{"id":27800,"date":"2025-09-19T08:10:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/the-guns-of-skeeter-and-bart-skelton\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T08:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:10:18","slug":"the-guns-of-skeeter-and-bart-skelton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/the-guns-of-skeeter-and-bart-skelton\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guns of Skeeter and Bart Skelton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9kWJ7uD5Zo?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Skeeter Skelton is a legend in the handgunner community. The author, lawman, and shooter made an unforgettable impact and legacy through his storytelling and firearms expertise.<\/p>\n<p>His son Bart didn&#8217;t fall far from the family tree. He also worked in law enforcement, wrote, and shared his father&#8217;s love for fine firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Guns of both father and son will be offer this October at Rock Island Auction Company.<\/p>\n<p>0:22 &#8211; About Skeeter Skelton<br \/>1:14 &#8211; About Bart Skelton<br \/>2:40 &#8211; Bart&#8217;s  Colt Combat Commander from Joaquin Jackson<br \/>3:22 &#8211; Bart&#8217;s Smith &#038; Wesson Model 59 from Joaquin Jackson<br \/>4:04 &#8211; Bart&#8217;s Presentation Ruger 10\/22 from Bill Ruger<br \/>4:51 &#8211; Skeeter&#8217;s Smith &#038; Wesson Model 24-3<br \/>5:43 &#8211; Skeeter Skelton&#8217;s Favorite Hunting Rifle<br \/>7:53 &#8211; Skeeter&#8217;s T\/C Contender Presented at 1975 American Handgunner Awards<\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/x.com\/RIAuction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skeeter Skelton is a legend in the handgunner community. The author, lawman, and shooter made an unforgettable impact and legacy through his storytelling and firearms expertise. His son Bart didn&#8217;t fall far from the family tree. He also worked in law enforcement, wrote, and shared his father&#8217;s love for fine firearms. Guns of both father&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/the-guns-of-skeeter-and-bart-skelton\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Guns of Skeeter and Bart Skelton<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":27801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}