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Every gun collector has a pet passion, a particular niche where he or she feels most at home. Gordon Herigstad’s passion was the Colt Thompson submachine gun, however, unlike most collectors, Herigstad did the community of collectors a big favor—he wrote down everything he knew about Thompsons and published it.

It wasn’t that long ago when firearms were not only welcome in the executive mansion, but at least eight of our Chief Executives were proud of their NRA Life member status.

America’s oldest gunmaker celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, and the company has left an indelible mark on both the sporting and military worlds, through its rifles, shotguns, handguns and ammunition. Here’s a snapshot of two centuries of guns that bear the Remington name.

For many collectors, it is a natural assumption to link Remington Arms Co. with the scores of Remington/Remington-Rand typewriters, as well as the production of U.S. M1911 and M1911A1 .45 ACP pistols.

When it came to gun knowledge or shooting skill, no chief executive, now or then, was the equal of President Theodore Roosevelt. When it came to rifles, he not only preferred those of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., he used them with confidence throughout his life.

It was 150 years ago that the name “Winchester” was first stamped on a rifle. But Winchester’s narrative began well before that, and it is a tale tied to the American West, to the wars of the 20th century, to big personalities such as John Browning and John Olin, and to the manufacture of billions of cartridges and millions of rifles and shotguns beloved by generations of Americans.

In 1861, the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket was considered the best infantry arm available to the Confederacy. More than a million came from British and Belgian factories to arm Southern troops.

During the past 120 years, Savage Arms has produced some memorable and classic guns.

Nestled in the hills overlooking the Neckar River Valley and the famous Black Forrest of Baden, Heckler & Koch is far from showing its age.