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Cabot Guns, the Pennsylvania-based maker of bespoke, ultra-high-end M1911s built to extreme tolerances from a truly staggering assortment of exotic materials, is producing a video series on a topic near and dear to the company’s heart: celebrating the exceptional talent and skills of American artisans.

From about 1880 ’till the beginning of World War I,  so-called “contract guns” were sold as house brands by scores of hardware and sporting-goods dealers under the names of gun companies that never existed except on paper—an external hammer shotgun can be a thing of beauty or a disaster waiting to happen. 

Freedom’s Steel VIII—Ribbons of Liberty Bowie has been donated to the NRA-ILA auction at the 2019 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis, Ind.

During its 66-year reign as America’s finest side-by-side shotgun maker, circa 1866-1932, Parker Brothers’ reputation for quality and reliability became legendary. While many other famous American manufacturers made their side-by-side shotguns with equal quality, today’s Parker Brothers shotgun owners still hold the bragging rights of having a few of their rarest and best quality models.

Cabot Guns is releasing a true folded steel Damascus 1911.

Dan Lefever built the first hammerless side-by-side shotgun