Peter G. Dowd is a nationally recognized expert on modern and antique firearms and collectibles. Mr. Dowd has over 30 years experience in the firearms business. He has worked in firearms manufacturing as well as retail, wholesale, and law enforcement sales. He was an early pioneer of firearms auctions and he has conducted appraisals for the courts, insurance companies and numerous estate and private collections.

On a local level Mr. Dowd, as President of the Village Vault, is in contact with and has provided services to nearly 100 Massachusetts Police Departments. He is an associate member of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the Central Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association.