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Arms to Armor - The History Store
The place for Colt pistols and revolvers.
We buy, sell, and trade old guns, knives, swords, bayonets, spurs, militaria, and related.
We buy single items or entire collections!
We also buy fine English doubles, hammer guns, pistols, and rifles.
Purdey, McNaughton, Dickson, David McKay Brown, Westley Richards, Holland & Holland, etc.
NOTE: All cartridge-firing guns manufactured after 1898 must be shipped to a Federal Firearms License holder in your area. You must make arrangements with the licensee to receive these guns for you. This generally does not apply to muzzle-loading guns - antique or modern.
Please read our STORE POLICIES on firearms. Ordering constitutes an acceptance of these policies.

Hand Guns - Modern Firearms, Used

Modern, Used Firearms
Handguns, Pistols, and Revolvers
Sale or Trade.


Weapons Identification-Appraisal Service
$10.00
weaponsid

As you might guess, we receive a large amount of requests for identification and appraisal of various arms and armor. I urge you in advance to peruse the Arms Identification pages on that section of the website; this may save you some money. Many common weapons and related can be found there. If that does not work for you, I will try to help directly, but at a fee. I will also buy your items if you wish to sell after identification or informal appraisal. If you decide to sell, I will credit or refund you the total amount of the identification or appraisal fee, once the item for sale is received in-house and a price agreed upon.



Please note:

  • This is the price for the identification of one item. I will supply a basic identification and a basic value (if requested).
  • I will not specifically name the variations in a particular model, only the variant model designation. This is a basic service.
  • I will need one overall image, generally no larger than a 8x10 desktop type photo in jpg/jpeg format and cropped to the subject matter only. I will not accept any other format or compressed/zipped images. I will ask for additional photos if necessary. E-mail these to Identify; your order number must be included in the subject line.
  • Please do not e-mail single image files larger than 250kb, no more than 500kb total for multiple images; I will not open them if they exceed these limits.
  • If you E-mail or snail-mail any images to me for use in identification of an item, I reserve the right to use - without further contact - those images on my website, without compensation to you (other than my efforts to assist you, however minimal the result may actually be).
  • If you choose to snail-mail images, please make sure you have copies or your originals retained for yourself. We do not return images in any format and they become the property of Arms to Armor - The History Store without compensation to you for any use - past, present, or future.
  • I will also need basic dimensions and description of the item being identified. Please add these to the text box in the shopping cart or e-mail as above.
  • Be sure to put your order number in the subject field of any e-mails pertaining to the identification request.
  • Fee must be paid in advance and is nonrefundable; if sending a check, make payable to The History Store and state Identification Service in your memo field; mail to the address below. Payment must accompany any request.
  • We will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions. Once again, this is a very basic service.
  • Research materials I have available are quite substantial; however, on some items, information within those materials might be quite sparse.
If you would prefer a formal appraisal, I charge a separate fee for that and that fee is item specific. For this formal service, I require the item to be shipped to me for an accurate assessment (no exceptions). Please e-mail Identify/Appraisal.


All cartridge-firing guns on this page, manufactured after 1898, must be shipped to a Federally licensed firearms dealer for transfer to you in your locale. Please contact a dealer in your area who will receive these guns for you.

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