There’s no point in prolonging it, or holding off till the end, I’ll just come right out and admit it now: I like this snub-nosed blaster. A levergun grabs me by the collar, a 16-inch barrel snatches my eye, a big-loop lever crowbars me back to my childhood, a .45-70
Released in 2017, Hostiles is a Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper. The story is set in 1892 and follows U.S. Army Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), who is ordered to escort a dying Cheyenne chief, Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi), and his family back to their tribal land
Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the Cody Stampede Rodeo, one of America’s longest running professional rodeos. So Henry Repeating Arms is tipping its hat with an exclusive 100th Anniversary Henry Cody Stampede Rodeo rifle. Consequently, the lever-action is chambered in the iconic caliber of .45 Colt. [in_content post=”189888″ alignment=”align-left”
In an era when the average man had one shot from a fowler or musket, maybe two with a swivel barrel, and the same for a holster pistol, a smoothbore double gun was one of the most versatile weapons of its time. With a double-barreled flintlock, one could deliver two rounds
As far back as the 1850s, Colt began offering silver plating and gold-washed cylinders, hammers and triggers as options on its percussion pistols and, later on, 1870s cartridge conversions. Gold plating (or gold wash) was usually added to engraved guns. Over time, silver plating wore thin on the high edges and
One of my favorite Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS) games is the Wild Bunch match. Introduced a number of years ago by the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), the match is based on the 1969 Western epic “The Wild Bunch,” directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest
