Featured History Trending Examining the Fact & Fiction of Wild Bill Hickok By Guns of the Old West 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 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 Traditions 1873 Single Action 45LC Liberty Military Trial to Ballistic Art Read more »
Guns Handguns News The .36 Caliber Pistol – A Popular Choice With Early Gunfighters By Guns of the Old West 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 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 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 News Revolvers A Look at 2 Colt Model 1861 Revolvers Owned By Colonel Custer By Guns of the Old West 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 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 News Revolvers Concealed Carry – Old West Style By Guns of the Old West When we think of the guns of the Old West, we tend to picture the big-bore revolvers like the Colt... Read more »
Accessories Featured Guns Handguns Lasers & Lights News Shotgun Ammo Shooting a SASS ‘Wild Bunch’ Match – Custom Ruger SR1911 By Guns of the Old West One of my favorite Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS) games is the Wild Bunch match. Introduced a number of years ago... Read more »
