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Hardcover, 338 Pages.
170 Years of the Guns that Tamed the West
No firearm is more easily recognizable than the 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver — conjuring up images of Theodore Roosevelt in the Dakotas, Lt. George Patton with Black Jack Pershing in Mexico and the Earps and Doc Holliday at the O.K. Corral.
Colt’s famous six-shooter is one of hundreds of models of single action revolvers that have been used in battles across the continent. Packed with more than 350 photos and thousands of facts about single-action revolvers from 1850 to today, this definitive guide captures a history beginning with Samuel Colt and ending with Bill Ruger, John Linebaugh and Dick Casull.
While covering some of the same material, this is not just a rehash of the author's excellent Big Bore Sixguns, Mr. Taffin starts with the black powder Colts and covers all of the models produced through to the current SAs we can see in our local gun shops today. He covers the more obscure brands like Hawes and Great Western as well as the familiar Colts, Rugers and Freedom Arms. He does not neglect the custom work from Hamilton Bowen, Bill Grover, John Linebaugh among others. There are chapters on stocks and leather, a chapter on using the single action revolver, with loading data interspersed throughout. This book will take its place next to Elmer's "Sixguns" as a classic in the genre.
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