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Author Archive for Editor Dan Shideler
Tingle’s Creation Still Amazes
Never heard of the mighty Tingle .44 blackpowder magnum revolver? Welcome to the club. Predating Ruger’s Old Army .44 by more than a decade, the Tingle .44 blackpowder is all but forgotten today.
Targo! Gone But Not Forgotten
History doesn’t record who thought up Targo — a game of miniature skeet. However, Mossberg must take some of the responsibility, because they promoted the game and made guns for it.
Remembering the Late Model G
We can be sure that Morris F. Smith was the only person who ever applied the terms “reliable” and “durable” to the infamous Standard Model G automatic rifle.
Forehand & Wadsworth: ‘Other Guys’ Deserve Mention
Largely forgotten nowadays, Forehand & Wadsworth was for a time one of the nation’s best-known manufacturers of small, concealable revolvers.
The First Colt Clone
Most people don’t know about the Great Western Arms Co., which made the first Colt SAA clone. Even reference books can’t get it straight! But for a while, the Great Western was the idol of the American handgun scene.
Those Hammerin’ Humpbacks
It was a sad day in 1999 when Browning announced it was discontinuing the Auto-5 humpback. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house — at least not my house.
Honoring the 1911. . .in Utah
Courtesy of Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze” (www.theblaze.com): SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers are debating whether to designate a semiautomatic pistol as the official gun of Utah, despite protests from people who believe it’s inappropriate because of recent mass shootings. The bill to make the Browning M1911 the official gun breezed through a committee [...]
For the Concealed Carry Newbie. . .
Judging from the industry stats I’ve seen lately, the concealable handgun market is chugging right along.
Shooting the Widowmaker: the Winchester Model 1911
Probably the least-collected pre-’64 Winchester shotgun is the Model 1911 Self Loader, also known affectionately (?) as the Widowmaker. For those of you who came in late, the M1911 was Winchester’s attempt to knock off the Browning Auto-5. When John Browning and Winchester couldn’t come to terms on Browning’s new autoloading shotgun — Winchester refused [...]
Check Your Closets!
A good friend of mine, Phillip Peterson, is a licensed gun dealer who sells quite regularly through Gunbroker.com. Phillip, who goes by the username “neatguns,” specializes in vintage, oddball and military guns and accessories. Last week, Phillip listed a “Vintage Sheridan Silver Streak Pellet Rifle 20cal” with a starting bid of $99. The description read, [...]
