Shooting Sixguns of the Old West

Description: Until recently if someone judged the Old West by television and movie portrayals, there was only one sort of handgun in use. That, of course, was the Colt Single Action Army which was also commonly called the Peacemaker. In truth it was the premier revolver produced during the heyday of the Frontier Era. Considered in all its styles and calibers more SAAs were made from 1873 to 1900 than any other single type of American revolver. However, it was not the only handgun about, nor was it the first revolver to take the then new metallic cartridges. In fact it was not even the only revolver being manufactured in considerable numbers by Colt during the same time frame. From 1870, when the era of metallic cartridge firing sixguns began until 1900 which is generally considered the end of the Wild West. Colt, Remington, Smith and Wesson, Merwin & Hulbert, and a few other lesser-known companies collectively produced hundreds of thousands of metallic cartridge firing sixguns. These handguns were at least of comparable quality to the Colt SAA, and some exceeded it by a wide margin. The primary target market for all of those revolvers was the American West.I want this book to focus on the shooting aspects of various types of Old West Sixguns. The first section is about the types of sixguns made in the 1870-1900 time frame. Nothing has been written to help the shooter who might want to safely use a vintage Old West sixgun, or who might want to fire one of the modern made versions of those revolvers in the same way that such guns were actually used during the blackpowder cartridge era.The second section of this book has been written as a reloading guide for many of the blackpowder handgun cartridges of the Old West. Emphasis has been placed on practical accuracy and reliable functioning with those components commonly available to shooters and reloaders today.

Price: 30 USD

Location: Prescott, Arizona

End Time: 2024-08-03T19:31:08.000Z

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