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Protecting Your Gun Collection

Popular television programs such as “Pawn Stars” and “American Pickers” show what can happen when unsuspecting surviving family members suddenly have to dispose of a loved one’s collection. Here is a practical approach to protecting your estate and your family’s financial security.

Two More Law Enforcement Agencies Select Smith & Wesson’s M&P Handgun

December Gun Auction Sets World Records and Realizes $10M

Fresh off the heals of the television debut of Discovery Channel’s Ready Aim Sold, Rock Island Auction Company’s December Premiere Firearms Auction realized a stunning $10 Million dollars in sales.

Buying Guns on Internet Auctions

The Internet lets you shop for guns all over the country, here are some tips to make it easier.

Backlash Against Obama's Rifle Ban to Target Congress

A stealth plan by the Obama administration to classify hundreds of thousands of workhorse rifles used by the U.S. military and public alike as dangerous has prompted a grass-roots campaign to save the weapons, and a key U.S. senator has lent his voice to the effort.

Rock Island Auctions Debuts “Ready, Aim, Sold” TV Program

What do you get when you mix family, firearms and millions of dollars of business? A new TV program called READY AIM SOLD, to debut on Discovery Channel.

The Colt National Match and Its Descendants

Considered by many aficionados to be the finest of Government Model 1911s, this tribute to the gunmaker's art has inspired imitators for more than 80 years.

The Revolvers of Montenegro

In certain regions of the world, the men were ordered to own one of these big-bore guns.

Perfect Autoloaders for Upland Game

While artists may like to depict upland hunters with double barrel shotguns, doubtless more upland game are actually taken with autoloaders. Here is a look at some of the best repeaters.

Tingle's Creation Still Amazes

Never heard of the mighty Tingle .44 blackpowder magnum revolver? Welcome to the club. Predating Ruger's Old Army .44 by more than a decade, the Tingle .44 blackpowder is all but forgotten today.

Several Free Plate Carriers for US Combat Troops currently in Afghanistan

Tactical Gear Mag Readers listen up,

Our company Agilite Tactical is going to be giving away several brand new plate carriers to US combat t

Targo! Gone But Not Forgotten

History doesn't record who thought up Targo — a game of miniature skeet. However, Mossberg must take some of the responsibility, because they promoted the game and made guns for it.

The .44 Magnum … One Year Later

The world's most potent handgun cartridge in the year 1958, its history and development, plus notes on handloading and shooting it, by the man whose dream came true!

Rock Island September Gun Auction Sets 8 World Records

Realizing over $7 million in revenue, gun collectors had the opportunity to join forces this past weekend to break 8 World Records at Rock Island Auction Company.

Mauser: The Most Important Rifle

With the closest estimate of production hovering between 91 million and 125 million, and having been manufactured for the military of twenty or more countries, it's hard to imagine a rifle more important than the Mauser Model 98.

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