RIA May 2019 Wrapup
Forgotten Weapons
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Today we are looking at the results from the Rock Island May 2019 sale to see what happened with the guns that I featured in videos over the last few weeks.
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Whitney Wolverine: Atomic Age Design ...
The Whitney Wolverine was a .22LR semiauto pistol designed by Robert Hillberg in 1954. It is a very distinctive looking gun, with the nickeled versions in particular being the epitome of Atomic Age styling. Unfortunately, the gun was a commercial failure, and only 13,371 were made in total by two...
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Walther Model 3: A Tiny Early .32
Walther was founded as a rifle making company in the 1880s, and expanded into the flourishing market for semiautomatic pocket pistols around 1910. The Model 3 was the company’s first .32 ACP caliber pistol, and was a very small gun. With a 6-round capacity it offered one round more than the Piepe...
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Bobbie Ford's Romantic Derringer (NSF...
This surprising derringer was commissioned in the 1970s by Walther Buhl Ford III for his wife Bobbie Ford, and hand crafted by Alvin White, Colt’s renowned master engraver. Bobbie Ford was a collector of Western curiosa and particularly enjoyed brothel memorabilia - so that was the theme used by ...
