“We’ve long held a fascination for the gunmen of the Wild West, and firearms enthusiasts have been especially interested in the hardware used by them,” wrote Phil Spangenberger, as he introduced our readers to the firearms owned or used by notorious desperado John Wesley Hardin.
After the publication of “Hardin’s Deadly Tools” in our April 2012 issue, we heard from Miguel Corona, the associate producer of an upcoming Hardin biopic, which will be shot in Texas this spring. “We ar

January 2013
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- Our Favorite Western Reads of 2012
- Was Wyatt Earp the model for the Peace Officer statue?
- What can you tell me about the badges of the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West lawmen also work as preachers?
- Burns’s Biographer
- Lee Anderson
- Tapped Out!
- True West’s Best Art & Collectibles of 2012
- The First 60 Years of True West Magazine
- Trailing Billy
- Heritage Travel of 2012
- Firearms of 2012
- Our Favorite Western Music of 2012
- True Westerner of 2013
- Western Wear of 2012
- True West’s Best Movies, TV Series & DVDs of 2012
- True West’s Best of the West 2013 Winners
- What was the 1862 Dakota War?