In the Russian Empire, purchasing a revolver, pistol, or carbine was a simple matter thanks to the legalized free sale of weapons. In Penza, at 35 Moskovskaya Street, such weapons could be acquired.

The store located in this building was demolished in the mid-20th century. Various types of weaponry were sold here, not just for hunting. Customers could buy rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers, and ammunition for them. Revolvers of the Nagant system were particularly popular, valued for their reliability and simplicity. The cost of such a revolver was only 25 rubles. There were also cheaper models, but they were of low quality. For example, the French Golua revolver cost just 3 rubles, affordable even for students. The store also sold gear: cartridge belts, holsters, straps, and cases for hunting rifles.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the store's assortment expanded, and they began selling cold weapons, mainly daggers and knives, as well as sharpeners for them. Additionally, various hunting accessories, medical instruments, telescopes, binoculars, optical surveying and distilling instruments, glasses, pince-nez, lorgnettes, pocket watches, hair clippers, office supplies, teapots, coffee pots, and other household goods made of British metal, as well as Japanese fans, were offered.

Among the unusual items was a paper hawk, which the advertisement claimed could "rise to a height of over 1000 feet (about 300 m) on an ordinary thin thread in the slightest breeze and so well imitates the flight of a real hawk that it has long been used in England for hunting to scare away partridges. Releasing the hawk is very simple and can be a fun activity for both small children and adults."