Tag: Guns of the Old West

One of my favorite blackpowder pistols is extraordinarily difficult to shoot. In fact, it is often difficult to hit anything ...

Cimarron Firearms announced a "Return to Lonesome Dove," so to speak, with the release of a pair iconic revolvers. The ...

Everyone has a "Gunsmoke" story. Almost every major actor today who started out playing small roles on TV from the ...

In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, a “belly gun” is a handgun with a very short barrel and often ...

Without question, the most iconic and readily identifiable handgun in the world associated with a single person is the engraved, ...

David Livingston has been a friend and fellow Fast Draw shooter for many years. He is a former chairman of ...

Sam Colt may have created the 1851 Navy, but Wild Bill Hickok made the .36 caliber Colt pistols immortal. Indeed, ...

There’s no point in prolonging it, or holding off till the end, I’ll just come right out and admit it ...

Released in 2017, Hostiles is a Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper. The story is set in 1892 ...

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the Cody Stampede Rodeo, one of America’s longest running professional rodeos. So Henry Repeating ...

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 ...

One of my favorite Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS) games is the Wild Bunch match. Introduced a number of years ago ...

The second most-issued percussion revolver during the Civil War has become known as the Remington Model 1858. This designation is somewhat ...

The Colt 1871-72 Open Top was new, innovative and virtually obsolete the day it was introduced! In Colt’s haste to ...

"Godless" is a seven-part Netflix miniseries written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Steven Soderbergh. The story centers ...

Quick, what's the first gun that comes to mind when you see the phrase, "cowboy gun"? While we're not ...

Bill inwardly smiled at the hand he was being dealt. He already had two pairs: aces and eights. Things were ...

"The Son" is a new TV series that debuted recently on AMC, beginning in April 2017. It is based on a ...

Great Britain’s role in America’s early history has been one of both adversary and ally. From the fight for our ...