Military Trader

Dr.William C. Gilson, CSA

When I set up at a local gun show in San Antonio, Texas, I really did not expect much out of it. In this area of Texas, I have found that the shows were attended by mostly non-collector folks whose interests seemed to be oriented towards hunting and shooting rather than collecting. As a collector of antique weapons and military memorabilia, I usually attend and set up in the hope that a modern dealer might have taken in a trade of someone’s old family weapon and may

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