Gun Collecting

The folks at Rock Island Auction Company have been busy. Based in Rock Island, Illinois, they will be hosting their best firearms auction ever...

  Editor’s Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices. An Associated Press story circulated about in early March about booming gun sales in...

I have some affection for old High Standard .22 pistols. It was the first handgun I ever fired, and it was the first handgun I ever used to take game.

The inaugural auction of Rock Island Auction Company’s new facility brought firearms enthusiasts of every level, from veteran firearms collectors to first time bidders, to the firm's massive 86,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility.

There comes a time in every collector’s life when he has to sell a gun or guns, or just try his hand at turning a profit. No matter how great the protestation everybody meets the situation face to face at one time or another.

This new defensive handgun ammunition, adopted by the FBI, is available for handgunners everywhere.

A recent Shobe auction held in Montana yielded many good sales of firearms, including an 1873 Winchester in .44, which sold for $93,000.

There is one thing that can be said of President Obama with certainty -- his election has had a phenomenal effect on gun sales.

Firearms sales are soaring as the National Rifle Association convention commences Friday in Phoenix, Arizona.

Rock Island Auction Company realizes strong sales during their April Premiere Auction. Peaked interest in the gun market, particularly collectible firearms has Rock Island defying the faltering economy.

With the current political environment leaving manufacturers of modern tactical rifles buried in upwards of six month or greater backorders, gun owners looking for battle-ready weapons would be wise to consider the proven classic tacticals like the Springfield 1903 or M1 Garand.

An auction was held March 21 at Kramer Auction Service in Prairie du Chien. Sales were strong on guns and demand for ammunition was heavy.

In the course of writing this article I did a quick web search for AR-15 accessories and came up with 712,000 hits. That's a lot of accessories. And someone out there has made it their mission to bolt every single one to an AR that is humanly possible. Here's a look at a few.

Here is a sample chapter from the Standard Catalog of Luger.

Bye-bye squirrel gun. Hello spec ops rifle. Simply put, when you convert your Ruger 10/22 into the Archangel 5.56 Rifle (Advanced Rimfire System), your small game plinker becomes a serious worst-case scenario weapons system.