This is a very good and original condition pre-WWII Walther Commercial PP Pistol that was manufactured in 1937.  This pistol is in 7.65 mm Browning caliber, also known as .32 ACP.  This pistol comes with an original leather holster. 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 rare and fine condition Colt US Model 1909 Revolver in .45 Long Colt (modified).Only about 19,000 of these were made and almost all of those went straight to the Philippines and few survived in any condition, let alone with as much original bluing as this one retains. The Model 1909 was an "emergency" attempt to provide a double action .45 caliber side arm to US Army forces in the Philippines to fight the Moros in the Southern Philippine islands. Prior to the Model 1909, the US Army’s standard sidearms were .38 caliber, which had very little effect on attacking fanatical Isla..

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 scarce, beautiful, and antique fine condition special order Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle, in .38-56 caliber, with a 26-inch octagon barrel that was manufactured in 1890.  This rifle is rare in that it has the factory set trigger.  This rifle was formerly in the personal collection of noted Winchester historian Ed Brandhorst. The Winchester Model 1886 Lever Action Rifle is significant in that it was Winchester’s first repeating rifle designed by legendary firearms designer John Moses Browning.  With the introduction of the .45-70 Government round..

This is a rare and original U.S. Model 1816 Flintlock Pistol manufactured by Simeon North of Middletown, Connecticut between 1818 and 1819.  This particular pistol is historically significant because it was donated by North’s great-grandson Ralph H. North to The Franklin Institute and subsequently exhibited as part of “The Simeon North Collection of Guns,” at The Franklin Institute.  This pistol, and its extra lock, are also published in the 1944 article, “The Origin of Interchangeable Parts” by Thomas Coulson, who was then the Director of Museum Research at the Franklin Inst..

This is a rare and original configuration British Tower marked, New Land Pattern Light Dragoon Flintlock Pistol that was issued and marked in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars.The New Land Pattern Pistol was the last in the line of British Land service flintlock pistols and it would see service, almost unaltered, for nearly thirty years.  It is generally thought (see “British Cavalry Carbines & Pistols of the Napoleonic Era” by Barry Chisnall and Geoffrey Davids, Maine Military, Publisher, 2013) that the new design was approved around 1802 although it would not see wide issuance ..

This is an original and very scarce Connecticut Militia Contract Flintlock Musket manufactured by Oliver Bidwell of Middletown, Connecticut.  This musket was manufactured sometime 1814 and is one of probably less than 200 muskets that were made specifically for issue to Connecticut Militiamen.   The story of this musket begins prior to the War of 1812. U.S. history prior to the War of 1812 is a fascinating and little known period and was marked not only by the solidification of the acrimonious two-party system in the U.S., but also by vigorous debate over the role of a s..

This is a rare, fine condition, and very desirable and all matching Model 1906 American Eagle Luger in 7.65 mm manufactured by Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (“DWM”).  Only about 8,000 of the Model 1906 American Eagle Luger was manufactured in 7.65 mm caliber.  These Lugers were manufactured especially for the US market beginning in 1906 and this particular Luger, serial number 29932, was manufactured during the first year of production – 1906.The Barrel on this Luger is its original 4 3/4-inch long (120 mm) barrel and it retains 98% blued finish.  There is only sli..

This is a rare, very fine condition, very desirable and all matching Model 1906 American Eagle Luger in 7.65 mm, or .30 Luger caliber, manufactured by Deutsche Waffen-Und Munitionsfabriken (“DWM”).  Only about 8,000 of the Model 1906 American Eagle Luger was manufactured in 7.65 mm caliber.  These Lugers were manufactured especially for the US market beginning in 1906 and this particular Luger, serial number 63233, was probably manufactured in 1910.The Barrel on this Luger is its original 4 3/4-inch long (120 mm) barrel and it retains 98% blued finish.  There is only sli..

This is a rare and original configuration British Tower marked, King George III Light Dragoon Flintlock Pistol that was manufactured by Robert Wheeler of London for the English Board of Ordnance at the Tower of London around 1795, just prior to the Napoleonic Wars.The George III Light Dragoon Pistols actually first appears in 1759, a year before the start of King George III’s reign.  Dating these pistols after 1764 is imprecise as the dates were no longer engraved on the lock after that date and was not reinstated until the percussion period.  The Light Dragoon Pistols were s..

This is a fine condition and scarce Walther PP Pistol that was manufactured in 1937, and which was issued to, and marked by, the Reich Ministry of Finance.  This pistol is in 7.65 mm Browning caliber, also known as .32 ACP.  This pistol comes with its original leather holster and a spare magazine. 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 ..

This is an extraordinarily rare and historic Springfield Model 1880 Experimental Triangular Bayonet Rifle, of which only 1,000 were made. The Rod Bayonet is an interesting, and intermittent, design that appears on American military firearms for approximately 70 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  The first rod bayonet arm issued to the U.S. military was the U.S. Model 1833 Hall Carbine, a flintlock ignition weapon, and used a relatively thin triangular blade design such as is found on this experimental rifle.  The design did not take hold and the triangula..

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 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 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 an excellent condition and quite rare Walther PP Pistol that was manufactured in 1942, 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.  This pistol comes with its original leather holster and a spare magazine. 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.  W..

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 very rare and fine condition, all matching WWI German Model 1914 Luger manufactured by the Erfurt Arsenal in 1918, the last year of WWI.  The Royal Government Arsenal at Erfurt manufactured about 175,000 Model 1914 Lugers in 1918, from serial number 300 to 7538t.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 on the Borchardt-based Luger desig..

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 ..