12 Most Expensive And Exclusive Firearms In The World

hi there wherever you live you almost certainly know that not all guns are equal the kind of mass-produced firearm you can pick up from Walmart may cost you less than $100 but a bespoke purpose-built limited-edition gun is worth thousands of dollars depending on whom it used to belong to it might be worth even more here are some of the most exclusive and valuable firearms in the world along with their interesting background stories in the days before technology made automatic rifles possible gun manufacturers had to get a little more creative more bullets need more barrels so more barrels were what the people got the ultra rare Jones patent 10 shot percussion pistol which was nicknamed the pepper box because of its distinctive appearance is a great example of that philosophy built in 1860 it had advanced mechanisms for its time each barrel was fired sequentially when the trigger was pressed instead of firing all ten rounds at once 10 36 caliber rounds could be loaded into a 5 by 2 stack of barrels which must have made the firearm pretty heavy to carry the last time one of these firearms turned up at an auction was in 2006 where it sold for over $12,000 if you have one in the Attic at home and put it up for sale today you should expect to receive something more along the lines of $25,000 there was a time when the Ottoman Empire controlled vast swathes of the world when you control large amounts of land and people you make a lot of money therefore if you're the Sultan of that Empire you're one of the richest people in the world that was the case for Sultan Abdul Hameed in 1780 as one of the richest men in the world he needed a private guard with the kind of money he had that private guard had the best weaponry that money could buy the Sultan's guard carried muskets car from ivory with unique mikkel it locks covered in ornate carved patterns the high quality firearms were lined with gold and silver gilt some of the pattern strips contained inlaid pearls they weren't weapons you'd ever want to be let out of your sight very few survived today which makes the ones that do still exist very valuable but if you have around forty three thousand dollars available you may be able to get one of your very own if you know who created this 30 shot revolver let us know in the comments it's the only one of its kind we're aware of and was sold for $11,500 at a private auction with a similar two barrel construction to the lavash pistol we looked at earlier experts believe it was probably designed by the same company but as there are no trade stamps on it and no documentation it's impossible to say for sure with so many barrels it definitely packs a punch but it's too heavy to be practical all of the barrels had to be loaded individually making it a time-consuming operation for its owner it's likely that this was created as either a prototype or pet project for somebody but they never bothered to engrave it or give us any other way in which they could be identified when do you think the gun was invented and first became popular maybe the 1500s perhaps the 1400s at the earliest try again the first time firearms were used out in the field was actually during the 1300s in Japan the coming of the gun signified a complete change in traditional culture until then Japanese samurais were among the most feared and fierce warriors in the world mass availability of guns made them obsolete and the first popular Japanese gun is quite the thing to behold it was the arquebus model of firearm that first reached Japan although the locals referred to them as Tanegashima the distinctive long design and handle borrows a lot from the design of the crossbow and you can consider the firearm to be an ancestor of the musket they were notable for being the first firearms to come with a trigger which was known as a matchlock because these firearms are 500 years old it's almost impossible to find an original model anywhere in the world now if you do and you can prove it dates all the way back to those times it could be worth anything up to a hundred thousand dollars from the same school of thought as the multi barrel pistol here's a multi barrel rifle there are no less than nine barrels on this polish flintlock volley gun meaning it comes with a whole lot of firepower it also means a whole lot of weight meaning that it had to be fixed into position or mounted before it could be fired only a giant could carry this in their hands and fire it while there's no denying that it was effective when used in a combat situation the impracticality of carrying or moving the weapons meant they work quickly written off by the Polish military in favour of lighter and more portable guns in some cases it's not the unique nature of a firearm that gives it its value it's the unique nature of the person who owned and operated it Annie Oakley may have been the finest and most accurate sharpshooter of all time her skills were legendary she could split a playing card held sight on in half from 30 paces she could shoot a dime that was thrown into the air and a cigarette from her husband's lips without grazing him so amazing were her skills that she went on a world tour with Buffalo Bills troupe and performed in England for Queen Victoria it was that popular rifle used in the Royal performance that went for the most money the 1873 Winchester rifle is a nice model but Oakley's famous name and the story behind its travels really gave the value of left the firearm was built especially for her fit to her shoulder and the length of her arm and extra light replicas of her custom Ranger still sold today but you can't beat