Henri Pieper was a firearms inventor who’s creations are not well known. Pieper’s gas-seal revolving carbines and revolvers were only purchased in quantity by the Mexican Government and were favored by the Rurales law enforcement group….
Elvis Presley was a gun enthusiast and one of the guns he had was a diminutive 22lr derringer which he gave to his wife Priscilla to keep in her handbag for self-protection. Priscilla was not comfortable…
Back in 1910 John Moses Browning had created two prototype automatic pistols, one was chambered for the 45ACP cartridge, and the other was a scaled down pistol of the same design chambered for the 38ACP, and…
Made specifically for ISSF Centerfire Match target shooting the Colt National Match .38 Special Mid Range semi-automatic pistol is a quite rare model among M1911 pistols. It features a blowback operation and was designed specifically to…
The Mannlicher Model 1899-1900 series of pistols were created by Austrian Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher who is perhaps best known for his collaborative work in the design of the iconic Mannlicher-Schönauer rifle. This model Mannlicher pistol…
In the United States the Colt 1873 Single Action Army became the best known revolver of the 1870’s through to the end of the nineteenth century, with the Smith & Wesson No. 3 in second place,…
