The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z Murphy and his son David M Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company. The “Murphy”...

For those who have never used Ballistol, this is one of the finest lubricants and cleaners that I have ever used. It works wonderfully for the cleaning and preservation of metal items, including guns, swords & bayonets. I have used Ballistol for years...

In 1856, the British military adopted a new variant of the Pattern 1856 Enfield Infantry “Short” Rifle, the Sergeant’s Fusil, Rifled, Pattern 1856. According to the research of Dr. C.H. Roads in his outstanding book The British Soldier’s Firearm:...

With the firing on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 and the subsequent outbreak of hostilities that was the American Civil War, a concerted effort was made in cities, counties and states on both sides to organize and arm the militia. Such activities had...

ALMOST SOLD OUT!After years of anticipation, the definitive work about the use of shotguns by the south during the American Civil War is finally available. Primary author Russ Pritchard Jr. takes us on a journey through the mindset of the Confederate...

In 1857, the firm of E. Remington & Sons of introduced their first percussion revolver. Since the founding of the firm in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington, the company had concentrated on the production of gun parts, primarily rifle barrels, and then long...

Probably no bayonet of the Civil War era is more instantly recognizable than the US Model 1861 Bowie Knife Bayonet better known as the “Dahlgren Bayonet" because of its creator and the man who was responsible for pushing for its adoption by the Navy....

The guns produced by the New Haven Arms Company are some of the most historic and important weapons in the history of the development of modern repeating firearms. The company is probably most famous for manufacturing the famous Henry Rifle, and for...

This is a VERY FINE condition example of the scarce Palmer Carbine Combination Tool. The Palmer Carbine has the unique distinction of the being the first bolt-action, metallic cartridge firearm accepted for US military service, and in fact was first...

The US Model 1817 Common Rifle was a unique US military long arm in that it was never produced at a National Armory, other than some sample models that were made up at Harpers Ferry, with all of its production being handle by contractors. 38,267 of...

The Allen & Wheelock Center Hammer Army percussion revolver was manufactured in rather limited quantities, with production estimated by most published arms historians at only about 700 guns. These estimates are based primarily upon the “serial numbers”...

The gunmaking firm that would become J. Henry & Son was initially established by William Henry in Lancaster, PA, prior to the French & Indian War. During that era Henry produced arms for the use of British colonial militiamen, and even took the field...

This is a great example of one of the harder variants of the US Model 1816 style socket bayonets to find. The US Model 1819 Socket Bayonet for the Hall Rifle is essentially identical in shape and form to the US Model 1816/22/27 series of bayonets with...

This is a lovely example of the “Stars” Pattern Small Pocket Pistol Powder Flask by James Dixon & Sons of Sheffield. Dixon produced these embossed powder flasks that were decorated with a combination stars and circles in several sizes, from this...

In 1835, Casimir Lefaucheux developed what would become the first truly successful self-contained cartridge system, one that would become known world-wide by its method of ignition; the “Pinfire”. Lefaucheux was a French gunsmith and inventor who...

The Remington Model 95 Double Derringer (aka “Over & Under Derringer”) is probably one of the most recognized and famous firearms in the world. Even those with little interest in, or knowledge of, firearms will immediately identify one as a “Derringer”...

There is probably no more iconic revolver from the American Civil War era than the US Model 1860 “New Model” Army Percussion Revolver, produced by the famous Colt Patent Firearms Company. More Colt “Army” .44 caliber revolvers were purchased...

This is simply the finest wood preservative and restoration product that I have ever used. A number of you have asked what I like to use to feed a dry gunstock or to help preserve wooden items and my answer is always the same: Kramer’s Best. Made of...

This is a NEAR EXCELLENT condition example of the World War II production fighting knife, manufactured by the Western States Cutlery & Manufacturing Company. Western Cutlery was originally founded as Platts & Sons Cutlery in Gowanda, NY, in 1896. Charles...

The US Model 1855 Joslyn Carbine, known today by collectors as the Monkey Tail carbine, was the first of a series of Civil War era firearms to be designed and patented Benjamin Franklin Joslyn. B.F. Joslyn was born in 1821 and had grown up in Worchester,...

This is VERY GOOD+ to NEAR FINE condition example of a fairly scarce mold for the Freeman Army Revolver. The Freeman Army revolver is a fairly scarce Civil War era secondary martial revolver that was contracted for by the US Ordnance Department but...

Few names in European gunmaking are more famous than that of LePage, a multigenerational family of French gunmakers dating back to the beginning of the 18th century. By the mid-19th century the LePage family was firmly entrenched in the French gun trade,...

The mid-19th century in America was a time of great strides in the development of firearms. The percussion era, which was only a couple of decades old, was rapidly ending as the new self-contained metallic cartridges were becoming more common and more...

This is a VERY FINE+ to NEAR EXCELLENT condition example of the Ball Carbine Combination Tool. The Ball Carbine was designed and patented by Albert Ball of Worchester, MA. Ball spent the 1850s working for various Massachusetts based gunmakers, including...

The English Connection - Arms, Material and Support Furnished to the Confederate States of America by Great Britain By Russ A. Pritchard Jr. & C.A. Huey with Mike Nichols, Tim Prince & Dean ThomasMany of you have been asking me for years, "when is Russ'...

This is a fine condition example of a 4” barreled Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver with the one-line New York barrel address. The Model 1849 Colt Pocket was the most successful percussion handgun ever produced by Colt, with more than 325,000 being...

This is a VERY FINE+ example of one of the most popular metallic cartridge revolvers of the American Civil War period. The Smith & Wesson No 2 Old Army revolver was a six shot, .32 caliber single action revolver that fired a .32 caliber rimfire cartridge....

The B.F. Joslyn Revolver is one of the more rarely encountered of US made percussion revolvers used during the American Civil War. The Joslyn Army revolver was a 44-caliber, five-shot, side-hammer, single action percussion revolver. The revolvers were...

This is a VERY GOOD condition example of the US Model 1855 Pistol Carbine. The Pistol Carbine was a classic example of the pre-Civil War US Ordnance Department’s inability to be forward thinkers and look at current and emerging technology when...