The catalog of the upcoming Rock Island Premier Gun auction is published and we thoroughly browsed it to find the lots that are related to Silah Report’s research areas, MENA and Central Asia. We found six such lots which we’ll present to you in this article. Our list below goes in no particular order. It includes the lot names, images and the auction house’s description. The lot names are also linked to the corresponding pages in Rock Island Premier Gun Auction catalog.
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5 Iranian Firearms Seen In December 2019 Rock Island Premier Firearms Auction Catalog
The last Rock Island Premier Auction of the year will take place on December 06, 07 and 08. As in the case of other premier auctions, the online catalog was published about a month before the auction starts.
Being one of the largest firearm auctions in the USA and perhaps in the world, its catalog is full of one of a kind lots including those related to the MENA region which is one of the focus research regions of Silah Report. We browsed the RIAC December 2019 auction catalog and found an interesting selection of Iranian firearms which we’ll take a look at in this article.
6 Interesting MENA Firearms Seen in October 2019 Morphy Extraordinary, Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction Catalog
Morphy Auctions is one of the largest American auction houses and every year hosts multiple firearms auctions. Among these auctions, the most prominent ones in terms of the amount and significance of consigned lots are the Morphy Extraordinary Firearms Auctions. Browsing the catalogs of these auctions you can find a huge variety of rare, unique and historically significant guns – from old muzzleloading firearms to modern machine guns and everything in between. We browsed the online catalog of the upcoming October 2019 Extraordinary, Sporting & Collector Firearms Auction and found some of the most interesting lots related to the MENA region.
Syrian War Trophies of the Russian Armed Forces
In late 2018, in the Russian cities of Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk, the Russian military arranged expositions of arms and equipment captured during the Syrian War. These included a huge variety of production firearms as well as craft-produced examples such as the grenade launcher shown in the header image. Let’s take a look at these pictures and identify some of the weapons that were on display.
Firearms Seized in Former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev’s House
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic has published a press release telling about the small arms found in the house of recently arrested former president Almazbek Atambayev. The police raid of Atambayev’s compound took place on August 9 in the village of Koy Tash. The police forces faced armed resistance by former president’s supporters but eventually, Atambayev was arrested.
Muscat & Oman Contract Hi-Power Pistols Seen in Rock Island Premiere Firearms Auction Catalog
While browsing the recently published catalog of the upcoming September 2019 Rock Island Premiere Firearms Auction, I came across two FN/Browning Hi-Power pistols (lots # 513 and #1679) manufactured by Fabrique Nationale for the Sultanate of Muscat & Oman. These pistols are identified by the coat of arms of this former state engraved on the right side of the slide.
Mannlicher Model 1900 Pistol Presented to Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Rock Island Auction Company has published the digital catalog of their upcoming September 2019 Premiere Firearms Auction and as always, it is full of rare, unique, historically significant and incredibly interesting lots. One of these lots is a cased and engraved presentation grade Mannlicher Model 1900 pistol which was presumably presented to the 34th Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II.
K6-92 / Borz SMG Spotted in Turkmenistan
The Journal of Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan regularly publishes on their website images of defense events. One of their latest posts includes a number of images of what looks to be tactical exercises or maybe a demonstration of the armed forces capabilities. Among these images, you can spot an Armenian K6-92 (or its version made in Chechnya and called Borz) submachine gun.
Kalashnikov Concern To Export Civilian Firearms to UAE and Kuwait
In two separate news releases published by Kalashnikov Media, the dedicated media branch of Kalashnikov Concern, the company has announced that they are planning to start exporting and promoting their civilian products to the Middle Eastern countries – namely, to UAE and Kuwait. During the IDEX 2019 arms exhibition, Kalashnikov Concern has signed agreements with companies from both countries.
FN 1906 Pistol Attributed to Iranian Prince Abdul Reza
In one of our previous articles, we talked about the gold-plated Tariq pistol attributed to Saddam Hussein and auctioned at the Rock Island December 2018 Premiere Firearms Auction. Today, we’ll take a look at another interesting lot from that auction – an FN 1906 pocket pistol that presumably belonged to the Iranian Prince Abdul Reza Pahlavi.