Roth Steyr M1907 Antique Pistol Destroyed in Cleveland ‘Buy Back’

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Roth Steyr pistols are highly desired by collectors, with prices running up to $2,000. It's a curio/relic in the eyes of the the ATF. It has many advanced features for a 1907 design, reminiscent of...

Confederate Revolvers: Spiller and Burr

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The Spiller and Burr factory was originally established in Richmond, Virginia, as the brainchild of wealthy businessmen Edward Spiller and David Burr, along with firearms expert James Burton. Burr was a southern sympathizer running a...

Confederate Revolvers: Griswold and Gunnison

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Before the Civil War, Samuel Griswold was a successful businessman, having found a good living making cotton gins. Business was so good that he purchased 4,000 acres outside of Macon, Georgia, where he established...

Florida Open Carry Bill Introduced by New Judiciary Committee Chair

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In the same 2016 election where Donald Trump won The Sunshine State, Republican State Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla of Miami lost. Portillia had been the face of opposition to open carry and...

Book Review: ‘This Business of Exploring’ by Roy Chapman Andrews

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I first read This Business of Exploring some fifty years ago, when I was attending high school in Hayward, Wisconsin. The book covers Roy Chapman Andrews' explorations of central Asia and outer Mongolia from 1921...

John Glenn: American Hero, Gun Grabber

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David Codrea writes John Glenn has passed away at the age of 95. The Marine pilot, astronaut and senator died Thursday afternoon at Wexler Medical Center in Columbus, OH, surrounded by family. The man was unquestionably an...

A Brief History of the .454 Casull Cartridge

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David Tong writes :  Americans are smitten by “power.” No question. We love our high horsepower cars, our torque-laden diesel trucks and motorcycles, and of course more germane to this, the most powerful cartridges we...

Will Indiana Be The Next Constitutional Carry State?

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Permitless or constitutional carry is on the march. The number of states that don't require a government permission slip to carry a weapon for self defense -- openly or concealed -- has jumped from...

Joseph Warren Pleads for Gunpowder Days Before His Death at Bunker Hill: Just Thought...

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Millions of young Americans learned that "taxation without representation" sparked the American Revolution. Which is only partly true. One key factor long ignored by historians and educators: British gun control. That's gradually changing, as scholars...

Grouse Hunting With the Village Gun

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The Village Gun is my name for an old Springfield 84-C. My father acquired the rifle and a state of the art Weaver 3/4 inch straight tube scope for $7.50 during the Depression. In...

French Poetry’s Most Notorious Gun on Display: Just Thought I’d Leave This Here

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https://youtu.be/8lVBD7mCBBY Je parle un peu français, mais quand je suis sous c'est mieux. I speak a little French, but when I'm drunk it's better. That, mes amis, is the magic phrase. Tell it to a...

Cody Firearms Museum: Presidential Presentation Rifles

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Throughout the history of this great nation, manufacturers have made special embellished arms for presidential presentation. The following is a sample of rifles from the Presidential Collection at the Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the...