Featured Guns Handguns History Revolvers The Colt Paterson Revolver – The Beginning of American Revolvers By Guns of the Old West • September 23, 2025 The Colt Paterson is where the American revolver story really begins. Patented in 1836 and built by the Patent Arms... Read more »
Featured History Trending Examining the Fact & Fiction of Wild Bill Hickok By Guns of the Old West • August 8, 2025 A pair of aces and a pair of eights – the Dead Man’s Hand, made famous by a true legend... Read more »
Guns Handguns Shotguns The Pedersoli Howdah: Recreating the Howdah’s Legacy By Guns of the Old West • July 15, 2025 The fight had begun almost instinctively. An image from a wanted poster flashed through the Sheriff’s mind as he saw... Read more »
Guns Handguns Revolvers Traditions 1873 Single Action Liberty By Guns of the Old West • July 11, 2025 Traditions 1873 Single Action 45LC Liberty Military Trial to Ballistic Art Read more »
Guns Handguns Trending The .36 Caliber Pistol – A Popular Choice With Early Gunfighters By Guns of the Old West • July 8, 2025 Sam Colt may have created the 1851 Navy, but Wild Bill Hickok made the .36 caliber Colt pistols immortal. Indeed,... Read more »
Guns Lever Action Rifles Man Stops 250-Pound Black Bear With Uberti Yellowboy in 45 Long Colt By Guns of the Old West • July 4, 2025 A man made headlines recently when he stopped a 250-pound black bear with his Uberti 1866 Yellowboy in .45 Long... Read more »
Guns Lever Action Rifles Shotguns Was This Lever-Action Shotgun Actually Used by Oliver Winchester? By Guns of the Old West • July 1, 2025 If I’ve written it once, I have written it a thousand times: Oliver Winchester was not originally in the gun... Read more »
Featured Guns Handguns History Revolvers Trending A Look at 2 Colt Model 1861 Revolvers Owned By Colonel Custer By Guns of the Old West • May 27, 2025 The Frazier History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, exhibits a remarkable collection of famous Western firearms. This includes a cased pair... Read more »
Featured Guns Handguns History The Pepperbox Pistol – Making History as the First True Cowboy Revolver By Guns of the Old West • May 23, 2025 One of my favorite black powder pistols is extraordinarily difficult to shoot. In fact, it is often difficult to hit... Read more »
Featured Guns Handguns History Revolvers Trending Concealed Carry – Old West Style By Guns of the Old West • May 20, 2025 When we think of the guns of the Old West, we tend to picture the big-bore revolvers like the Colt... Read more »
