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The annual Western firearms auction was a success for all.
The auction included an assortment of edged weapons and six cannons. This field cannon, with a complete set of accessories, took top dollar among the big guns, hammering in at $9,200.
Rock Island Auction Company’s February event was a “personal best” for the auction house. With a record number of over 4,800 lots, totaling 8,700 firearms, the auction brought in $11,143,413. Two hundred different manufacturers were represented, but Winchester Repeating Arms Company was the star of the show, with a total of 943 lots. Nearly 30 of those brought the top prices of the auction.
The Henry Lever-Action .410 Shotgun is No Slouch! Ammoland Inc. Posted on IMG Henry Rifles
U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- In 1996, when Louis Imperato and his son, Anthony Imperato founded Henry Repeating Arms to honor the Legacy of Benjamin Tyler Henry. Their goal, like that of Mr. Henry, was to produce quality lever-action rifles “Made in America and Priced Right”. “Henry Repeating Arms takes its name from Benjamin Tyler Henry, the inventor who patented the first repeating rifle in 1860, known as the Henry rifle. There is no affiliation or lineage to Benjamin Tyler Henry or to the New Haven Arms Company, who sold the original Henry rifle from 1862 to 1864. Anthony Imperato secured the trademark to the Henry name in 1996.”
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The Model 3, First Model (aka the “American”), was S&W’s initial big-bore metallic cartridge revolver. Introduced in 1870, it was a favorite with frontiersmen. Here, a member of the famed Wheeler U.S. Geological Survey (1871-73) checks out the party’s armament, including .50-70 Allin Conversion Springfield rifles, a Sharps carbine on his lap and protruding from its holster on his hip is S&W’s .44 American six-gun.
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What a helluva year 2020 was! While the past 12 months will be remembered in largely negative terms, there have been a handful of firearms introduced that nostalgic gun-lovers view as definitely positive.