By Dennis Adler Lead downrange Throughout this issue I have been fighting the weather (the article on the Iron Frame Henry was shot two weeks earlier in a sn...

By Dennis Adler Frontier lawmen were plentiful; frontier lawmen with long and heroic careers, not so much, not everyone was Bill Tilghman, Bat Masterson or W...

By Dennis Adler A hail of lead shot past Emmett Dalton’s head as his horse spun around like a dog chasing its tail; a rifle slug found its mark glancing off ...

By Dennis Adler A different approach to branding F.lli Pietta has pioneered several different types of engraving styles on their Single Actions using traditi...

By Dennis Adler I have been writing about cattlebrand engraved handguns for years, and the interest in this uniquely American style of engraving never seems ...

By Dennis Adler In the image of... The Colt’s Model 1878 was the inspiration for the new E.M.F. F.lli Pietta 12 ga. Hartford Model 1878 double barrel shotgun...

By Dennis Adler One might regard the handgun as the easiest and most practical self defense weapon of choice in the Old West, but for a great majority of men...

Range Testing the Bat Masterson E.M.F. Great Western II The Bat Masterson E.M.F. Great Western II, built by F.lli Pietta in Italy, is available for a reasona...

During his tenure in Dodge City, which was also the County Seat and home to the Ford County Sheriff’s office, Bat appointed many of his old associates as spe...

By Dennis Adler “Back when the West was very young, Their lived a man named Masterson; He wore a cane and derby hat, They called him Bat, Bat Masterson.” Bac...

The Pietta reproduction The 1851 Navy is perhaps the most important black powder pistol in the history of Colt reproductions, having been the basis for creat...

By Dennis Adler Firearms historians often disagree about which of Samuel Colt’s designs are the most significant. Many consider the most important handgun to...

By Dennis Adler Roundup I can remember when Pietta started manufacturing Colt-style SAA revolvers back in 2002, and they were not this well refined or accura...

By Dennis Adler Whenever the word “engraving” is mentioned in reference to a Single Action revolver the price generally goes up commensurately with the amoun...

By Dennis Adler Gun Details The Dixie Gun Works .44 caliber version of the Dance revolver is manufactured in Italy by F.lli Pietta and closely duplicates the...

By Dennis Adler In May of 1861, after North Carolina became the 11th state to join the Confederacy, the South was already engaged in the task of evaluating i...

Pietta’s New Factory and the S.E. I. Laser System It began in 1963 when two brothers with a love of gunsmithing established Fratelli Pietta (Brothers Pietta)...

F.lli Pietta’s Plan Several years ago Italian armsmaker F.lli Pietta, which has succeeded in building superior out-of-the-box reproductions of Colt Single Ac...

by Dennis Adler “Arms engraving and embellishment owes a great debt to thatworld-famed and near-legendary pioneer in repeating firearms and mass production, ...

As Deputy U.S. Marshals they were instrumental in bringing law and order to the Indian and Oklahoma territories working out of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and headq...