the original the lucky owner paid one hundred forty three thousand four hundred dollars for it in 2012 there's always a healthy market for world war ii memorabilia and items associated with any of the best-known individuals from the events of 1939 to 1945 go for the best prices on the German side of the conflict a man named Hermann Goering had expensive tastes when it came to his personal firearms and that makes anything from his collection especially valuable Greene's Golden Gun was the inspiration for the James Bond film the man with the Golden Gun the Walther PPK made in 1939 is decked out in a traditional German oak leaf and a corn pattern but is completely plated in gold and bares the initials of Goering himself who served as Hitler's right-hand man throughout his reign it went up for auction in 2016 but only two people willing to meet the minimum reserve price of $250,000 if you wanted the ultimate and most expensive status symbol in terms of cars you'd buy yourself a bugatti chiron therefore you can call the vo falcon edition hunting rifle the bugatti chiron of the firearms world you're looking at the world's most expensive hunting rifle these firearms are designed to be highly exclusive designed personally by legendary gunsmith Viggo Olson only tiny numbers of any of his designs are ever made they're handcrafted and hand built based on the foul canary traditions of the Arab world and feature octagon shaped barrels made from Damascus steel the range is limited to five and once they're all gone the molds will be destroyed and no more will ever be built for rich Huntsman wanting to head out into the field with the ultimate statement of personal wealth Aveo Falcon Edition could be yours for only eight hundred twenty thousand dollars people who achieve incredible things often get something named after them a local hero in your own town may have a street named in their honor the Giants of history gave their names to entire towns so how far does someone have to go to get a whole country named after them the answer is to mastermind the liberation of six entire South American countries almost single-handedly that's why Bolivia was named in honor of Simone Boulevard and these are his personal ceremonial pistols the pistols were a personal gift to Bulevar from french aristocrat marquis de lafayette for whom bolivars achievements made him a hero the flintlock pistols were handmade by the French royal gunsmiths of Versailles in 1825 and are inlaid with both gold and silver arriving at auction with the Royal Seal and presentation box still intact they attracted a staggering price of 1.8 million dollars personally gifted pistols with a great story behind them have made big money when they've been attached to other historical figures to this pair of tiny pistols encrusted with gold and coated with walnut are embossed with the letter N and an imperial eagle this gives a big clue to their lineage because both symbols are connected to the legendary French leader Napoleon it was Napoleon who had miniature Roy de Rome pistols commissioned and built by French master John Lapage but the reason they're so small is that they were a gift for the Emperor's son as it turned out they were a parting gift napoleon handed them to his son before he headed out to meet the British on the battlefield in 1814 when the boy was only four years old Napoleon's forces lost the day and a year later he lost again at Waterloo before being exiled to Saint Helena he never saw his son again the one-of-a-kind pistols with their incredible history sold for 1.9 million dollars at auction the 45 caliber Colt 1911 pistol is an iconic model reliable and efficient there's a reason why the firearm was a standard issue for American soldiers between 1911 and 1986 they're a solid dependable firearm with a great lineage and a unique pair of them might just be the most rare and valuable firearms in existence 4.5 billion years ago a meteorite fell from the skies into Namibia where it's at waiting to be found until 1830 now using 21st century technology the rock from that meteorite has been used to handcraft a pair of colt 1911 the range of skills used to create the pistols includes 3d modeling EDM wire cutting and electron beam welding and the pistols were etched with acid as a finish to bring out the crystalline patterns and textures of the meteorite if you want these out-of-this-world firearms prepare to pay an out-of-this-world price four point five million dollars should be enough to secure them earlier on we saw the value of a firearm belonging to the personal guard of an ottoman empire Sultan so what price do you think would come attached to a firearm that belongs to a Sultan himself you only need to look at the materials and intricacies of this jeweled musket to understand the levels of labor and care that went into making it but only when you open the but and breech of the musket do you see the treasures that hide within inside the butt is a compartment containing a ceremonial dagger a pin box and a penknife for the Sultan's convenience everything he needed he carried around with his musket every single object is thickly coated in gold and precious jewels and the weapon is etched with the personal mantra of Sultan Mahmud one who sat on the throne of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 as to its value nobody can truly say this completely unique firearm is simply priceless subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications and you will be the first to know when a new video comes out thank you for watching and see you in the next video

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Published: Wed Sep 18 2019