Tag: Guns of the Old West

Few rifles in operation during America’s “Wild West” days created such a long-term impact than the Winchester Model 1866 Carbine. ...

If you’ve never tried Cowboy Action Shooting, you don’t know what you’re missing. The targets are generally large and typically ...

Back in the day, Hollywood had a fixation on the “fast gun” in many of its Western films. Sometimes an ...

The coach gun was perhaps the original defensive gun for travelers in the United States. Major and minor roadways have ...

It was honestly the best time of my life. We were pretty much broke, and med school kept me sinfully ...

John Wesley Hardin is considered an American Old West outlaw, gunfighter, and controversial folk hero. Hardin often got into trouble ...

William T. “Bloody Bill” Anderson was quite the gifted psychopath. The deadliest Confederate guerilla leader of the American Civil War, ...

Paramount+ has slowly become one of the most popular video streaming platforms in the United States, driven in no ...

It may be a new year but Guns of the Old West is picking up right where we left off ...

“Yesterday’s gone, and we can’t get it back.” Augustus “Gus” McCrae made this sage remark. McCrae was a former Texas ...

James Buchanan Gillett was born November 4, 1856, in Austin, Texas. Ever the adventure seeker, young Gillett started riding horseback ...

Some years are tougher than others as far as the introduction of Old West-type firearms are concerned. This year was ...

Everyone loves cowboy revolvers. You could be the most die-hard, Staccato-C carrying, plate carrier-wearing, tactical bad dude on the planet, ...

Since debuting on the Paramount Network in 2018, Yellowstone has become one of the most popular TV series. The ...

If you’re anything like me, sometimes you just want to watch a good old “shoot-’em-up” Western. It doesn’t have to ...

With classic Western styling and an economical price tag, the original Ruger Wrangler has been a top seller since its ...

Ok, I’ll admit it. Sure, I wanted to be a cowboy when I was a kid.  Truth be told, I ...

It is elegant, rugged in its simplicity, effective on medium-size game and recalls a great era in history. The Uberti ...

One of my favorite blackpowder pistols is extraordinarily difficult to shoot. In fact, it is often difficult to hit anything ...

Cimarron Firearms announced a "Return to Lonesome Dove," so to speak, with the release of a pair iconic revolvers. The ...