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Virginia Gun Collectors Association Virginia-based not-for-profit organization focused on firearms history and arms collecting.

We promote the hobby of gun collecting and educate those interested in the study of firearms through monthly presentations, educational shows, and youth programs. The VGCA meets monthly at the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia (near Route 50 and Interstate 66). Meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the 4th Thursday of each month, except during gun show months. We also sponsor two educational gun shows each year (typically March and November).

The Beretta M1934 was the mainstay of the Italian military through WW2. This sturdy little blowback .380 remained in pro...
10/16/2026

The Beretta M1934 was the mainstay of the Italian military through WW2. This sturdy little blowback .380 remained in production nearly unchanged for almost 60 years, with about a million examples built by the time production ended in 1991.

If Berettas are your thing, don’t forget about the meeting this month on Thursday, October 22 at the NRA Headquarters. This month’s presentation will be on the Beretta 92. Social hour with pizza and drinks starts at 6 PM, with the main meeting starting at 7.

Today we’ve got an Astra 600/43. A blowback 9x19 handgun coming out of Basque Country in Spain, this model was modified ...
10/14/2026

Today we’ve got an Astra 600/43. A blowback 9x19 handgun coming out of Basque Country in Spain, this model was modified from the Astra 400 for a wartime German contract. As WW2 turned worse for the Germans, Spain stopped deliveries. These undelivered pistols – including this example – were purchased years later by the West German police, meaning the Spanish got the Germans to pay for them twice.

It’s not an M14, despite what everyone at the range thinks. This is an Argentine Navy FN-49, reworked from the original ...
10/12/2026

It’s not an M14, despite what everyone at the range thinks. This is an Argentine Navy FN-49, reworked from the original fixed 10-round mag configuration when Argentina adopted the FAL to fire 7.62 NATO out of custom-made detachable 20 round magazines. The majority of the 5,500 Argentine Navy FN-49s were converted to this configuration, making it one of the rarer and more unique examples of the platform.

Hey we are at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend come on down and see our display on 500 years of beretta we are...
04/17/2026

Hey we are at the NRA convention in Houston this weekend come on down and see our display on 500 years of beretta we are at booth 3052

Last night we at the VGCA leadership team had to make a really tough decision. With the fourth coming legislation it was...
04/01/2026

Last night we at the VGCA leadership team had to make a really tough decision. With the fourth coming legislation it was been decided amongst members of the board that we transitioning this page to focus largely on precision air ri**es. We hope people understand this new direction and can come to appreciate these fine weapons. We did not take this decision lightly but after members of the board were gifted CMP air ri**es to test we really changed our position on the mater. Anyway get excited about air ri**es. We plan to do a presentation later this year on the daisy red rider BB gun and hope to do a tour of the crossman facility later this year! Fear not as we will also use this page to keep the spirit of collecting alive while staying in compliance with VA laws. We will be talking about high quality replica ai***ft ri**es out of Japan as well! Get excited about the new chapter of the VGCA.

Happy Wednesday folks today we got something special this year is Beretta’s 500th anniversary so they are pulling some r...
04/01/2026

Happy Wednesday folks today we got something special this year is Beretta’s 500th anniversary so they are pulling some rare item out of the vault for limited runs! These have a cool story behind them. Originally made in Hungary at FEG as the so called “Tokagypt” a modified version of the TT-33 pistol with a slide safety in 9mm para. Beretta actually got the opportunity to license the design in the late 80’s for the western European markets as tensions behind the Iron curtain began to cool. European gun laws got in the way and Beretta had to chamber the pistol in .30 Luger or .30 bore as was written on this example. These did not sell well as the cost to produce the pistols ended up being quite high due to moving the tooling over from Hungary as well corruption within the Hungarian government, which lead to production delays. A small batch would be sold for the European market in 1992 over 5 and half years after the initial licensing agreement was completed. I’m hoping to be able to pick one up this summer! Shout out to for giving us collectors a first look at these pistols. Video should be dropping later today by

Happy Monday I don’t collect Polish stuff but I feel I really missed out on getting one of these kits when the were ever...
03/30/2026

Happy Monday I don’t collect Polish stuff but I feel I really missed out on getting one of these kits when the were everywhere. The Polish Pm-63 is a cool weird 9x18 Mak submachine gun. I also missed out on the semi auto build of these. What is something you missed out on recently? Let us know below ⬇️

Happy Friday folks! Reminder tomorrow is our monthly meeting. With this month’s presentation being on the beretta 92 fam...
03/27/2026

Happy Friday folks! Reminder tomorrow is our monthly meeting. With this month’s presentation being on the beretta 92 family of pistols. From the 92 to the adoption of the m9. Our meeting will be held at the NRA headquarters in fairfax in the south tower at 2pm. We hope to see you there. Pictured is a beretta 92sbc type m. This is an off rare sub variant of the beretta 92sb. One of the biggest complaints about the beretta 92 family of pistols was its size. Mainly people found it too big particularly in the grip. So beretta developed a compact version with the beretta 92sbc. The US airforce at the time was looking for something slimmer for officers to carry but still found the SBC too bulky. Beretta decided to develop a single stack version of the 92sbc. This became the beretta SBC type M. While this version did make the frame even slimmer it was still found to be too bulky. This would ultimately lead to the SIG p229 being adopted as the m11 in Us airforce trials.

Happy Monday folks this weekend we are going to have our March meeting Saturday March 28th. It will be held at the NRA h...
03/23/2026

Happy Monday folks this weekend we are going to have our March meeting Saturday March 28th. It will be held at the NRA headquarters in fairfax in the basement of the South tower at 2pm. There will be pizza and drinks. This month’s presentation will be on the Beretta 92 from the original 92 through the adoption of the m9. Please make sure to come out for the presentation!

Happy Friday folks today wanted to do a would you rather for the original AK imports to the US. Would rather a steyr imp...
03/20/2026

Happy Friday folks today wanted to do a would you rather for the original AK imports to the US. Would rather a steyr import Maadi or a Velmet RK62? Let us know below ⬇️ previously the FEG AMD-62 won hands down.

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