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
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
