GUN Historic pistol sells for $920K

[TL1000RSquid]

An anonymous bidder paid $920,000 for this .44-caliber Colt Walker pistol yesterday in Fairfield, Maine.

James D. Julia Inc. says this is thought to be the highest price anyone has ever paid for a firearm at auction.

"Yee-ha," the gun's owner, John McBride, said as the winning bid was announced, according to the Morning Sentinel. "We did better than we had hoped."

The auction house says this "rare and historic" Colt Whitneyville-Walker pistol was issued during the Mexican-American war. "It is truly one of the greatest prizes of Colts in existence," auctioneer James Julia tells the paper.
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Nice looking piece but no way in hell I'd spend that much for it even if I had the money to burn.

 

[PC Principle]

You could buy over 9,000 Mosin Nagants with that kind of money.

 

[LancerV]

Fanny Mae?

 

[kellyclan]

I know someone who's gonna be pissed when Obama's ATF comes knocking.

 

[Finest]

I know someone who's gonna be pissed when Obama's ATF comes knocking.

 

[sp00n155]

You could buy over 9,000 Mosin Nagants with that kind of money.

OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!11

 

[konrad109]

920k! Thats almost a MILLION.

 

[Finest]

I don't know if I could ever sell a family heirloom. ESPECIALLY one of that caliber. (no pun intended)

 

[david_4x4]

I once met a Judge that kept an original Walker Colt on his desk in his office.

It was a huge junk gun, but I think at the time he was turning down $75k offers.

 

[7]

Makes me want to read Blood Meridian again

 

[TwistedMind]

if I had the cash id gladly pay a million bucks for a authentic walker colt in that condition. It's probably because I'm a Texan and Walker was a Ranger

 

[SmugZombie]

You could buy over 9,000 Mosin Nagants with that kind of money.

Thinkin bout starting your own private army?

 

[clarus]

You could buy over 9,000 Mosin Nagants with that kind of money.

Putting it in those terms.... I want the Nagants. I could start up another Russian army, four men to a gun.

 

[Paul Revere]

he should go turn it in a gun buy back and get that baby killer off my streets

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Your perspective would be different if you had unlimited pockets and a hole in your collection.

Perhaps but unlike most collectors I'd throw a video up on youtube of me blasting away with it