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EXCULSIVE PREVIEW: The American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual |
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| COVER STORY: Kimber Crimson Carry Dave Douglas |
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| Years ago, the only way you could get a tricked out 1911 was to take your old military issue to one of only a few master gunsmiths like Armand Swenson or Joe Pachmayr and ask -no beg - them to turn it into a highly reliable fighting or competition gun. Maybe if you were lucky, they'd take on the project and about a year and a half and $3,000 later you'd finally be sliding it into that Tom Threepersons holster you held dearly. Wilson Custom, Cylinder and Slide and a number of others came later with their custom guns but they too were somewhat pricey - worth it but pricey. But they also supplied extremely high quality parts and barrels for other gunsmiths. You could buy the parts a match grade barrel, hammer, sear and disconnector from Wilson, a Memory Groove grip safety and match trigger from Brown and maybe a Smith and Alexander combination main spring housing and magwell then find your own gunsmith and have the parts married to your "old-beater" Then you'd need to send it off to the plate or bluing house for finishing for the final step in the process. In any case it could be a time consuming, daunting and hideously expensive project for anyone to take on. Get the full story in the American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual! >> Order Now << |
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| HAMILTON BOWEN STYLE Federal Magnum John Taffin |
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| We live in an amazing time and this is ever so true when it comes to firearms. I love the old classic sixguns of the 1950s and earlier. But I have to admit today's revolvers are stronger, usually more accurate, relatively less expensive, and definitely more readily available. When it comes to custom sixguns, they were very scarce in 1950 and earlier with very few well-known sixgunsmiths plying their trade. Today I can make a long list from memory of superb craftsman who can build the finest sixguns possible. At the top of that list is Hamilton Bowen of Bowen Classic Arms. Get the full story in the American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual! >> Order Now << |
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| PISTOL OR RIFLE Making An Educated Choice Tiger McKee |
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| Take a moment to think back on all your previous firearms training. Chances are when you train and practice, it's with either the pistol or the rifle. Sure, you've worked a few drills in there on transitioning from the rifle to the pistol, but probably very little time has been spent actually learning to fight with both weapons, combining them into one package. To maximize our combative capabilities we want to blend every weapon of our arsenal into one package, developing the skills and knowledge to seamlessly flow from one weapon to another as necessary. Get the full story in the American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual! >> Order Now << |
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| .44 MAGNUM King Of Sixguns John Taffin |
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| The roots of the .44 Magnum run deep, really deep, as they go all way back to pre-Civil War times. In the 1850s Smith & Wesson introduced the first successful cartridge firing revolver as the seven-shot, tip-up, single-action Model #1 chambered in .22. This little gun, and the .32 which followed it were so popular Smith & Wesson soon had plans to come out with a larger .44 version. The advent of the Civil War in 1861 changed those plans for several years. However, in 1869 Smith & Wesson unveiled the Model #3 American which was a six-shot, break-top, single-action sixgun chambered in .44 American. This cartridge, unlike the .22, was a centerfire instead of a rimfire. However, it used the same style bullet with a heel smaller in diameter than the rest of the bullet and which was seated inside the case. Get the full story in the American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual! >> Order Now << |
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| CONVERTIBLE HAND CANNONS Pistol And Rifle In One Richard Mann |
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| Hunting big game with handguns is nothing new but we should probably give some credit to Smith & Wesson for reviving the interest. Since the introduction of the .460 and .500 S&W it seems more folks are hunting with handguns. What you can't do with S&W revolvers is convert them into rifles. That's something you can do with the two guns featured here. Neither handgun is really something new but both, in the configurations I have set them up, may be something you haven't thought about. We are talking about hand cannons that go both ways. Get the full story in the American Handgunner 2009 Special Edition Annual! >> Order Now << |
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