“Godless” is a seven-part Netflix miniseries written and directed by Scott Frank and produced by Steven Soderbergh. The story centers on an outlaw, Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell), who is a member of the Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) Gang. The opening scene starts in Creede, Colorado, in 1884, and depicts the
&t= Quick, what’s the first gun that comes to mind when you see the phrase, “cowboy gun”? While we’re not the betting sort around here, we’re willing to wager you probably said the 1873 Colt Single Action Army or the Winchester Model 1873. And well you should. But there are
Bill inwardly smiled at the hand he was being dealt. He already had two pairs: aces and eights. Things were going well for him, even though for the first time in years he had his back to the door instead of facing it. He didn’t expect he would need the
“The Son” is a new TV series that debuted recently on AMC, beginning in April 2017. It is based on a historical novel of the same name written by Philipp Meyer and published by HarperCollins in 2013. Both the book and the TV series follow the life of Eli McCullough from
One of the most useful and versatile guns in the Old West was the side-by-side double-barreled shotgun. It usually had a prominent place behind the front door of a pioneer’s cabin or “soddy,” putting meat on the table or keeping four- or two-legged predators at bay. The double gun was also
It began with a patent, an unbreakable patent belonging to Samuel Colt since 1835 that kept E. Remington & Sons at arm’s length from the late 1840s until the day Colt’s seven-year patent extension expired in 1857. As an American arms manufacturer, Remington was much older than Colt, founded in
