Engineering:List of guns owned by historic figures

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Over the years, personal firearms owned by world leaders, outlaws, and legendary marksmen have become symbolic representations of their power and persona. These weapons can include finely engraved presentation pieces, and more rugged examples used by frontier legends.

Pistols

Image Type Owner Creator Sources
Gold-inlaid Walther PPK Adolf Hitler Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen [1]
Flintlock dueling pistols Andrew Jackson Unknown [2]
.22 caliber, Gold plated and engraved pistol Annie Oakley Stevens-Gould No. 37 [3]
M1911 Elvis Presley Colt Manufacturing Company [4]
FN Model 10 Gavrilo Princip Fabrique Nationale [5]
Golden Luger Hermann Göring Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken [6]
File:Major Lemuel Montgomery's Pistol.jpg Flintlock pistol Lemuel Purnell Montgomery Unknown [7]

Revolvers

Image Type Owner Creator Sources
File:WLA metmuseum Sultan of Turkey Colt Dragoon revolver.png Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver Abdul Mejid I Colt Manufacturing Company [8]
File:Al Capone revolver.jpg .38 Smith & Wesson revovler Al Capone Smith & Wesson
.44 British Bulldog revolver Charles J. Guiteau Webley & Scott [9]
Colt Dragoon Revolvers Emir Abdelkader Colt Manufacturing Company [10]
File:General George S. Patton's Ivory-handled Pistols.jpg Colt Single-Action Army .45 and Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolvers George S. Patton Colt Manufacturing Company
File:Colt Whitneyville Hartford Presentation Dragoon Revolver.jpg Colt Dragoon Revolvers George W. Morgan Colt Manufacturing Company [11]
File:J.E.B. Stuart's revolver.jpg Tranter revolver J. E. B. Stuart William Tranter [12]
File:Jesse James; last gun used, a 45 Schofield LCCN2005682811.jpg .45 Schofield Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler Jesse James Smith & Wesson [13]
.44 revovler Jesse James Hopkins & Allen [14]
File:Gerald and Brann Duels SAA.jpg Colt Single Action Army Judge Gerald Colt Manufacturing Company
File:Pistola de Czolgosz.JPG .32 Iver Johnson "Safety Automatic" revolver Leon Czolgosz Iver Johnson [15]

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File:Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Serial Number 12406 MET DT3916.jpg Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver Nicholas I Colt Manufacturing Company [17]
File:Sheridan Presentation Colt M1861 Navy Revolvers.jpg Colt M1861 Navy Revolvers Philip H. Sheridan Colt Manufacturing Company [18]
Error creating thumbnail: Colt Navy Revolver Wild Bill Hickok Colt Manufacturing Company [19]
Error creating thumbnail: Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler Wyatt Earp Smith & Wesson [20]
Error creating thumbnail: Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler Wyatt Earp Smith & Wesson [21]

Rifles

Image Type Owner Creator Sources
Error creating thumbnail: Henry repeating rifle Abraham Lincoln New Haven Arms Company [22]
Remington Gamemaster Model 760 James Earl Ray Remington Arms
Error creating thumbnail: Winchester lever-action rifle Jesse James Winchester Repeating Arms Company [23]
File:John Brown's Sharps carbine used at the Raid at Harper's Ferry.jpg Sharps rifle John Brown Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company [24]
File:Carcano Rifle of Lee Harvey Oswald.jpg Scoped Carcano rifle Lee Harvey Oswald Brescia Arms Factory [25]
File:Napoleon s Le Page hunting gun 1808-P4140304-black.jpg Hunting musket Napoleon Bonaparte Jean Lepage
File:Sam Houston's rifle.jpg Harmonica rifle Sam Houston Henry Gross [26]
File:North African Miquelet Jezail (Musket).jpg Miquelet jezai Thomas Jefferson Muhammad the gunsmith [27]
File:Miquelet Lock Musket Presented to President Thomas Jefferson.jpg Miquelet lock musket Thomas Jefferson Ammal Barah [28]
File:U.S. Grant's ornate sporting percussion rifle.jpg Percussion sports rifle Ulysses S. Grant N. & N. Gilbert Whitmore [29]
File:Henry Deringer Rifle AF.625A.jpg Percussion rifle William J. Graves Henry Deringer [30]

Shotguns

Image Type Owner Creator Sources
File:"Hunter" Double Barrel 12 Gauge Shotgun used by James W. Jackson to kill Elmer E. Ellsworth.jpg 12 gauge double-barreled shotgun James W. Jackson Unknown [31]
File:Theodore Roosevelt's shotgun, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum.jpg 12 gauge double-barreled shotgun Theodore Roosevelt Ansley H. Fox

