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Loading For Percussion Sixguns

There are five basic models of Dragoon originally produced in the short time frame from 1847 to around 1850. First Read the full article... The post Loading For Percussion Sixguns appeared first on...

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Black Powder .44s With Conical Bullets

By 1850, Colt had the .44 Dragoon, the .31 Pocket Pistols and the 1851 Navy .36. The Dragoons were too Read the full article... The post Black Powder .44s With Conical Bullets appeared first on GUNS...

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Jacketed Bullets In .44 Special

Does anyone really know when modern jacketed bullets began to appear in sixgun cartridges? Yes, I know all about FMJ .45 ACP bullets used in both Smith & Wesson and Colt 1917s in WWI, as well as...

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Underrated Cartridges

As a shooter, handloader, varmint/big game hunter and competitor, I think several guns and calibers are underrated. It seems media Read the full article... The post Underrated Cartridges appeared first...

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Confederate Sixguns

If there ever was a pair of mismatched combatants, it was in the American Civil War. The North had steel; Read the full article... The post Confederate Sixguns appeared first on GUNS Magazine.

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Federal .22 LR Shot Cartridges

Okay, at first I thought “but why?” too. My early experiences with these tiny shot cartridges were in rifled revolvers. Read the full article... The post Federal .22 LR Shot Cartridges appeared first...

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Reloading In Volume

When I got into practical pistol competition around 1980, I soon realized the only way to shoot as much as I wanted was by reloading in volume. Load development was not particularly difficult. The...

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Handgun Technology Is Better Today

Handgun technology hasn’t advanced nearly so rapidly as, say, electronic technology. However, it has come a long way in 20 Read the full article... The post Handgun Technology Is Better Today appeared...

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Experts & Bullets

All bullets have worked and all have failed. And bullets don’t always do what you think they will regardless of Read the full article... The post Experts & Bullets appeared first on GUNS Magazine.

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Ruger .45 Colt Single-Actions

Bill Ruger’s Single-actions redefined a category The post Ruger .45 Colt Single-Actions appeared first on GUNS Magazine.

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