American antique percussion firearms. The ones that did not fire current day cartridges, but instead used black powder and lead that was cast in molds. There is also one flintlock pistol. Some are quite exceptional as works of art. Others have allot of history behind them. They are actually pretty useless as firearms, which is probably a good thing. I still keep them locked up due to their combined value. The safe was the only purchase decision that I took a couple weeks to make.

These antiques are being actively traded. Most all are in very good condition and mechanically sound. So they do have value that I can recover by selling them. But much of the time they were the result of impulse purchase decisions. So I overpaid, sometimes in a very significant way.

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