This event will be held live at Poulin’s gallery, located at 199 Skowhegan Rd., Fairfield, ME 04937. It will also be available for live bidding on PoulinLive, iCollector.com, Proxibid, Invaluable, Liveauctioneers, and AuctionZip. Phone and absentee bids are welcome. Preview will be held August 3rd and 4th, 2026 and by appointment. This sale offers a comprehensive selection of fully transferable Class III firearms from the Military Museum Collection of Shooters Outpost, Hooksett NH.
The top lot in this five day event is 1028, an Extraordinarily Rare Saco Defense Model MK19 MOD 3 fully automatic mounted 40MM grenade launcher from the Military Museum Collection of Shooters Outpost that Transfers as a Machine Gun Not a Destructive Device. It holds a presale estimate of $850,000-1,200,000. This fully transferable grenade launcher, with no visible sign of use beyond test firing, is being sold with its mount, tripod, ammo can, ammo cradle, spare barrel, and several technical manuals. This nearly as new grenade launcher offers collectors an incredible opportunity to own a fully transferable firearm that usually can be owned only by specially licensed individuals.
Lot 1062, a Fully Transferable Colt Thompson Model 1921a Previously on Display at the Springfield Missouri Police Museum, as Connected to Bonnie & Clyde’s Deadly Raid in Joplin, Missouri in April, 1933. Recently uncovered article from the 1960s recounting the horrific kidnapping of Officer Thomas Purcell closely ties this Thompson to the notorious outlaws Bonnie & Clyde. This may be one of the most exciting Thompson Submachine Guns to ever hit the auction block.
Lot 1013, a complete Heinrich Krieghoff German Second Model FG42 with the correct scope and bayonet, is estimated at $300,000-500,000. This is a real unicorn of the collectable NFA firearms world. There are very few military arms that garner the interest of the German FG42 Paratrooper rifle. It is a rare delight to encounter such an amazing rifle as complete and matching as this example.
Lot 1048, a fine R80 Colt Monitor automatic machine rifle, is estimated at $175,000-275,000. “…may be the finest example of an early Colt Monitor machine gun in existence today, and is the finest example of a Colt Monitor ever handled by this consultant.”
Lot 1030, an Elswick Ordnance Works 10-Barrel Model 1871 Gatling gun, is estimated at $300,000-600,000. According to Poulin’s experts, “There are probably only about a dozen survivors known of the 120 made, scattered in museum collections worldwide. We can only find one other that sold privately in the past. This is an amazing survivor, a really fine gun, with smooth mechanics in operation.”
Lot 1029, a Model 1877 Colt “Bulldog” Gatling gun, is estimated $450,000-650,000. This cal. 45-70 Colt “bulldog” – the most compact Gatling gun made to date – has serial #211. It measures 31″, “one of only two ever to be sold in public auction.”
According to Nick Poulin, President of Poulin Antiques & Auctions, ‘We are truly honored to offer the largest offering of NFA firearms to ever come to Auction in both value and quantity. This is an incredible opportunity for our buyers to bid on firearms of extraordinary rarity and condition. Beyond the NFA world within this auction, there are thousands of spectacular examples across numerous genres; including Colts, Winchesters, military firearms, Civil War, fine sporting arms, early edged weapons and uniforms, as well as unique ephemera and accoutrements. Many of these consignors have taken advantage of our 0% or better sellers’ commission, which puts the highest percentage of proceeds in our consignors’ pockets at the end of the day.’
For more information, please see www.poulinauctions.com | 207-453-2114 | [email protected]
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