Dwight van brunt biography

History

Sportsman’s Legacy™ incorporated in 2015, but it was a long time coming. The concept originated in 1982, when founder Dwight Van Brunt began attending gun shows and auctions in search of firearms, sporting collectibles and vintage hunting books for his personal collection.

Dwight discovered that desirable items were often lost among the clutter and supported by inaccurate descriptions. “Valuations were all over the place, both high and low,” Dwight recounted. “The market had very little order and sellers without strong product knowledge were at its mercy. I became determined to develop a better way to market these products, to showcase them nationally so their full value could be realized.”

It wasn’t long before Dwight discovered the most lucrative market was found in the pages of Shotgun News and The Gun List, as well as at the major national auctions. “I dove in at the deep end of the pool.” Dwight remembered. “Things then began falling into place, and Sportsman’s Legacy is the end result.”

Values

“Absolute client satisfaction is what matters,” Dwight Van

The Cost of Hesitation

by Dwight Van Brunt | Jul 30, 2024

The old saw, “Good things come to those who wait,” rarely applies to hunting trips.

The Ultimate Quail Gun. Really!

by Dwight Van Brunt | Jul 15, 2024

Quail Unlimited’s best-of-the-bunch 28 gauge shotgun modestly named “The Ultimate Quail Gun”

Jack O’Connor’s Eusebio Arizaga Shotgun

by Dwight Van Brunt | May 20, 2024

Jack O’Connor’s prized Eusebio Arizaga 20 gauge is up for sale.

The Rifle That Took The Smithsonian’s Giant Of Kumaon

by Dwight Van Brunt | Jan 22, 2024

The yellowed newspaper clippings and fading photographs tell a remarkable story. It was in November, 1967, that David Hasinger, Dr. Karl Jonas and their wives traveled to India to hunt tigers. Beyond the slightest doubt, they were mindful of Jim Corbett’s famous...

The Power of Remembering

by Dwight Van Brunt | Apr 19, 2023

Comes a time when remembering is about all a man can do.

Binding An Elephant

by Dwight Van Brunt | Apr 12, 2023

After long days of hunting with no luck, it finally took a bit of na

A Black-Maned Lion By Dwight Van Brunt

It seems customary for those who write about hunting lions to begin by citing influences of others gone before. They will first recall youthful rereads of Patterson, Akeley, Taylor and Hunter, then just as certainly mention the more recent adventures of Mellon, Ruark and Sanchez-Arino.

Metaphoric throat thus cleared, they will hold forth on previous encounters when a lion was not on license, every unsuccessful attempt after a permit was secured and the horrific amount of money unhanded in their quest. Somewhere in the mix will be a recounting of shooting practice, a most careful selection of the professional hunter and, finally, the agonizing wait for their safari to begin. It is with absolute certainty they know the reader will suffer these ramblings, for they are writing of lions and thereby command the floor.

I’ll simply confirm this was the well-worn path I followed and get to it.

I went all in for a lion some years ago, writing the check in anticipation that a permit would shortly open in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert. My reasonin

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