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The Cowboy Assault Rifle done right, by Wild West Guns

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Chris Dumm

Call me a traditionalist, but I don’t think Cowboy Tactical gets any cooler than this Marlin .44 Magnum by Wild West Guns. If you want it, you’d better call them soon, though. Just like real estate, Marlin isn’t making them … Continue reading →

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SHOT Show advice to manufacturers: bring your ‘A’ game.

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Chris Dumm

When you’re putting your wares on display for tens of thousands of purchasers, journalists, and enthusiasts, you shouldn’t need an MBA to tell you you really need to bring your best stuff. No ‘beta’ testing versions. No prototypes (unless you … Continue reading →

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Classic Gun Review: Marlin Model 39

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Chris Dumm

The Marlin Model 39 claims to be the oldest continually-produced cartridge rifle in history.  Its parent design was born during the unexceptional presidency of Benjamin Harrison, whose bust never even made it onto the Mount Rushmore Commemorative Paperweight.  Unlike that … Continue reading →

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Marlin/TFG Lever-Action Quality: Circling The Drain

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Chris Dumm

Joe Grine and I spent a few leisurely hours pacing the aisles at Oregon’s biggest pre-Christmas gun show this morning. We’re not into ‘gun show reports’ much here, so suffice to say that guns and ammo were everywhere, Nazi fetish … Continue reading →

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Not Quite A TTAG Exclusive: Henry Repeating Arms .45-70

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Chris Dumm

  Henry Repeating Arms president Anthony Imperato confirmed to me this morning that the New Jersey-based arms maker will be offering their steel-framed, round-barrel lever action rifle in the thundering .45-70 cartridge in March of 2012.  We loved Henry’s Big … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., Marlin Pistol-Caliber Carbines

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Chris Dumm

How should you feel when one of your favorite guns, an American classic that had served cowboys, lawmen, deer hunters and recreational shooters for over a century, simply vanishes from store shelves? It happened before: we lost a classic .22 … Continue reading →

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Cowboy Assault Rifle Teaser: Happy Quad-Rails To You

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Chris Dumm

Our beloved jefe Farago has been waiting a long time for his over-the-top Cowboy Assault Rifle project (not pictured) to come to fruition.  What a long, strange trip it’s been, starting with an unintentional ‘Paratrooper’ version of the Model 1894C … Continue reading →

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