Interesting book: FIREARMS CURIOSA

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Some time ago I purchased a copy of an interesting book at a gun show:
FIREARMS CURIOSA
Lewis Winant
Bonanza Books
Copyright 1955

Mr Winant was a major dealer and collector of firearms, and this book is a treasury of pictures of rare, strange and unusual guns. It is available from book dealers, as well as in PDF and paperback. Just do a Google search for the title and author.
 
The final chapter of this book consists of illustrations of a bunch of fantasy guns that never were and likely never will be. As they are the imaginings of the illustrator and, according to the author, were never copyrighted, I will post them here:

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If you are a gun nut who is capable of thinking beyond the readily available AR's, AK's and Glocks found in most gun shops today, I think you will find this book an enjoyable read. Mr. Winant went to a lot of trouble to collect photographs of unusual firearms.
 
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