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On June 1, 1923 Griffin & Howe opened its doors and built rifles out of a New York City loft. [2] The partnership was short-lived, for Howe left the firm in September of that year to work for Hoffman Arms Company of Cleveland, Ohio; but Howe's name remained on the hundreds of M1903 Springfield and Gewehr 98 rifle actions converted through the ...
Griffin & Howe, the great New York custom gun-making firm, soon followed suit, making custom rifles chambered in their own slightly-modified version of the wildcat cartridge. The .25 Griffin & Howe differed from the .25 Roberts only with respect to the New York company, skipping one step and opting for a slightly longer cartridge by leaving the ...
The 35 Whelen was designed by James Howe, of Griffin and Howe, partially in response to letters from Leslie Simpson and Stewart Edward White, suggesting that a good all-round rifle for African use would be one of 333 to 350 caliber, with a bullet of 250- to 300 grains (ideally 275 at 2500 fps.
The price had risen to $3,000 before eBay closed the auction. [8] [9] In May 2006, the remains of U.S. Fort Montgomery, a stone fortification in upstate New York built in 1844, were put up for auction on eBay. The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310.
GunBroker.com was founded by Steven F. Urvan after eBay started restricting gun sales. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Urvan ran the company until it was acquired by Ammo, Inc in 2021. [ 5 ] At the closing of merger, it had $60 million in revenue and 6 million registered users.
Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin outbid on online cryptocurrency group to buy a first-edition copy of the U.S. Constitution for $43.2 million at Sotheby's on Thursday, the auction house and a ...
The net proceeds from the Gordie Howe auction will benefit the Howe Foundation, the charity of Howe and his wife Colleen. Gordie Howe Foundation charity auction includes over 500 items from Mr ...
The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) provides surplus U.S. Army rifles for sale, including the M1 Garand, M1903 and M1903A3 Springfield, M1917 Enfield, M1 Carbine, Krag-Jørgenson ,.22 caliber (surplus and commercial target), and commercial target air rifles to members of affiliated organizations.