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9mm Grizzly
You never know who you’re going to bump into at the Whittington Center outside Raton, NM. Imagine my surprise and eagerness when I spotted Phil Shoemaker. I’ve read Phil’s exploits as an Alaskan...
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Shootin’ For The Cycle
A few years ago, I bought a SIG Mosquito .22 pistol, thinking it would be an inexpensive practice understudy for my 9mm SIG P226. The Mosquito handled some .22 LR loads well, but was very finicky when...
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Colt and Remington BP revolvers with Conical Bullets
Colt or Remington? I have often wondered which I would have picked had I lived in the last half of the 19th century. I have not had the privilege of shooting original Colt and Remington .44s...
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.32/.38/.33 WCF Cartridge Combos
Over many decades of shooting, one is bound to develop favorites. One of mine is a genre of firearms; pistol-cartridge Read the full article... The post .32/.38/.33 WCF Cartridge Combos appeared first...
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Black Powder Conical Bullet With Other .44s
The Dance & Brothers revolver was like all the rest based on the Colt pattern. It has the loading lever Read the full article... The post Black Powder Conical Bullet With Other .44s appeared first...
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Conical Bullets And The Ruger Old Army
Fifty-plus years ago, when Bill Ruger decided his company would offer a percussion revolver, he insisted it would be the best ever manufactured. It would have a top strap as did the Remington and it...
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BP Conicals and Pocket Pistols
Sam Colt did not invent the revolver, but his Paterson in 1836 was the first successful repeating pistol. It was Read the full article... The post BP Conicals and Pocket Pistols appeared first on GUNS...
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The 360 Buckhammer
When an ammunition company introduces a new cartridge, it seldom piques my interest. But, for some reason unbeknownst to me, Read the full article... The post The 360 Buckhammer appeared first on GUNS...
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First Big Bore Sixguns – Part I
S&W MODEL #3 AMERICAN — Beginning in 1857, Smith & Wesson produced .22 and .32 Rimfire pocket pistols. In order to offer a larger caliber in a more convenient form, Smith & Wesson needed...
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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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