Jones Collection of Antique Firearms contains the damndest stuff you've ever seen, then their Pieper Volley Gun has got to be the double-damndest. Never heard of the Pieper Volley Gun, have you? Neither had I until I stumbled across it in the LaPorte museum. To me, it's the seven-shot Pieper Volley Gun.”
Later, the museum invited me back to give tours of the Jones Collection.ĭuring these tours people would frequently ask me, “What's the most interesting gun in the museum?” And I'd say, “That's simple. What a collection! I was so impressed that I photographed several of the museum's guns for the 16-page color section of the 17th edition of Standard Catalog of Firearms. Intrigued, I wasted no time in visiting the museum and found that my brother was right on the money. When Jones died in 1921, he left his collection to the City of LaPorte, which in turn donated them to the Laporte County Historical Society. Then he set off to search the world for rare and interesting guns, eventually amassing a collection of nearly a thousand of the coolest guns you've ever seen. First things first: he immediately built a mini-mansion on the shores of LaPorte's Pine Lake. Jones was free to indulge his three passions: travel, firearms, and LaPorte, Indiana. When he retired from the foundry business, William A. When Jones visited LaPorte near the close of the nineteenth century, he fell in love with the place. Jones, owner of a sizable iron foundry in the Windy City. With its clean air, tranquil lakes and small-town charm, it's no wonder that LaPorte eventually attracted the attention of a fellow named William A. And this is what he told me:īack around the turn of the century, Laporte, Indiana, was a popular playground for Chicago's industrial elite. Jones Firearms Collection from my brother, who casually mentioned it during a conversation two years ago. I first heard of the LaPorte County Historical Society's William A. Things like the LaPorte County, Indiana, Historical Society Museum, for example.
There's just no other way to explain how I manage to miss things that are right under my nose. Sometimes it seems like I live my life in a small cardboard box in the middle of a swamp. 32-caliber Pieper Volley Gun in the collection of the LaPorte Historical Society.
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