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Now I have friends who have guns. I have friends who have a collection of guns. But until recently I don't think I've seen a "collector's collection" of guns in person.
This person has a gun office in his home. Guns on the walls, guns in the corners (multiple Garands!), guns in his closets, guns in his garage and guns in his safes. He has five safes. Two contained rifles, two contained handguns, and the other had older .22 lr's. The guns had tags with serial #'s, date of manufacture, caliber. All his guns were made of wood and steel. No plastic anywhere! My kind of guns. Korean War era was the "newest" stuff he had. He had Trapdoor Springfields, 1941 Johnson, Garands, M1 carbines, 03's and 03A3's, Nambu's, 1911's (and he had 1911's!!), Colts, S&W's, old Win .22lr's rifles & etc.
He had books and books on guns. He has guns that are in the published collector's books (I saw one). He has a rifle with an approval stamp of "EK" stamped on it. This is for Elmer Keith when Keith worked for an arms company (the name escapes me). He had a Nazi proof stamped Norwegian 1911 (didn't know they existed) that had to be 95% +. He has a 1911 from every US manufacture and the different variations through WW2. He also has a 1911 from every country that produced them from Colt machinery. It was amazing.
This is a first for me to view a "Collector's Collection" in person.
This person has a gun office in his home. Guns on the walls, guns in the corners (multiple Garands!), guns in his closets, guns in his garage and guns in his safes. He has five safes. Two contained rifles, two contained handguns, and the other had older .22 lr's. The guns had tags with serial #'s, date of manufacture, caliber. All his guns were made of wood and steel. No plastic anywhere! My kind of guns. Korean War era was the "newest" stuff he had. He had Trapdoor Springfields, 1941 Johnson, Garands, M1 carbines, 03's and 03A3's, Nambu's, 1911's (and he had 1911's!!), Colts, S&W's, old Win .22lr's rifles & etc.
He had books and books on guns. He has guns that are in the published collector's books (I saw one). He has a rifle with an approval stamp of "EK" stamped on it. This is for Elmer Keith when Keith worked for an arms company (the name escapes me). He had a Nazi proof stamped Norwegian 1911 (didn't know they existed) that had to be 95% +. He has a 1911 from every US manufacture and the different variations through WW2. He also has a 1911 from every country that produced them from Colt machinery. It was amazing.
This is a first for me to view a "Collector's Collection" in person.
-- Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun
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