This is a very rare and historically significant US Model 1794 Contract Flintlock Musket that was manufactured by Owen Evans of Providence Township, Pennsylvania c. 1797.  The 1794 US Contract Muskets were the first domestically produced US arms after the Americans obtained their independence from Britain.The fledgling United States of America was still finding its economic footing after the Revolutionary War.  These efforts were complicated by events happening in Europe.  Shortly after the French Revolution in 1789, the new Republic of France began to flex its militar..

This is a very fine condition, and very rare, pre-WWII Walther Die Schaftausfuhrung or “WSF” 16-gauge side-by-side shotgun that was manufactured in September 1933, just a few months after Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power in Germany.   Walther manufactured two different models of shotgun in both 12-gauge and 16-gauge from around 1932 until around 1940.   These shotguns have Purdey-style dual under-lugs, utilize the Anson-Deeley boxlock design, and have the Greener cross-bolt locking system.  The two models are this particular shotgun, the Walther Die Sch..

This is a very rare and fine condition pre-WWI German Model of 1908 Luger manufactured by DWM in 1911 is one of the few existing that was not later modified with the addition of the hold-open device.  This particular pistol is even more rare because it was never subsequently modified with a toggle hold open device.  This Luger is also unit marked “W.R.S.121,” indicating it was assigned to the Württembergische Reserve-Sanitäts-Kompagnie, Waffe Nr. 75, which is the Imperial German 54th Wurttemberg Reserve Division Medical Company, weapon number 75.  The Wurttemberg Divisio..

This is a very rare and all matching WWI German Model 1908 Navy Luger manufactured by the Deutsche Waffen-und Munitionsfabriken (“DWM”), that is unit marked to the First Sea Battalion, the German Marine Corps, which was located in Kiel, Germany.  The First Sea Battalion comprised the first battalion of German Marines in the Imperial German 1st Marine Division that fought in numerous battles on the Western Front during WWI. Only 8,500 Model 1908 Navy Military Lugers were manufactured.  This model, technically referred to as the Pistole 1904, was delivered to the Navy from earl..

This is a very rare and fine condition, all matching WWI German Model 1914 Luger manufactured by the Erfurt Arsenal in 1914, the first year of WWI. The Royal Government Arsenal at Erfurt only manufactured about 7,000 Model 1914 Lugers in 1914, by far the fewest number produced during Erfurt production during the war. The end of the 1890s and early 1900s saw great international military interest in semiautomatic weapons, particularly handguns. The famous Borchardt design and the Mauser C96 pistol are both examples of this interest at the turn of the century. The German Army ultimately settled o..

This is a very rare and fine example of a late-war Volkssturmkarabiner 98, or VK 98, also known as the Volksgewehr 5, or VG 5 in standard 8mm Mauser caliber. This rifle was manufactured under contract with the Nazi Party by Steyr in Austria in 1945 using slave labor from the Steyr-Münichholz concentration camp for issue to the Volkssturm troops assembled by the Nazis to defend Berlin in the closing days of the war.With Soviet forces moving into Poland from Byelorussia and Ukraine, and into Estonia and Latvia in the north, the Nazi Party knew the end was near. With the attempt on Hitler’s life ..

This is a very good to fine condition Rock Island Arsenal Model 1903 Rifle in .30-06 caliber from mid-1918, serial number 274135, with fine Rock Island barrel dated August 1918. Rock Island Arsenal had a much smaller production run of the 1903 than did Springfield Armory and this was one of the last 1903s ever produced at Rock Island before the rifle arsenal shops were closed at Rock Island permanently. When the U.S. Model 1903 Rifle was adopted on June 19, 1903, the Ordnance Department instructed Springfield Armory to begin preparations to produce 400 rifles per day and Rock Islan..

This is a scarce and very good condition National Rifle Association marked Springfield Armory Model 1903 Rifle in .30-06 that was manufactured in early 1916 and sold through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship to a member of the NRA.By 1910, Model 1903 Rifle production at Springfield had reached a number that allowed a limited number of service rifles to be sold to members of the National Rifle Association through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship (“DCM”).  Sales through the DCM to NRA members was authorized by the same statute that created the National Board for the Promotio..

This is a scarce Robert Johnson contract U.S. Model 1817 Flintlock Common Rifle from 1821.Rifle development in the early years of the United States was based on the frontier use of Kentucky and Pennsylvania rifles. The first regulation U.S. rifle was the US Model 1803, manufactured at Harpers Ferry in 1803, firing a .54 caliber ball from a relatively short (compared to earlier civilian rifle designs) 33" barrel. The Model 1803 Rifle was manufactured until 1807 and several of these rifles are known to have accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the west coast. Model 1803 Rifles were..