Collector-friendly guide to Ruger Standard/Mark pistols: MK I-IV features, parts, mags, care, plus serial-date tips for Standard/Mark I.
Learn how receiver markings, production features, and condition distinguish Type 38 and Type 99 Arisaka rifles. This guide also explains how to evaluate originality, provenance, and safety.
The Browning Auto-5 helped define the modern semi-automatic sporting shotgun. Learn how to identify its production era, configuration, and collector significance.
The Swiss K31 combines a distinctive straight-pull action with a long history of military and competitive use. Learn how to assess its condition, originality, markings, and documented provenance.
Webley service revolvers combined a distinctive top-break action with more than seven decades of British military service. This guide examines their development, the Mk VI, and the details collectors should verify.
Sako’s sporting rifles evolved from the compact L46 into a family of purpose-sized actions. This guide examines the L-series, Model 75, and Model 85 for collectors.
Bergara’s B-14 and Premier rifles share a precision-rifle lineage but differ substantially in manufacturing origin, materials, and bolt design. This guide explains those differences and identifies what buyers should verify on an individual rifle.
Benelli’s shotgun lineage began with the Model 121 and Bruno Civolani’s inertia system. Later models refined that design, while the M4 introduced the separate ARGO gas system.
Ruger’s Security-Six series, GP100, and Redhawk represent distinct stages in the company’s double-action revolver development. This guide explains how to identify, date, and inspect these models while separating documented history from unsupported claims.
A Colt AR-15’s model designation and rollmark tell only part of its story. Careful inspection of its components, condition, markings and documentation is essential to evaluating originality.
The Winchester Model 70 evolved through several distinct actions and manufacturing periods. Learn how to identify Pre-’64, push-feed, and Classic rifles while evaluating originality, condition, and documentation.
The Ruger Mini-14 has undergone numerous manufacturing and configuration changes since its 1973 introduction. Its history includes the Ranch Rifle, Mini Thirty, 580-series redesign, Target Rifle, and law-enforcement-oriented GB variant.
