The Rifle Shoppe sells investment-cast parts sets for several hundred historical firearms, but publishes almost no pictures of the finished guns. This gallery pairs every catalogue entry with photographs of surviving original arms of the same pattern — mostly from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art — plus the Rifle Shoppe's own description, its parts-and-price list, a link straight to the ordering page, and links to further reading.
Several pictures are still missing. Not every kit has a photograph yet, and some of these arms do not appear to have been photographed anywhere public at all. More will be added as they are found. Where a card has no photograph it says why.
I am not affiliated with The Rifle Shoppe in any way. This page is for informational purposes only — I don’t sell these kits, take orders, or speak for the company. The order links go to their own site.