Functioning Pistols, Made From 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite, Could Be Yours At A Great Price

By Brandon Curtis

Two pistols will be auctioned off later this month, and they’re made from something that’s pretty rare here on earth; a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite.

As far as the title of this article is concerned, a ‘great price’ is estimated to be in the ballpark of $1.5 Million. If we can get each of our Facebook followers to chip in less than $2, we can get them. Then all we’d need are two holsters.

Constructed from part of the Muonionalusta Meteorite, which was discovered in Sweden in 1906, the working .45 caliber pistols offer an unusual take on the classic 1911 handgun design. Experts believe that the meteorite slammed into Earth about 1 million years ago, although the meteorite itself is thought to date back some 4.5 billion years.

via foxnews.com

Heritage Auctions, based in Dallas, will be holding the auction on July 20th.

Creating these two pistols was no easy feat, as it has never been done before. The medium, an actual meteorite, was intriguing to the man who was chosen to create them.

Constructing a gun out of meteorite was a new experience for gunsmith Lou Biondo of Business End Customs, who was commissioned …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation