You say holster, I say art. And we are both right. It is the work of Chris Andre, the “Slickbald” of the Slickbald Custom Holsters. I recently attended one of his one-on-one classes to learn to make Western holsters, and I was amazed by the creations that appear as a regular
For more than 150 years, the lever action platform has been tweaked and tuned in the pursuit of sporting perfection. Thanks to advancements in materials, engineering know-how, and manufacturing capabilities, incremental progress was made in small steps. However, until now, the action has remained relatively unchanged. Starting with a blank
The industry is diminished today as Pietta Firearms has announced the passing of its founder, Giuseppe Pietta. Pietta was the Son of a Tempini factory worker, and the seventh of nine siblings. He always thanked his father for what he could give him. “My father could not afford to let
Minnesota lay many saddle hours away, so Frank and Jesse James, with the Younger boys and three others, traveled from Missouri by rail. They bought horses for the final leg – fine animals, new to Northfield on September 7, 1876. The men’s dusters may also have caught the eye of
War is often the mother of invention, or at least the swift kick that inspires change. By the late 1860s, American arms manufacturers were being tasked to find ways to repurpose their Civil War-era percussion models to accommodate the variety of metallic cartridges that had come into use during the war. Smith & Wesson, however, made no such
There is something about cannons that can turn grown men into little boys. It is the roar of the cannon, the blast from the muzzle and just the raw power. Even cannons that are mere decorations can evoke thoughts of battlefield glory. Whether it occurs walking by an old courthouse or passing by a VFW hall, the
