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  • History, Value to be Found in Gun Seller’s Stockpile

    06/11/2019 5:25:39 AM PDT · by w1n1 · 25 replies
    Am Shooting Journal ^ | 6/11/2019 | J Dickson
    Hunters Lodge's 'warehouses are like a time machine back to the glory days of the surplus mail order gun.' Those of you old enough to remember the glory days of mail order guns in the 1960s cannot forget Ye Old Hunter. This was the company that Interarms, the largest international arms dealer in the world at that time, used to dispose of the obsolete surplus military weapons it had acquired. Prices were cheap, as low as $9.95 for whole columns of advertised guns, and the U.S. Mail delivered them directly to your door without you having to pay a dealer...
  • Lot 3573: Singer - 1911A1 — Rock Island Arsenal Auction Company

    08/11/2017 1:52:00 PM PDT · by Swordmaker · 33 replies
    AuctionZip.com ^ | September 9, 2017 | By Rock Island Auction Company
    The Rarest WWII US Contract 1911A1 .45 Semi-Auto Pistols: one of the 500 made by Singer Manufacturing Company. Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 Description: Rare and Highly Desirable World War II U.S. Army Singer Manufacturing Company Model 1911A1 Semi-Automatic Pistol This is a rare example of one of the 500 Model 1911A1 pistols manufactured by the Singer Manufacturing Company during WWII under the Ordnance Educational Order No. W-ORD-396. Under that contract, the Singer Manufacturing Company produced a total of only 500 pistols. Consequently, they are considered very rare and highly prized by U.S. martial collectors today. It is theorized that almost...
  • Mauser Model 1934 - Just Arrived At My Front Door! (Gun Porn Vanity)

    11/25/2009 9:00:12 AM PST · by GL of Sector 2814 · 48 replies · 2,912+ views
    11/25/2009 | GL of Sector 2814
    Here's a Mauser model 1934 I just purchased. It's the nicest one I've ever seen, and I couldn't resist.