Ulysses S. Grant’s Revolvers Bring $5.17M at Auction
ROCK ISLAND, ILL. -- May 17, 2022 – ROCK ISLAND, ILL. ̶ A significant and rare pair of revolvers presented to Civil War general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant sold Friday at Rock Island…
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Hand Engraved, Silver Plated New Original Henry Rifle Heads to Auction
RICE LAKE, Wis. –– There are few places in the country more impressive than The Cody Firearms Museum for history buffs and firearms enthusiasts. Located at The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, about 50 miles outside Yellowstone…
Custer’s Last Stand: Rare Little Bighorn Colt Comes up for Auction
Rock Island, Illinois-- May 2022-- The Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Battle of the Greasy Grass, Custer's Last Stand, the Custer Massacre - all are many names describing the same pivotal moment in American…
SK Customs Has The Emperor #001 up for Grabs
HAYMARKET, VA (April 2022) – SK Customs® is proud to release #001 of “The Emperor,” a Bicentennial Anniversary production firearm and the first creation in the company’s all-new Mexican War of Independence Series is now for auction on GunBroker.com. “The…
National Treasure heads to Auction: Ulysses S. Grant’s Remington Revolvers on the Block
Rock Island Auction Company-- Ulysses S. Grant's Remington revolvers are a National treasure in the same vein as Abraham Lincoln's Henry rifle and George Washington's flintlock pistols. Late firearms author and expert Steve Fjestad put…
The Double D Foundation Grants $600,000 to Support Shooting Sports in Georgia
BLACK CREEK, GA. – March 2022-- The Double D Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c) 3, whose sole purpose is to protect the Second Amendment by growing the number of Americans involved in shooting sports, recently donated…
Energized bidders aimed high at Milestone’s $2.5M Premier Collectible Firearms Auction
WILLOUGHBY, Ohio – On March 12-13, 2022, Milestone Auctions in suburban Cleveland held its first-ever two-day Premier Collectible Firearms sale, a well-received outgrowth of its single-day firearms events, which have proved consistently popular. The March…
Over $70k raised for youth shooting programs through firearm auction
Colorado Springs, Colorado-- March 2022-- The Lones Wigger firearm auction benefiting USA Shooting’s youth shooting programs has come to an end with a total of $70,278 raised. “We are thrilled with the outcome of the auction…
SK Customs Announces Lost States of America Engravers Series
HAYMARKET, VA – SK Customs restores history by launching “The Lost States of America Engravers Series” production line with “The Lost State of Jacinto - Sam Houston” Colt 1911 pistols engraved in 24kt gold. An important battle of…
The Wolverines’ Egyptian MAADI AKM, err ARM, Saga
When the iconic 1984 how-to-be-an-American-partisan training film Red Dawn was filmed in the early 1980s, Kalashnikov pattern rifles were hard to get in the U.S.A. You know Red Dawn, right? https://youtu.be/1_I4WgBfETc While there were some…