The Best of the West: Firearms - True West Magazine
True West Magazine The Model 3, First Model (aka the “American”), was S&W’s initial big-bore metallic cartridge revolver. Introduced in 1870, it was a favorite with frontiersmen. Here, a member of the famed Wheeler U.S. Geological Survey (1871-73) checks out the party’s armament, including .50-70 Allin Conversion Springfield rifles, a Sharps carbine on his lap and protruding from its holster on his hip is S&W’s .44 American six-gun. – True West Archives – What a helluva year 2020 was! While the past 12 months will be remembered in largely negative terms, there have been a handfu...
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