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RSSAuthor Archive for Editor Dan Shideler

Nobody Wants This Colt

Nobody Wants This Colt

Colt’s Police Positive languishes in the shadow of its prettier offspring. But the collectibility of those descendants prove what a sound design the original was.

Original Papoose is One Great Gun

Original Papoose is One Great Gun

Dan Shideler is a Marlin .22 man, and the model that tickles him the most is the original 70P Papoose Take-Down Rifle.

Is That a Colt in Your Pocket?

Is That a Colt in Your Pocket?

My favorite snubnose revolver? The Colt Pocket Positive, manufactured from 1905 to 1940. It has one critical attribute that characterizes so many Colt revolvers: Style.

Gun Digest Classic: Is This the Greatest .38 Ever?

Of all the Hand Ejectors Smith & Wesson ever made, the finest and most well-mannered was the .38 Outdoorsman.