master Armorer Erskine S. Allin developed the U.S. Model
1865 Rifle, also known as the First Allin ..
This is scarce, Spanish American War,
unit identified Springfield Armory Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle ..
This is scarce, Spanish American War,
unit identified Springfield Armory Model 1873 Trapdoor Rifle in .45-70 caliber. This particular rifle was issued to the 202nd
New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which deployed to Cuba in 1898 and served
in Havana and Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. The serial number on this rifle is
146876 [star], which places its date of manufacture to 1880. Springfield Armory only produced 9,830 rifles
that year, which was the lowest production year other than 1877 when there was
essentially no rifle production, so 1880 dated rifles are rarely seen. ..