Collectibles & Novelties

Low Prices on Handguns in the Warehouse Clearance Sale

Guns.com is offering amazing deals on certified used guns from the warehouse as we clear out more space for new guns. Save hundreds of dollars instantly on a wide variety of handguns, rifles, and shotguns! Below…


Vintage Boom: Testing the Navy’s WWII Big Guns in Kodachrome

The Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia was established in 1918 and has been testing ordnance for the fleet ever since. We found a great series of original color photos taken at Dahlgren during World…


Big Guns Going BOOM!!

As a producer for Guns.com, I’ve got the pleasure of photographing and filming many large-caliber guns over the years at gun shoots and shows. Witnessing the explosive power of military hardware up close and in…


Meet the Colt Trooper: Oft-Forgotten Workhorse Wheel Gun

The Colt Trooper was billed as a heavy-duty no-nonsense swing-out cylinder revolver and it was popular across three decades. (All Photos: Guns.com) First introduced in 1953, the Colt Trooper was a six-shot revolver that had…


The ‘Elephant Gun’ from Finland: The 20mm Lahti L-39

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20mm anti-tank rifle used during World War II. Nicknamed “Norsupyssy,” Finnish for “elephant gun,” it had excellent accuracy, penetration, and range for its time but its size made transportation…


75mm of Freedom: M116 Pack Howitzer Maintains Its Thunder

The 75mm M116 Pack Howitzer was designed in the United States in the 1920s. It met a need for a compact artillery piece that could be moved across difficult terrain, replacing the 1900s-era Vickers Mountain…



The Texas Link to the Most Popular Colts of the 1850s & 60s

Samuel Colt’s revolving firearms were already legend in Texas before they became well-known around the globe, and a bit of Texas history was portrayed on some of the best known Colt wheelguns for decades. Colt’s…


Classic Wonder Nine: Smith & Wesson Model 59

Like bellbottoms and disco, the Model 59 was 1970s cool in a red-and-white striped Ford Gran Torino kinda way. (All photos: Guns.com) One of the more key developments in American semi-auto pistol history, Smith &…


The World’s Biggest Texas Star Target

During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there was a lot of downtime. So, my father and I decided to build the world’s biggest Texas star target for shotgun. CONCEPT AND CONSTRUCTION Early sketch of the Texas…