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Two Rangers, One Colt: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.nationalfirearmsmuseum.org One of the tallest among the famed Texas Rangers was Harrison Hamer—a 6-foot-3-inch man widely regarded as one of the best shots in West Texas with either rifle or six-gun. In addition to being a Texas Ranger, he also served as a mounted customs agent during Prohibition, range detective with the Cattlemens Association and as a Special Ranger. His two older brothers, Dennis and Frank Hamer, were senior Texas Ranger captains; Frank is best remembered for his work ...
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Ben Cartwright's Winchester: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.nationalfirearmsmuseum.org The second-longest-running Western television series ever aired was "Bonanza," the epic saga of the Cartwright family, set on the Ponderosa Ranch against the rugged backdrop of California's Sierra Nevadas shortly after the Civil War. Correspondingly, Colt Single Action Army revolvers and Winchester rifles were frequently seen onscreen. Unlike many other Western dramas, however, the Cartwrights of "Bonanza" did not spend each episode armed to the teeth fighting ...
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Pinfire Powerhouse: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.nationalfirearmsmuseum.org About the time America's Samuel Colt was patenting his revolving cylinder handgun in 1835, in Europe, the innovative pinfire ignition system came into being. One of the first self-contained metallic cartridges, pinfires utilized a protruding metal pin, which when struck by the hammer, detonated a fulminate charge that was placed in a cap inside the cartridge. A wide range of pinfire longarms, including both rifles and shotguns, as well as pinfire handguns, were ...
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High Flyer: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.Nationalfirearmsmuseum.org West Virginian Charles Elwood Chuck Yeager started his aviation career with the US Army Air Corps as an aircraft maintenance mechanic in 1941. Transferring to flight training, Yeagers 64 combat missions during WWII resulted in victories over 13 German aircraft with five of those engagements in a single day, earning him the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross for his duty with the 357th Fighter Group. After the war, Yeager transferred to testing new ...
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Lever for a Lefty: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.Nationalfirearmsmuseum.org Winchesters 1876 or Centennial Model rifle was intended from the start as a big game rifle, being chambered for centerfire cartridges ranging from the .40-65 all the way up to the powerful .50-95. First offered in 1876 and displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Winchesters newest lever-action soon garnered favorable reviews from many experienced American hunters, including one who later served as president, Theodore Roosevelt. While the ...
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Winchester's Biggest Lever Ever: NRA National Firearms Museum Featured Gun
www.Nationalfirearmsmuseum.org The long popularity of its repeating rifle line gave the Winchester Repeating Arms Company good reason to manufacture another of John M. Brownings designs—a repeating shotgun that offered a six-shot capacity. Winchesters Model 1887 was offered in both 10- and 12-gauge chamberings, and its broad receiver side proudly bore a WRA Co. monogram. This strong rolling block design, operated by the traditional Winchester lever action, was favored by express companies ...
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