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Your go-to source for all things gun collecting. Find pieces on your favorite rare and historic models, exclusive auction highlights, collecting tips, and more.

Featured ContentArt Institute of Chicago's Stunning Arms

Art Institute of Chicago's Stunning Arms

The Art Institute of Chicago is deaccessioning of some of its dazzling antique European firearms from the George Harding Jr. Collection....Read More

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The Last Gun: Simón Bolívar's Flintlock Shotgun

This French-made shotgun was presented to El Libertador Simón Bolívar by American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette. ...

Touring the Tom Selleck Collection

Tom Selleck's fine arms collection is notable for its ability to find beauty in unexpected places......

The Trapdoor Rifle

The Springfield Trapdoor rifle made a name for itself in the American West. A standard of soldiers, hunters, and frontiersmen, surviving examples of the Trapdoor platform from the Battle of Little Bighorn are some of the rarest arms in collecting....

RIAC On Time #5017

Check out the latest Rock Island Auction Company event!...

American Sniper Rifle Evolution

With the introduction of smokeless powder and optics the sniper rifle was born at the turn of the......

Masterful Marlin Engraving

The artistry of engraved Marlin rifles match or even surpass Colt and Winchester but don't grab the spotlight, making them less expensive to acquire. ...

The HK223 | RARE Vietnam Era Prototype

Once part of the Harrington & Richardson Factory Museum, this is an extremely rare example of......

Baseball's Cop and Thug Revolver

Colt's New Police and New House pistols are popular for their rarity and the distinct "Cop and Thug" grips worn by many of the revolvers. RIAC's August auction features four examples of the genre, including a masterpiece inscribed to the first president of baseball. ...

Colt's Brilliant Gun Engraving

Colt developed an outstanding roster of master engravers that produced the finest embellished guns of the 19th and early 20th centuries....

The Last Gun: Simón Bolívar's Flintlock Shotgun

This French-made shotgun was presented to El Libertador Simón Bolívar by American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette. ...

Touring the Tom Selleck Collection

Tom Selleck's fine arms collection is notable for its ability to find beauty in unexpected places......

The Trapdoor Rifle

The Springfield Trapdoor rifle made a name for itself in the American West. A standard of soldiers, hunters, and frontiersmen, surviving examples of the Trapdoor platform from the Battle of Little Bighorn are some of the rarest arms in collecting....

RIAC On Time #5017

Check out the latest Rock Island Auction Company event!...

American Sniper Rifle Evolution

With the introduction of smokeless powder and optics the sniper rifle was born at the turn of the......

Masterful Marlin Engraving

The artistry of engraved Marlin rifles match or even surpass Colt and Winchester but don't grab the spotlight, making them less expensive to acquire. ...

The HK223 | RARE Vietnam Era Prototype

Once part of the Harrington & Richardson Factory Museum, this is an extremely rare example of......

Baseball's Cop and Thug Revolver

Colt's New Police and New House pistols are popular for their rarity and the distinct "Cop and Thug" grips worn by many of the revolvers. RIAC's August auction features four examples of the genre, including a masterpiece inscribed to the first president of baseball. ...

Colt's Brilliant Gun Engraving

Colt developed an outstanding roster of master engravers that produced the finest embellished guns of the 19th and early 20th centuries....

The Last Gun: Simón Bolívar's Flintlock Shotgun

This French-made shotgun was presented to El Libertador Simón Bolívar by American Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette. ...

Touring the Tom Selleck Collection

Tom Selleck's fine arms collection is notable for its ability to find beauty in unexpected places......

The Trapdoor Rifle

The Springfield Trapdoor rifle made a name for itself in the American West. A standard of soldiers, hunters, and frontiersmen, surviving examples of the Trapdoor platform from the Battle of Little Bighorn are some of the rarest arms in collecting....

RIAC On Time #5017

Check out the latest Rock Island Auction Company event!...

American Sniper Rifle Evolution

With the introduction of smokeless powder and optics the sniper rifle was born at the turn of the......

Masterful Marlin Engraving

The artistry of engraved Marlin rifles match or even surpass Colt and Winchester but don't grab the spotlight, making them less expensive to acquire. ...

The HK223 | RARE Vietnam Era Prototype

Once part of the Harrington & Richardson Factory Museum, this is an extremely rare example of......

Baseball's Cop and Thug Revolver

Colt's New Police and New House pistols are popular for their rarity and the distinct "Cop and Thug" grips worn by many of the revolvers. RIAC's August auction features four examples of the genre, including a masterpiece inscribed to the first president of baseball. ...

Colt's Brilliant Gun Engraving

Colt developed an outstanding roster of master engravers that produced the finest embellished guns of the 19th and early 20th centuries....

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