Yesterday we took a look at the history and the mechanics of Dan Conan’s .357 Magnum 1911; today we are going to take it out to the range. Specifically, a BackUp Gun Match, plus a bit of extra range time afterwards…
Shotgun
Roper Repeating Shotgun at RIA (Video)
Sylvester Roper was a great example of the classic American inventor – he had a wide range of interests, and impacted technological development in more than one industry. This shotgun is a design he patented […]
Flintlock
Durs Egg Ferguson – A Trials Breechloader From 1776
This Ferguson rifle sold for $96,000. Captain Patrick Ferguson was a British officer who designed and patented a breechloading rifle in 1776, which would actually see service in the American Revolution at the Battle of […]
Antiques
Four-Barrel Mule Ear Custom Rifle from the 1850s
This is a custom rifle made by gunsmith P.E. Hall of Ashtabula, Ohio most likely between 1848 and 1854. It has a cluster of four .36 caliber rifles barrels (24 inches long) in an octagonal […]
Who made the magazines for it?
Die, bugs, DIE!
Why not 7+1 on the spinner?
Reshoot the BUG match with the Coonan setup for .38 Special and see what the longer barrel does for improving performance.