Classic Guns

Innovative marketplace lets Federal Firearm Licensed (FFL) dealers buy and sell inventory.

The first breech-loading rifle to fire a self-contained cartridge is a great collector piece.

Accuracy, particularly with over-the-counter rifles, often is worse than the buyer expects, or hopes it will be. Remington, however made a gun with a guaranteed level of performance - less than one-half MOA in some calibers! Here's a full report, from Gun Digest 1968, on a workout of Remington's hot 40-XB.

Surrounded as we are with thieves, scoundrels, rogues, knaves, scalawags, prowlers and the light-fingered in this modern civilized era, the collector would do well to take safeguards to protect his valuable guns.

Firearms collecting is a rewarding hobby. Firearms are part of our nation's history and represent an opportunity to learn more about their role in that American experience. If done skillfully, firearms collecting can be a profitable hobby as well.

Gun collecting can be fun and profitable, but if you approach the craft with only a view toward investing, you're likely to have neither in the end. Here's how to get the most out of your firearms collection.

The reasons for collecting antique firearms are endless, but certain ones are basic. Although the investment angle must play a role, it should be but part and parcel of stronger motivations which tie the collecting activities to some personal preference that has captured the imagination and curiosity of the prospective collector.

With the firearms industry still enjoying the residual effects of the sales frenzy that started with the election of Barack Obama, firearms auctioneers generally report good overall sales in the firearms auctions business despite a struggling economy. The items that sell in firearms auctions, however, are not typical of what’s selling across the firearms industry.

With the firearms industry still enjoying the residual effects of the sales frenzy that started with the election of Barack Obama, firearms auctioneers generally report good overall sales in the firearms auctions business despite a struggling economy. The items that sell in firearms auctions, however, are not typical of what's selling across the firearms industry.

As the economy continues to struggle, some are buying gold, others silver. But the area that is truly thriving is firearm auctions.

As the economy continues to struggle, some are buying gold, others silver. But the area that is truly thriving is firearm auctions.

Whether you're an avid firearms collector, or just getting started, you've been bombarded with advertisements from auctions, firearms shows and galleries, all vying for your dollars. With so many buying options available to gun collectors, its important to know where to go to purchase high quality items for your collection. This article looks at proxibid, a live auction webcasting service.

Those rifles had sat in South Korean warehouses for the last five decades, and could prove a treasure trove for military surplus retailers, collectors,...

In the final installment of this series on the N-Frame Smith & Wesson revolver, the author takes a look at the .357 Highway Patrolman, .41 magnum, and other modern versions of the N-frame revolver.

There is little about the modern DA revolver that a firearms engineer from 1900 would find remarkable. And of all the revolvers developed during this time, none of them is more interesting than the heavy-caliber, large-frame wheelguns from the Springfield, Massachusetts, firm of Smith & Wesson.