Old West gunfighters had two secrets for accuracy when shooting the Colt Peacemaker. Skill was the defining aspect of both the gunfighter and...
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Art, Guns and Culture
Collecting The West
From the Plains to the Parlor Buffalo Bill’s Wild West ignited a collecting craze. When Buffalo Bill began his show in 1883 the general public had...
Old West Saviors
Soldiering Onward after the LA Inferno Unsung heroes like Dr. Brian Dervin Dillon are emerging after the California fires with a message…listen to...
An Epic Page-Turner
Relative youngster pens instant classic Congrats to my young friend Paul Andrew Hutton who has a new gig as the interim curator of the Buffalo Bill...
Will Rogers, the Chili Lover
He called it the cowboys’ caviar and a bowl of blessedness. any people know that Will Rogers was a Wild West show performer, vaudevillian,...
The $6 Million Shot
The Real Story Behind the Gun that Killed Billy the Kid They say history is written by the victors, but sometimes it’s pawned,...
Springtime in the West
Storms, sunsets and art auctions. Following the quiet of winter, springtime is the most exuberant season in the West. The rivers are full,...
Cowboy Al’s Wild West Museum
One man’s collection brings the Wild West East. Who could imagine a Wild West museum in Connecticut? Cowboy Al Singer, that’s who. A lifelong...
Buckeye’s Dream
A fitting wake for Billy the Kid Buckeye Blake Bounces Back He was angry and depressed when the town council in Fort Sumner turned him down for his...
Remington’s 1875 – a Copycat peacemaker?
This 1873 colt lookalike was a solid, hard-hitting revolver, but it never could rival the famed six-gun it emulated Among the trusted...
Western Art Can be Affordable
Collectors found reasonably priced gems at the Jackson Hole Auction The prices for Western art have been rising steadily during the 21st...
King of the Scatterguns
The single best and most economical arm for hunting and defense in the Wild West was the double-barreled shotgun. At the sign of...