2020 September Premier, Volume I

John Fox
THE
COLLECTION
A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN WEST
We ask you to apply the idea that no other collecting discipline brings the past more to life, than the field of fine and historic arms
collecting. To know a firearm’s story and to hold it in your hand is to stand awestruck in the footsteps of those who held it first. With
that in mind, RIAC proudly presents part 1 of the John Fox Collection.
Mr. Fox had a lifelong love affair with the American frontier, the “wild west”, and “big sky country”. His collection is the finest of
its type that we are aware of and was built over many, many decades. It tells his story and the national epic that is the taming of
the American frontier. The core of the collection is
comprised of working guns of the frontier, tools from
those men and women, some identified, others lost
to time, and left to our imagination that harnessed
that unrelenting, wild landscape. We coined the term
“frontier issued” and it will be quite apparent why. These
guns are impartial, unbiased, relatable and authentic.
There is a certain majesty to their appearance. It is
earned and worn with pride, a job well done and a life
well lived. However, there is also tremendous depth
within the collection and not just by manufacturer
and model. The collection is reinforced by a number
of exceptional, rare and historic objects that serve as
benchmark representative examples of iconic 19th
century American firearms befitting of the finest
American firearms collections publicly displayed or
privately held.
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