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Comparisons & Roundups

Ten Landmark Firearm Designs Collectors Should Know

These ten firearm designs mark important developments in military, sporting, and civilian arms. Their collector significance ultimately depends on originality, condition, configuration, and documented history.

Michael Graczyk February 11, 2025

Comparisons & Roundups

Collecting Browning Firearms: Four Landmark Designs

Explore the history and distinguishing features of the Auto-5, Hi-Power, Superposed, and Browning Automatic Rifle. Learn why accurate identification, documented provenance, originality, and proper preservation matter to collectors.

Michael Graczyk February 4, 2025

Firearm History

Collecting Walther Pistols: The PP, PPK, and P38

The Walther PP, PPK and P38 represent important stages in 20th-century handgun development. Understanding their markings, originality and production history is essential to responsible collecting.

Michael Graczyk January 28, 2025

Comparisons & Roundups

Collectible Heckler & Koch Firearms: Five Designs That Defined the Brand

The VP70, P7, MP5, G11, and Mark 23 represent distinct chapters in Heckler & Koch’s engineering history. For collectors, originality and documented provenance matter as much as the model itself.

Michael Graczyk January 7, 2025

Comparisons & Roundups

Seven Historically Significant Firearms for Collectors

From the Colt Single Action Army to the Walther PPK, these seven firearms hold documented historical, mechanical, or cultural significance. This guide explains why collectors must evaluate the individual firearm, not merely its famous name.

Michael Graczyk January 2, 2025

Firearm History

Collecting SIG Firearms: The P210, P226, and SG 550

Funny enough, the P226’s origin story is about losing a competition. In the 1980s, SIG Sauer submitted it for the U.S. military’s XM9 trials, Beretta won, but the P226 ended up being adopted by basically every law enforcement agency and special operations unit that could get their hands on one.

Michael Graczyk December 31, 2024

Comparisons & Roundups

Collectible Colt Firearms: Five Models in Context

Five Colt models trace major developments in the company’s revolvers and semiautomatic pistols. The article also explains how factory records, provenance, physical examination, and careful preservation support responsible collecting.

Michael Graczyk December 23, 2024

Firearm History

From Swiss Wagons to Service Pistols: The Early History of SIG Sauer

SIG’s evolution from a Swiss wagon factory to a firearms manufacturer produced several historically important service pistols. The P210, P220, P225, and P226 each reflect a distinct stage in that development.

Michael Graczyk December 3, 2024

Cabot Guns Better Than Custom 1911 Pistols

Engraving & Custom Craftsmanship

Cabot Guns and the Modern Precision 1911

Cabot Guns applies precision machining and extensive hand finishing to the century-old 1911 platform. Its distinctive materials, limited production, and documented configurations appeal to shooters and collectors.

Michael Graczyk November 15, 2024

Model Guides

The Luger Parabellum: Design, Service, and Collecting Legacy

Developed by Georg Luger from Hugo Borchardt’s C93, the Luger Parabellum became an important early military self-loading pistol. Its manufacturers, markings, configurations and documented history continue to define its significance for collectors.

Michael Graczyk November 4, 2024

Firearm History

John V. Martz and the Reinvention of the Luger

John V. Martz transformed Luger and Walther P38 pistols through extensive machining and mechanical redesign. His work included Baby pistols, carbines, .45 ACP conversions, and the patented Martz Safe Toggle Release.

Michael Graczyk October 2, 2024

Model Guides

Exploring the Coonan .357 Magnum 1911 Pistol

The Coonan .357 Magnum Automatic adapted 1911-inspired features to a purpose-built platform for the rimmed .357 Magnum cartridge. Its Model A, Model B, Cadet, Classic and Compact variants reflect a complicated but significant manufacturing history.

Michael Graczyk September 27, 2024