References

  1. ↑ "Hitler's Gun or Exact Replica?" (in en). https://legacy-collectibles.com/blog/post/hitlers-gun-or-exact-replica. 
  2. ↑ "Dueling Pistol presented to Andrew Jackson" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_414381. 
  3. ↑ Association, National Rifle. "NRA Family | Annie Oakley on the Range" (in en). https://www.nrafamily.org/content/annie-oakley-on-the-range/. 
  4. ↑ "15 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About the Colt 1911 – The Legend Behind the Most Iconic Handgun Ever - Motorsektionen EN" (in en-US). 2025-06-02. https://en.motorsektionen.dk/15-ting-du-sikkert-ikke-vidste-om-colt-1911-legenden-bag-den-mest-ikoniske-pistol-nogensinde/. 
  5. ↑ S.J, Edward W. Schmidt (2018-08-09). "The Jesuit and the Shot Heard 'Round the World" (in en-US). https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/08/09/jesuit-and-shot-heard-round-world/. 
  6. ↑ "Krieghoff Heinrich Gun Co P.08 Pistol 9 mm Luger" (in en). https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/52/3472/krieghoff-heinrich-gun-co-p08-pistol-9-mm-luger. 
  7. ↑ "Major Lemuel Montgomery's Pistol" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_676661. 
  8. ↑ dmadeo (2009-02-01), 1995.336-dmadeo-samuel-colt-cold-3rd-model-dragoon-clean, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmadeo/3246032973/, retrieved 2026-02-14 
  9. ↑ Elman "Fired in Anger" p. 166.
  10. ↑ "True Jihad: Commander of the Faithful, the Life and Times of Emir Abdelkader (1808-83) by John Kiser". https://www.truejihad.com/. 
  11. ↑ "Record Colt Whitneyville Hartford Presentation Dragoon Revolver | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_414355?hlterm=Mexican+American+War. 
  12. ↑ "Record Tranter Revolver presented to J. E. B. Stuart | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_1028452?hlterm=J.E.B.+Stuart. 
  13. ↑ Jesse James; last gun used, a 45 Schofield, 1921, https://search.catalog.loc.gov/instances/dfdcc52d-a8e8-5323-a9e2-06f43bff0d99?option=lccn&query=2005682811, retrieved 2026-02-14 
  14. ↑ "[Jesse James; his 44 Hopkins & Allen pistol, 1873 model"] (in en). 1921. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2005682812/. 
  15. ↑ Taylerson, A. W. F. (1971). The Revolver, 1889–1914. New York City: Crown Publishers. p. 60.
  16. ↑ Johns, A. Wesley (1970). The Man Who Shot Mckinley. South Brunswick N.J.: A. S. Barnes. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-498-07521-6.
  17. ↑ "Samuel Colt - Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406 - American, Hartford, Connecticut - The Metropolitan Museum of Art" (in en). https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24960. 
  18. ↑ "Record Sheridan Presentation Colt M1861 Navy Revolver | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_414725?hlterm=firearms. 
  19. ↑ David (2008-09-18), _MG_5818, https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootbearwdc/2872757817/, retrieved 2026-02-14 
  20. ↑ David (2008-09-18), _MG_5819, https://www.flickr.com/photos/bootbearwdc/2873590288/, retrieved 2026-02-14 
  21. ↑ Boardman, Mark. "Wyatt's Smith & Wesson?" (in en-US). https://www.truewestmagazine.com/article/wyatts-smith-wesson/. 
  22. ↑ "Henry Presentation Rifle | Smithsonian Institution" (in en). https://www.si.edu/object/henry-presentation-rifle:nmah_881516. 
  23. ↑ Jesse James; his Winchester rifle, 1921, https://search.catalog.loc.gov/instances/a9131e6e-3074-5da7-863f-4bbc7b8a0e41?option=lccn&query=2005682813, retrieved 2026-02-14 
  24. ↑ "Record John Brown's Sharps Rifle | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_440084?hlterm=firearms. 
  25. ↑ E, Doug (2020-11-05). "Cloning Assassination Guns? A Unique Aspect To Gun Collecting" (in en). https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/11/05/cloning-assassination-guns/. 
  26. ↑ "Sam Houston's Rifle" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_414377. 
  27. ↑ "North African Miquelet Jezail (Musket)" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_414375. 
  28. ↑ "Miquelet Lock Musket Presented to President Thomas Jefferson" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_514193. 
  29. ↑ "Percussion Sporting Rifle" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_437193. 
  30. ↑ "Record Henry Deringer Rifle | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution". https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:nmah_414297?hlterm=firearms. 
  31. ↑ ""Hunter" Double Barrel 12 Gauge Shotgun used by James W. Jackson" (in en). https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_416523. 



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