A History of Lever Guns, Part Three
Part 3 of Animal’s look at the history of lever guns
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Inequality and The Great Decoupling
Guest Contributor Rasilio takes a look at monetary policy and inequality
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A History of Lever Guns, Part Two
Animal continues his history of the lever gun.
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I’m on Vacation
Did I just phone this one in liek last week? You decide.
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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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As Seen On TV: Pilot
“We talk TV. You talk TV?”- Wreck-Gar of the Planet Junkion.
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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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The Canonical Top Ten List of 2018
In case you were wondering what the ten best of 2018 was, Leap is here to fill you with correct knowledge.
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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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The Day Civilization Fell
All it took was a simple bacterial contaminant.
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And God Stepped out on Space
The first in a three-part subseries.
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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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The Three Way Contour
Sensei shares some family (and timepiece) history
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The Keystone
The importance of the Book of Mormon to the Church cannot be overstated.
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D-Day, 1944 pt. 6/7 – A bunch of stuff – And Water!
Wanna see some water? Yusef’s got water!
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