Category: Guns

The Marvelous Mr. Weatherby

by Animal | Jun 17, 2019 | Guns, Outdoors, Products You Need | 85

Roy Weatherby died in 1988 at age 77, having changed the American sporting rifle world forever.

A History of Bolt Guns, Part Six

by Animal | Jun 10, 2019 | Guns, Outdoors, Products You Need | 241

Another series draws to a close.

A History of Bolt Guns, Part Five

by Animal | Jun 3, 2019 | Guns, History | 105

When it comes to 20th century bolt-action sporters in the American market, it’s fair to say that you can list them in three categories: The Winchester Model 70, the Remington 700 and everything else. There’s more to the shooting world than that, of course, so this time out we’ll look at those three and some non-U.S. models as well.

A History of Bolt Guns, Part Four

by Animal | May 27, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 115

The War to End All Wars was the crucible in which the modern bolt-action rifle was formed, hardened and tempered.

A History of Bolt Guns, Part Three

by Animal | May 20, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 64

We’ve got a lot of ground to cover and not much bandwidth, and this will be an image-heavy post to support that. So hang on.

A History of Bolt Guns, Part Two

by Animal | May 13, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 137

Now, I’m not saying the folks at Vetterli looked across the Atlantic and noticed the feeding setup of the highly successful 1866 Winchester repeater, but if they had, it would certainly explain their adoption of a very similar mechanism for their repeating rifle…

A History of Bolt Guns, Part One

by Animal | Apr 29, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 80

Unlike our previous two historical studies, this one begins in Europe. The story of bolt-action guns begins in 1824, with a German inventor named Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse…

The Marvelous Mr. Newton

by Animal | Apr 22, 2019 | Guns, History | 78

A look at Charles Newton, gunmaker.

Allamakee County Chronicles I: Coyotes

by Animal | Apr 15, 2019 | Guns, Musings, Outdoors | 166

Animal v Coyote. Two mammals enter, one mammal leaves.

A History of Lever Guns, Part Six

by Animal | Apr 8, 2019 | Guns, History, Products You Need | 133

Lever guns in today’s market

A History of Lever Guns, Part Five

by Animal | Apr 1, 2019 | Guns, History | 132

Wherein smokeless powders come along and revolutionize the world of firearms.

A History of Lever Guns, Part Four

by Animal | Mar 25, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 85

The latest and greatest info on slightly antiquated firearms!

A History of Lever Guns, Part Three

by Animal | Mar 18, 2019 | Guns, History | 116

Part 3 of Animal’s look at the history of lever guns

A History of Lever Guns, Part Two

by Animal | Mar 11, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 114

Animal continues his history of the lever gun.

A History of Lever Guns, Part One

by Animal | Mar 4, 2019 | Guns, History | 178

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.

Profiles in Toxic Masculinity I: W.D.M. “Karamojo” Bell

by Animal | Feb 26, 2019 | Guns, In Memoriam, Military, Outdoors | 165

A profile of Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell.

Crackpot Corner: A Million-Dollar Idea

by Not Adahn | Feb 21, 2019 | Guns, Licensing | 166

Not Adahn seeks a way forward…

A History of The Six-gun, Part Six

by Animal | Feb 1, 2019 | Guns, History, Products You Need | 117

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.

A History of The Six-gun, Part Five

by Animal | Jan 18, 2019 | Guns, History | 133

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!

A History of The Six-gun, Part Four

by Animal | Jan 11, 2019 | Guns, History, Military | 103

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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