RIAC Blog

A gift for Elvis Presley, this Smith & Wesson Model 53 adorned with a bicentennial theme, shows he appreciated fine arms until his dying day.

The M30 drillings and the Luftwaffe shotguns issued to German aces during the North African Campaign are some of the rarest and unique arms of WW2.

The first and finest of the .357 Magnum revolvers, the Registered Magnum is one of the treasures in arms collecting thanks to its history and rarity.

Samuel Colt, who spent part of his youth before the mast, gifted revolvers like this Model 1849 Pocket to three steamship captains he knew.

High-condition pepperbox pistols from the Greg Lampe collection for sale this August at RIAC illustrate the genre's progression and innovation.

The LeMat revolver has become a popular collector’s gun thanks to its low production numbers, novel design, and service as a Confederate cavalry weapon.

The Parsons Armies are elite objects in the top genre of fine arms collecting, and they're being sold publicly for the first time in 160+ years.

While not as well-known as other Old West wheel guns, the Merwin Hulbert revolver line offered some of the finest and most innovative firearms of the era.

Learn the fascinating history of the slant breech Sharps, including this carbine shipped to a Kansas abolitionist during the Bleeding Kansas conflict.

Spy guns require secrecy and a low profile, something all of these have in common, from a Deer Gun of the CIA, to the Bowie Knife of a spymaster.

Ed McGivern gained fame as a record-setting exhibition shooter and noted firearms author. Two of McGivern's guns are offered in RIAC's August Premier.

The tale of Harvey S. "Arapahoe Harve" Faucett reads like a Wild West tall tale but his life was one of grit and adventure on the frontier.