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A Life Told Through Historic Rifles
The Jones Collection is a private archive of historically significant sporting rifles, their ownership records, and collector Bill Jones’s field stories.
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Why it surfaced
Each rifle gets more than a catalogue entry: the archive follows its maker, markings, owners, journeys, documents, and use in the field. One record traces Ernest Hemingway’s Westley Richards .577 from a 1953 Kenya safari to a $339,250 auction—and back to Africa with Jones.
The Jones Collection is a private archive of historically significant sporting rifles, their ownership records, and collector Bill Jones’s field stories.
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