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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What Happened To The 10 and 16 Gauge?
Ever wonder why the 10 and 16-gauge shotguns seem to have faded from the American shooting scene? Ah, but Animal has the answer!
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Components – Reloading, Part 6
In Part 6, Suthenboy explains that the number one consideration in choosing component cases and bullets is price.
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Wednesday Afternoon Links
Surprisingly Florida and Kavanaugh-free links for your humpday enjoyment.
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Guns And Such For Small Game
Rabbits and squirrels are delicious. So are quail, pheasants and grouse. Now that we’ve established that, let’s talk about guns and ammo for small game hunting.
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Stone Wall and Sudley Ford: A photographic tour of Manassas Battlefield National Park
trshmnstr invites us along for a tour
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The Steps – Reloading, Part 5
Now comes the fun part!
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Choosing A Load – Reloading, Part 4
Part four in the series.
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Good Reads For Gun Folks
In my forty-odd years of being a shooting sports aficionado, I’ve learned that like me, most gun...
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Dies – Reloading, Part 3
The series continues!
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Other Necessary Equipment – Reloading, Part 2
Part 2 of the series!
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