OBI Antique Firearms

OBI Antique Firearms We are in the business of buying and selling antique and collectible weaponry from around the world. Interested in weaponry from all nations and time periods.

We are interested in purchasing antique, collectible, and used firearms. Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, Indian Wars, Span-Am War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, & Iraq. Military & sporting. Cannon. We are fully licensed. We also buy registered handguns, police trade in revolvers, used hunting guns, swords, uniforms, etc

Interested in original Civil War Confederate weapons for our personal collection

07/31/2025

We haven't been too active on here, but we're still up an running. Please check out our listings on GunBroker & GunsInternational under the user name Obi1gr

Really cool excavated published Confederate Dance revolver made in Texas. This is the .44 caliber Dragoon size revolver....
10/24/2022

Really cool excavated published Confederate Dance revolver made in Texas. This is the .44 caliber Dragoon size revolver. The distinguishing feature on these very rare guns is the lack of recoil shields on the sides of the frame. This was discovered by a rancher in Waxahachie TX while digging posy holes for a fence.

NFS

-GR & RR Collection

It's been awhile....so here's something special. This is fresh out of a New England house. It's a very rare Confederate ...
09/19/2022

It's been awhile....so here's something special. This is fresh out of a New England house. It's a very rare Confederate rifle made by Dickson, Nelson & Co of later Dawson Georgia, where this gun was produced. It was made under contract for the state of Alabama and is dated 1865 on the lock. The barrel is unmarked aside from a small G on the underside. While only 645 of these were accepted by the state, with another 35 having been rejected, they are very difficult to find in all original condition with the original and very specific ramrod as found on this gun. Even more incredibly, this gun still has a fair amount of the original barrel brown finish, while still maintaining a pleasing untouched patina. The brass has a nice dark and uncleaned look to it, and the wood has only some handling marks -GR collection

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Extremely rare, one of only 2 known examples of an original model 1819 Hall rifle manual. The Hall rifles have the disti...
06/17/2020

Extremely rare, one of only 2 known examples of an original model 1819 Hall rifle manual. The Hall rifles have the distinction of being the first breech-loading arm adopted by the US military. This manual was published in 1825. The other known example is in the West Point Museum and is transcribed in the book Hall's Military Breechloaders by Peter Schmidt. -RR & GR Collection

Extremely rare Civil War Confederate Leech & Rigdon revolver, serial number 305. One of only approximately 300 made in C...
04/06/2020

Extremely rare Civil War Confederate Leech & Rigdon revolver, serial number 305. One of only approximately 300 made in Columbus, Mississippi before the factory was moved to Georgia. This particular gun is identified through family history to Pvt. John H. Sams of the 3rd SC Cavalry, Company I (also known as the "Rebel Troops"). Pvt. Sams was a wealthy plantation owner prior to the war. After serving from 1862 until the cessation of hostilities in 1865, he moved with his entire family to Florida. More information on John Sams regarding his post-war accomplishments can be found at the following link. His Florida house still stands to this day and was occupied by members of his family until 1995. The last picture is of John Sams in Florida. He passed away in 1923 -RR & GR Collection

https://myfloridahistory.org/frontiers/article/17

04/03/2020

COVID-19 QUARANTINE & SPRING CLEANING SALE!!!! We're listing LOTS of items on GunBroker for just ONE PENNY!!!! Check out our listings, you can search by seller Obi1gr

A pair of fairly scarce pattern 1858 Enfield Naval rifles, imported by the Confederacy during the Civil War. They featur...
03/21/2020

A pair of fairly scarce pattern 1858 Enfield Naval rifles, imported by the Confederacy during the Civil War. They featured 5 groove rifling (as opposed to the standard 3 groove rifling found on pattern 1853 muskets and 1856 short rifles). A total of 700 of these were purchased early in the war and brought through the blockade by The Gladiator. Both guns are JS/ anchor marked behind the trigger guard and have engraved inventory numbers on the buttplate tang...only 20 numbers apart!
-GR & RR Collection

One of the most difficult of all the Confederate long arms to attain are the rifles produced in Tyler, Texas. Surviving ...
02/09/2020

One of the most difficult of all the Confederate long arms to attain are the rifles produced in Tyler, Texas. Surviving examples are extremely rare. This one recently surfaced in CT. It features a single screw fastened lock and "Austrian" style front band. The gun appears to be a mixture of British and Austrian patterns. This gun is one of the "Texas Rifles". Of interesting note, the "E" in "TEXAS" was stamped on it's back. - RR & GR Collection

This is an exceptionally rare and interesting Confederate type II rifle made by H.C. Lamb of Guilford County, NC that wa...
01/03/2020

This is an exceptionally rare and interesting Confederate type II rifle made by H.C. Lamb of Guilford County, NC that was reworked at Florence Armory using Searcy & Moore parts. What sets this gun apart from the standard Lamb rifle is the use of Mississippi style bands, retained with springs. This gun has a long and well documented collection history and is published in a 1986 article by Michael Madaus on North Carolina Rifle Contracts. It is also featured in the Florence Armory section of Confederate Rifles and Muskets by Dr. John Murphy & Michael Madaus. - RR & GR collection

Very rare Confederate Clapp, Gates & Co. North Carolina contract .50 caliber rifle, type II. Unique 36 inch barrel with...
01/03/2020

Very rare Confederate Clapp, Gates & Co. North Carolina contract .50 caliber rifle, type II. Unique 36 inch barrel with octagonal breech section and very distinct bolster. The Cedar Hill foundry and machine shop was established before the Civil War by Clapp, Huffman and Company. The manufactory was located on the Alamance Creek in Guilford County. These guns were made from 1862-1864 with a total estimated production of a little over 1,000 however there are not many known surviving examples. -GR & RR Collection

Rare C**t model 1905 .45 automatic pistol. This is the forerunner of the infamous model 1911. While C**t model 1905 pist...
03/10/2019

Rare C**t model 1905 .45 automatic pistol. This is the forerunner of the infamous model 1911. While C**t model 1905 pistols are hard enough to find, what makes this gun special is that it letters as having been ordered by a Mr. Peard, who was the plant superintendent for C**t during the 1911 military trials.
This gun was then shipped to Capt. Thomas Holcomb Jr., USMC. He later attained the rank of General (the first Marine to do so) and became the 17th Commandant of The Marine Corps during WWII. Credited with shaping it into it's current role, he was instrumental of setting up its marksmanship program in Sea Girt, NJ.
He received this pistol a few months after his appointment to Captain, and a couple months before being sent to Peking, China with the Legation Guard. - RR & GR Collection

This is one of only two maker marked Confederate Thomas Griswold, New Orleans saber bayonets. These bayonets closely cop...
03/02/2019

This is one of only two maker marked Confederate Thomas Griswold, New Orleans saber bayonets. These bayonets closely copy the British Lancaster bayonets. - GR & RR Collection

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