More bucks for your bang! US gun firm is offering handguns forged from 4.5billion-year-old meteorite for $2.25MILLION each

  • Big Bang Pistol Set boasts two guns made from 4.5bn-year-old Gibeon meteorite
  • Hedge fund owners, tech moguls and royals are all said to be interested in offer
  • They are being sold by Cabot Guns in Indiana who says they are the 'holy grail'  

By Lara Keay For Mailonline

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A US gun company has put two of the world's most expensive handguns on the market for $2.25million each. 

The Big Bang Pistol Set consists of two handguns made from Gibeon meteorite, thought to have travelled through the solar system and date back 4.5billion years.

Weapon specialists Cabot Guns, of Indiana, USA, claim they are the 'holy grail' of collectable firearms and are putting them on the market for a total of $4.5million. 

The Big Bang Pistol Set consists of two handguns (pictured) made from Gibeon meteorite, thought to have travelled through the solar system and date back 4.5billion years

The Big Bang Pistol Set consists of two handguns (pictured) made from Gibeon meteorite, thought to have travelled through the solar system and date back 4.5billion years

Weapon specialists Cabot Guns, of Indiana, USA, claim they are the 'holy grail' of collectable firearms (pictured) and are putting them on the market for a total of $4.5million

Weapon specialists Cabot Guns, of Indiana, USA, claim they are the 'holy grail' of collectable firearms (pictured) and are putting them on the market for a total of $4.5million

Their creator claims the luxury pistols are the first functional objects made from the meteor, which was discovered in Namibia, south west Africa, in the 1830s, where it is thought to have landed millions of years before.

The pistols are said to be of interest to a 'hedge fund billionaire, tech-mogul, industrialist or Royal' when they go to auction at an unspecified date.

Both guns are coated with a tanned-metallic rock, emblazoned with the 'Widmanstätten' pattern, formed over millions of years through intense heat and cooling.

The meteorite is said to have passed throughout the solar system, including Mars and Jupiter, before being made into an M1911 style military pistol - a gun used in both World Wars.

Rob Bianchin is founder and president of Cabot Guns, the specialist weapons company responsible for the set, based in Indiana, USA.

  

Pictured: The two handguns are going on sale for $2.25million in Indiana, USA

The pistols (one pictured) are said to be of interest to a 'hedge fund billionaire, tech-mogul, industrialist or Royal' when they go to auction at an unspecified date

The pistols (one pictured) are said to be of interest to a 'hedge fund billionaire, tech-mogul, industrialist or Royal' when they go to auction at an unspecified date

He said: 'I have been told by many collectors and experts that The Big Bang Pistol set are the 'holy grail' of collectable firearms.

'Gibeon meteorites exhibit the most desirable crystalline pattern and are the most desired of all iron meteorites.

'These will be the crown jewel of any collection - they will appeal to both firearm collectors as well as those fascinated with space and engineering.'

The master craftsmen from Cabot Guns chiselled the unshapen meteorite into the set of the most expensive handguns ever.

Rob said the pistols are fully functional and that this is the first time that a mechanical object has been forged from a meteorite.

Rob Bianchin (pictured with part of the meteorite used to make the guns) is founder and president of Cabot Guns, the specialist weapons company responsible for the set, based in Indiana, USA

Rob Bianchin (pictured with part of the meteorite used to make the guns) is founder and president of Cabot Guns, the specialist weapons company responsible for the set, based in Indiana, USA

He said: 'Man has been crafting weapons since the dawn of time, it predates speech - I don't believe anything more outrageous or complex in a pistol can trump this.'

The former NRA Pistol Champion shop provides an array of other deadly weapons, including 'The Ultimate Bedside 1911' and 'The American Joe'.

Rob added: 'The majority of Americans understand the importance of the 2nd Amendment but with rights comes responsibility for sure.

'It's a different world in the UK. with respect to gun laws - although, the powerful in British society still have access to bespoke long guns.

'I am unimportant in the grander scheme of things, I will be gone and forgotten someday, but the pistols will not.' 

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