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Gun Collecting
Gun collecting and firearm collecting advice articles stories from Gun Digest and vintage gun experts.
Expert Tips on Buying a Revolver for Concealed Carry
Here’s what to consider as you shop for your next new revolver for concealed carry.
Gun Collecting: Firearm Auction Realizes $12.5 Million
Gun collecting enthusiasts helped Rock Island Auctions realize over $12 million in sales, including many antique and military guns.
Gun Collecting: The Ruby Pistol
“Ruby” is a generic name applied to a .32-caliber automatic pistol made in Spain during the WWI era. They are fairly common in the United States but tend to be ignored by most gun collectors. In my opinion that’s a mistake.
Gun Collecting: The Venerable Thompson Submachine Gun
With only about 2,400 Thompson submachine guns in a transferable state today, the price for one of these beauties reaches well into five digits.
Gun Collecting: Swiss Vetterli Rifles
The Swiss Vetterli was the first bolt-action magazine-fed rifle adopted for military use.
Gun Collecting: The AR-7 Survival Gun
The survival gun before there were survival guns is useful and also collectible!
Giveaway: Win the New “Standard Catalog of Firearms”
It’s true that “Standard Catalog of Firearms” is packed with more than 110,000 gun prices for used firearms. Did you know that it’s also a great source of information to identify guns when you aren’t sure what you have?
Giveaway: Win 69 Years of “Gun Digest” Annual Books!!
For fans of Gun Digest old and new, the “Gun Digest 1944-2013 3-Disc Set” is the ultimate collection of “The World’s Greatest Gun Book.” This week, we’re giving away a “Gun Digest 1944-2013 3-Disc Set” – the entire 69-year Gun Digest Book digital library in pdf format on three discs! – to one lucky winner.
Tried & Dropped: Three Features You Won’t Find on a Remington 870
There are a number of things that were unique to the Remington Model 870 when it first appeared. Many have remained through the years, but there were a few unusual features that have not survived the test of time.
Inside the National Firearms Museum’s Petersen Collection
Recently, a gift from the estate of Robert E. Petersen, of Los Angeles, to the National Firearms Museum set a record in philanthropy to the National Rifle Association (NRA), with a nearly $20 million gift, the largest in the 140-year history of the NRA.
