Best Of — Shooting Iron

Go Fancy — Life Is Short

By Mike “Duke” Venturino My dreams — good or bad — are vivid. Late in 2015 I had to undergo

Lousy — Or Great? By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne Venturino Colt SAA’s of the 3rd Generation are great!”

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne Venturino A few issues back I did a column on dogs and many

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne Venturino An industry rumor I heard recently left me a little distressed. The

Before J-Frames By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne When someone says snub-nosed Smith & Wessons to us ancient sorts,

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Our Editorship, Roy, has a strange affliction in regards to gunzine bosses, as he tries to

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne Venturino Since gun people tend to like dogs too, I’m sure you’ve noticed

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos: Yvonne Venturino After you have a pile of freshly cast handgun bullets what comes next?

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Photos By Yvonne Venturino According to most every website one visits where gunwriters might be discussed

By Mike “Duke” Venturino For nearly 150 years the word Winchester was synonymous with long guns. Yet it’s a little

After the last great ammo-primer-powder-bullet shortage, I’ve gotten quite a few questions from people about casting bullets for their handguns.

Big, Brawn Bruisers. By Mike “Duke” Venturino The first of many “shooting buddies” came in my senior year of high

By Mike “Duke” Venturino When are handguns classic treasures and when are they junk? It’s a good question because many

By Mike “Duke” Venturino Bling” seems to be a modern catchword in American slang. I think it refers to fancy