Two men stand deadlocked in a high-stakes shooting competition. The grand prize of Dodge City’s centennial celebration, a One of One Thousand model Winchester 1873, a near-mythical rifle said to be ...
This is a Winchester Model 1873, 22 short caliber. made in 1880s and left in a leaky barn for past 50 years. I got this rifle at a garage sale for $25. I did research and realized I found a very very ...
Lever-action rifles are turning up by the scores in used-gun racks, their wooden stocks battered and once-blued steel worn silver. The grandfathers who used them are afield in happier hunting grounds, ...
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McKevitt is John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. He is the author of the recently released book, Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War ...
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The Winchester rifle was hailed by its manufacturer as “the gun that won the West.” But there’s a lot more to the story than that. The rifle that became the Winchester had a long, tortuous development ...
If there is one place you can find a small glimmer of solace when a family member or close hunting buddy passes away, it is in their gun closet. When your father, uncle, cousin, friend, etc. is a gun ...
SWEETWATER COUNTY — The Sweetwater County Historical Museum added a rifle to its exhibit gallery known by many as “The Gun That Won The West,” a Model 1873 Winchester lever-action. The .44/40 was ...