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

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

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...

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

By Dennis Adler I have been writing about cattlebrand engraved handguns for years, and the interest in this uniquely American style of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...