List of guns owned by historic figures

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.

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]
Flintlock pistol	Lemuel Purnell Montgomery	Unknown	^[7]

Type	Owner	Creator	Sources
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver	Abdul Mejid I	Colt Manufacturing Company	^[8]
.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]
Colt Single-Action Army .45 and Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum revolvers	George S. Patton	Colt Manufacturing Company
Colt Dragoon Revolvers	George W. Morgan	Colt Manufacturing Company	^[11]
Tranter revolver	J. E. B. Stuart	William Tranter	^[12]
.45 Schofield Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler	Jesse James	Smith & Wesson	^[13]
.44 revovler	Jesse James	Hopkins & Allen	^[14]
Colt Single Action Army	Judge Gerald	Colt Manufacturing Company
.32 Iver Johnson "Safety Automatic" revolver	Leon Czolgosz	Iver Johnson	^[15] ^[16]
Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver	Nicholas I	Colt Manufacturing Company	^[17]
Colt M1861 Navy Revolvers	Philip H. Sheridan	Colt Manufacturing Company	^[18]
Colt Navy Revolver	Wild Bill Hickok	Colt Manufacturing Company	^[19]
Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler	Wyatt Earp	Smith & Wesson	^[20]
Smith & Wesson Model 3 revovler	Wyatt Earp	Smith & Wesson	^[21]

Type	Owner	Creator	Sources
Henry repeating rifle	Abraham Lincoln	New Haven Arms Company	^[22]
Remington Gamemaster Model 760	James Earl Ray	Remington Arms
Winchester lever-action rifle	Jesse James	Winchester Repeating Arms Company	^[23]
Sharps rifle	John Brown	Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company	^[24]
Scoped Carcano rifle	Lee Harvey Oswald	Brescia Arms Factory	^[25]
Hunting musket	Napoleon Bonaparte	Jean Lepage
Harmonica rifle	Sam Houston	Henry Gross	^[26]
Miquelet jezai	Thomas Jefferson	Muhammad the gunsmith	^[27]
Miquelet lock musket	Thomas Jefferson	Ammal Barah	^[28]
Percussion sports rifle	Ulysses S. Grant	N. & N. Gilbert Whitmore	^[29]
Percussion rifle	William J. Graves	Henry Deringer	^[30]

Image	Type	Owner	Creator	Sources
	12 gauge double-barreled shotgun	James W. Jackson	Unknown	^[31]
	12 gauge double-barreled shotgun	Theodore Roosevelt	Ansley H. Fox

List of guns owned by historic figures

Revolvers

Rifles

Shotguns

References

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