The Marvelous Mr. Newton
A look at Charles Newton, gunmaker.
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Category: Guns
Allamakee County Chronicles I: Coyotes
Animal v Coyote. Two mammals enter, one mammal leaves.
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Six
Lever guns in today’s market
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Five
Wherein smokeless powders come along and revolutionize the world of firearms.
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Four
The latest and greatest info on slightly antiquated firearms!
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Three
Part 3 of Animal’s look at the history of lever guns
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Two
Animal continues his history of the lever gun.
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A History of Lever Guns, Part One
In the mid-1850s, the newfangled self-contained cartridge was just becoming the New Hotness in shooting. While there was a lot of experimentation with cartridge designs and action plans, a fellow Walter Hunt had some pretty good ideas. Read about those ideas here.
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Profiles in Toxic Masculinity I: W.D.M. “Karamojo” Bell
A profile of Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell.
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Crackpot Corner: A Million-Dollar Idea
Not Adahn seeks a way forward…
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A History of The Six-gun, Part Six
And so we conclude the saga of the sixgun with a look at the current state of affairs. What’s next for the revolver market? Who knows? But whatever it is, you know you’ll want one.
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A History of The Six-gun, Part Five
The twentieth century was aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening thru a cosmic vapor of invention in the sixgun world. Read about that glow here!
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A History of The Six-gun, Part Four
Our story continues as Smith & Wesson pushes into the world of new-fangled metallic cartridges. Meanwhile, Colt was fixing to blow everyone’s doors off.
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A History of The Six-gun, Part Three
Turns out Sam Colt wasn’t the only guy interested in building sixguns. There was this Remington fellow up in New York, a guy named LeMat in Louisiana, and these two guys from Massachusetts named Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson. In the sixgun world in the late 1850s, some cages were fixin’ to get rattled.
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A History of The Six-gun, Part Two
Sam Colt made an impact with the Paterson revolvers, but that impact was short-lived. It was enough, though, to get a young Captain named Sam Walker interested. Captain Walker went north to see Sam Colt. “We need more revolvers for our new Republic of Texas,” Walker said. “Hold my beer,” replied Sam Colt, and the rest is history. Read that history here.
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A History of The Six-gun, Part One
Revolvers! We know them, we love them, but how many know the history of the wheelgun? Animal does, and he’s here to tell ya.
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Legend of the Fall (or, Now For Something Completely Different)
Gravity is a harsh mistress. Buckle up while Animal gives you a few examples of just how harsh gravity can be.
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Animal’s 2018 Hunt Report
Any day hunting is better than any day working. So, let me tell you about four days that were better than any four days working.
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No, Not That Springfield Armory. The Other Springfield Armory.
Ever wanted to know where you could cast your optics on hundreds of cool old guns? Well, I’m a-gonna tell you.
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Elk Hunting Is A Species of Insanity.
I do wonder sometimes what drives people like me to hunt elk.
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