The Howdah 20-Gauge Double-Barrel Flintlock Pistol Has a Deep History
Staring down the barrels of a large caliber Howdah double-barrel flintlock pistol can be just as intimidating a sawed-off double-barrel...
Staring down the barrels of a large caliber Howdah double-barrel flintlock pistol can be just as intimidating a sawed-off double-barrel...
Everyone has a "Gunsmoke" story. Almost every major actor today who started out playing small roles on TV from the...
Every story has a beginning, and the story of Samuel Colt begins in the mid-1830s with his first company, established...
Today, you wouldn’t think of Tiffany & Company as a place to purchase a gun, unless it was made out...
In 1847, Samuel Colt had a U.S. government order in his hand for 1,000 new .44-caliber revolvers, which would restore...
Sam Colt may have created the 1851 Navy, but Wild Bill Hickok made the .36 caliber Colt pistols immortal. Indeed,...
Winchester is paying homage to America’s greatest achievement of the 19th century: the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May...
In an era when the average man had one shot from a fowler or musket, maybe two with a swivel barrel,...
As far back as the 1850s, Colt began offering silver plating and gold-washed cylinders, hammers and triggers as options on its...
The Colt 1871-72 Open Top was new, innovative and virtually obsolete the day it was introduced! In Colt’s haste to...
Double-action cartridge revolvers had a somewhat unremarkable beginning in the American West. This was mostly due to the Civil War....
Great Britain’s role in America’s early history has been one of both adversary and ally. From the fight for our...
It began with a patent, an unbreakable patent belonging to Samuel Colt since 1835 that kept E. Remington & Sons...
A lot of Old West mythology surrounds handguns and the speed with which they could be drawn and accurately fired. This...
One might regard the handgun as the easiest and most practical self-defense weapon of choice in the Old West, but for...
Go mobile with these classic, formidable and fully loaded full-size handguns from Glock, Ruger, Sig Sauer, Smith & Wesson and...
There are three very popular and effective ways to carry a subcompact Glock, and while there are still other methods,...
The Winchester Model 1887 lever-action shotgun was very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, both as a...
The GLOCK design has been evolving since 1982, and numerous changes in external and internal features over the years have...
Springfield’s polymer-framed XD pistols are among the top-ranked handguns approved for law enforcement agencies, and the company recently introduced the...