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Two Extraordinary Rifles Created for Auto Magnate John Francis Dodge to Sell
This 33-caliber model 1886 Winchester rifle, made for Dodge Motor Company co-founder and magnate John Francis Dodge, is expected to challenge for top-lot honors at the upcoming Annual Outstanding March...
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Personal, Gold-Encrusted Carbine of King Louis XV to lead Julia Firearms Auction
The trigger area detail from the one-of-a-kind German Sebastian Hauschka rifle, made for gun enthusiast and avid hunter King Louis XV of France. It is expected to be among the highlights in the...
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Collecting Outlaws: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
This set of antique cabinet cards shows the outlaw Jessie James. Recently, gangsters were in the news in many ways. Jimmy Hoffa was “unearthed”—or wasn’t—again. Respected actor James Gandolfini, who...
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Auction Report: World War I Squadron Insignia, Archive Take Top-Lot Honors
Lt. Paul Green’s(French Escardille 131-Bomber Group 4 World War I aircraft insignia fetched $13,200. BOUCKVILLE, N.Y. — A World War I squadron insignia and archive pertaining to American pilot Lt. Paul...
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Auction Report: Gettysburg Cannon Tops Dancy-Polk House Auction
This authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, topped the Dancy-Polk auction with $86,250. DECATUR, Ala. — An authentic Civil War cannon, fired by Union...
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Rare and Exceptional Weapons to be had in Julia’s March Firearms Auction
One of the expected top lots James D. Julia’s upcoming Firearms Auction, slated for on March 10-12, is lot #2008—an extraordinary cased brace of Colt Model 1860 Revolvers—that once firearms belonged to...
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Rare and Elegant—George Hoenig’s Rotary Round Action
The Hoenig Rotary is a true round action, not “rounded” like many double-barreled guns. By Ron Spomer Many premier side-by-side shotguns are sold as round actions, but rounded is the more accurate...
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They May not Look Like Much, but “Pete” Miller’s Rifles are Beautiful
Three of Pete’s rifles. By R. Bruce Moon As the morning began to brighten, I watched the buzzards settle on the hog. I had shot the 180-pound boar two evenings before, taken the backstraps, then...
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Two Takes on the Take Down Rifle
Few companies were more influential in the firearms industry than Westley Richards and W. J. Jeffrey & Co. Both companies hailed from working-class Birmingham, England, where their firms’ ingenuity...
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Greener Creates ‘Wrought Steel Indestructible By Gun Powder’
William Wellington Greener’s work in fine shotguns is still visible though his “Facile Princeps” line of fowling pieces. It is hard to over emphasize the impact William Wellington Greener had on...
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