A word of warning to all C&R and Antique collectors

A word of warning to all you C&R collectors who are not worried about possible firearm legislation because you don’t collect “assault rifles.” On Sunday I was speaking to a retired Dublin Ireland police officer I have known for many years. He warned “Tony, they (politicians) are going to do to you what they did to us.” He went on to tell me that his former police captain took away his reproduction .44 caliber cap and ball revolver that he used for U.S. Civil War reenacting. It was taken away because “You don’t need it.” To paraphrase an old saying: “Give them an assault rifle and they’ll take your flintlocks!” Tony Petruso

Colt 1911 .45 Auto Pistol Diagram

Smith & Wesson S&W "Revolvers" TIN SIGN

J.C. Higgins Model 80 .22 autoloader Pistol

Produced by High Standard for Sears from 1956 until 1963. In .22 LR

Winchester's Model 1897, pump action 12g shotgun

The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, or Trench Gun, was a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

Rohm, Model RG-10, .22 Short Caliber, 2in. Barrel

Here is a specimen of the much maligned, but actually pretty good quality, Rohm or RG Revolvers imported en masse from the 1950s on up until 1986. Corporate genealogy of the Importers were first Eig Cutlery, then F.I.E. / Firearms Import and Export Company, and then an independent German Owned RG Industries in Miami. Many other distributors had their own names stamped on the RGs, notably FIE and Spesco. Manufacturer of these good solid revolvers was Rohm Gesontheim Germany, hence the corporate initials. Not C&R Eligible until 2014. 

Shotgun Shell Shot Size Comparison Chart Actual size

These are actual size scale comparisons of different shotgun pellets or shot sizes from #12 bird shot to 000 buckshot.

Prototype Luger Pistol in .45 ACP

Two prototypes in .45 ACP were originally manufactured by DWM Luger for the U.S. Army Trials in 1906 that eventually gave us the Colt 1911. Of the two .45 ACP Lugers submitted to the US Army, only one, marked serial number 2, is known to have survived. Serial number 1 is assumed to have been discarded, possibly damaged after the initial trial. For unknown reasons, DWM (Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktien-Gesellschaft) withdrew from the trials after the first round of tests. At least three more of the .45 ACP Lugers were made, one a carbine bearing serial number 21.
Most recently these handguns have been valued in excess of $1 million. One of the most rare and expensive handguns in the world.

Elf-2 submachine gun (Ukraine)

Elf-2 submachine gun (Ukraine) Caliber: 9x18 PM The Elf-2 submachine gun has been developed during mid- to late 1990s by the infamous KB-ST (Design Bureau for Special Techniques) of Ukraine.

London Armoury Company 38 Bore Prototype Revolver Pistol

Webley automatic pistol shown for Size comparison

Beaumont-Adams Revolver - 1874

Beaumont-Adams Revolver - First Revolver issued to the North West Mounted Police 1874

Winchester lever action rifle models

The Gun That Won The West Winchester 1873 Lever

The 44 WCF was standard for the "gun that won the West," though it also was made in 38 WCF (first offered in 1879), 32 WCF (introduced in 1882) and .22 rimfire (1884), with a few special-order guns built in .22 extra long rimfire.

Scorpion SA Vz 61 submachine gun (Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic)

Scorpion SA Vz 68 - a rare version of the basic sub-machine gun produced for infantry use, chambered for 9x19 ammunition.

AK-47 Exploded Parts Diagram

A Nice Collection of SKS Rifles by Country

1. Left to right: Chinese Norinco made for the US market, Chinese military, Albanian, Romanian, Russian, Yugoslavian M59, Yugoslavian M59/66, and on the bottom a Norinco

Tactical SKS Rifle Before and After

Non-Refurbished Russian SKS compared to Refurbished Russian SKS

Top: Non-Refurbished Russian SKS Tula 1954
Bottom: Refurbished Russian SKS Tula 1950

M1 Carbine, M1A1, Browning BAR M 1918, M 1918 A1, M 1918 A2

M4 carbine and Glock 21

Common Rifle Caliber Comparison Chart

4.3mm-7.62mm

Another Nice Ammo Size Comparison Chart

.22 short-.460 S&W

Colt Python .357 revolver 8 inch barrel

Colt Python .357 revolver 8 inch barrel

Custom Glock by Salient Arms International

Custom Glock by Salient Arms International
 Features
 - Slide weight reduction machining
- Frame stippled and cut for improved grip
- 3.5lb Salient trigger with short reset. Breaks like glass with no creep
- Polished internals
- Warren tactical sights
- DLC Ion Bond coating

1911 of Your Dreams

 Terry Tussey Customs Colt Longslide on Springfield frame hard chrome w/genuine elephant ivory

 Tussey is an old school pistolsmith, a one-man-shop practitioner who still zeros every gun he builds himself. “I bought a .45 when I was 17 years old after reading Cooper’s Fighting Handguns. I already had a lathe at home and I started working on triggers. I got hired by [Los Angeles gunshop owner] Martin B. Retting in late ’59 and that was my first paid job working on guns. I’ve actually done trigger work and part-time gunsmithing ever since,” said the veteran customizer.

  Tussey worked as a sales rep for Safariland and Colt during the ’60s and ’70s to supplement his gunsmithing sideline. “In ’79, I gave up all the extra stuff and went strictly into building custom pistols, kinda forced out by telemarketing. My middle daughter took over my route selling guns while I made the transition. She did it for no pay, just to help the family out,” said Tussey, a father of four and grandfather of nine.

Cut Away Sectional views of machine gun ammunition inside

Complete Collection of 9mm Glocks

All 9mm Glocks made, G26,G19C,G19,G17C,G17,G34,G17L

.577 Nitro Express "Elephant Stopper Gun" and Ammo

The .577 Nitro Express was descended from the .577 Black Powder Express, a cartridge invented by the late Samuel Baker who had Holland & Holland build him an express rifle in this caliber.This caliber is generally used for thick-skinned dangerous game such as elephant, rhino, and Cape buffalo. Even among professional ivory hunters of old it is typically treated as an emergency weapon carried by the hunter's gun bearer, reserved for stopping the charge of an enraged, wounded elephant in thick bushes rather than as a day-to-day hunting weapon. Only a few hunters such as James Sutherland did use it as their primary elephant rifle.

Big Bore / Safari Ammo Comparison Chart

A comparison of Big Bore Old School Safari Style Ammo Calibers, Elephant Gun Loads, .50 Caliber,Nitro Express Cartridges, and Other Big Bore Ammunition.