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The Winchester 30-30 (Winchester 1894) is an iconic gun, probably because of one particular man: Teddy Roosevelt. Of all the

The Highwaymen - Kevin Costner as Frank Hamer with a Colt Monitor

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

Colt Monitor – BAR Evolved

April 10, 2019June 5, 2019 Staff Collaboration 4 Comments Brownells, Forgotten Weapons, Hollywood Hoodoo, Mike the Mook, Popular, ReederWrites, Rock Island Auctions

If you recently watched The Highwaymen on Netflix, you may have noticed the use of the Colt Monitor. If you

SW380 meets the challenge - false advertising

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

SW380 – Forgotten Pocket Gun That Should Stay Thataway

April 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Mike Searson 5 Comments Mike the Mook, Pocket Guns

There is nothing wrong with the Sigma series SW380 – that is, at least as long as you don’t have to stake your life on it.

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

Austria’s Mannlicher M1895: no wonder they lost the war

March 6, 2019June 5, 2019 Mike Searson 4 Comments Bolt Guns, Mike the Mook, Popular, WWI Rifles

Austria’s M95 Mannlicher had several problems. One of them were probably the worst iron sights ever used on a mass production rifle.

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

Winchester M1876 – a Tribute to Tom Horn

December 12, 2018June 20, 2019 Mike Searson 2 Comments Cimarron Arms, Lever Guns, Mike the Mook, Winchester

Workmanship on the Model 1876 rifle, from Horn’s signature engraved on the rifle’s side plate to the fire blued screws and safety catch on the butt of the lever is impeccable.

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

Smith & Wesson’s First Revolver: The Model 1 | WCW

October 17, 2018July 14, 2019 Mike Searson 1 Comment Mike the Mook, Wheelguns

In WCW today, learn about the first revolver manufactured by Smith & Wesson, the Model 1 which was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges.

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

WCW | The Mexican Colt?

October 10, 2018June 19, 2019 Mike Searson 1 Comment Mike the Mook, Wheelguns

In this edition of Weapon Crush Wednesday, Mike the Mook got himself a sixgun that wasn’t what it seemed…now he’s gonna tell you about it.

Weapon Crush Wednesday: slick guns from history

Colt’s “Dick Special” Detective Special Revolver

September 26, 2018June 19, 2019 Mike Searson 8 Comments Mike the Mook, Wheelguns

Back in 1927 when Colt made firearms that people wanted and could actually buy, the company rolled out a new revolver based on their popular Police Positive Model. With its slimmer frame and shorter barrel, the new revolver was called “The Detective Special”. But to us, it was just a Dick. Elliott Ness famously carried one, as did Charles Lindbergh. The Dick Special was carried by police detectives, private detectives and anyone who wanted to discreetly carry a small frame .38 revolver. Colt dropped it from their lineup in 1992, just in time for concealed carry reform to start taking hold in America.