Inside Collector’s Row at NRA Dallas (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

With more than 800 booths and vendors, the sprawling 147th National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Dallas last week had something for everyone– especially collectors.
Tucked away in the “10,000s” the collector section at NRAAM took up a few aisles of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and the gathering of auction houses, preservationists and relic curators offered a rare and exotic firearm exhibit rivaling anything you could see in a museum.
Here are some of the more interesting objects for your viewing pleasure.
Rock Island Auctions was on hand with a very nice sampling of items for their upcoming Premiere Auction in September.
The millionth M1 Garand produced by Springfield Armory, presented to inventor John C. Garand himself, was on display. (Photos: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
As was Luftwaffe boss Hermann Göring’s gold-plated Walther PPK, surrendered by the Reichsmarschall to American soldiers in 1945.
Speaking of Walthers, how about this rare Model 6? Only about 1,000 of these guns, the company’s first move into the full-size military pistol market, were produced.
Everyone loves a Luger commercial carbine
Also on display was a matching set of Colt 1861 Navy cap and ball guns owned by Bill Mathewson, known to history as the original “Buffalo Bill”
This collection of sniper

Source: Guns.com