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No firearm is more easily recognizable than the 1873 Colt Single Action Army Revolver, but the famed weapon is just one of hundreds of models of single actions revolvers that have been used in battles across the continent. Packed with photos and facts about revolvers from 1850 to today, this guide is a must-have for every gun enthusiast.

ISBN-13: 9781635616910

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media

Publication Date: 12-28-2018

Pages: 338

Product Dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.06(d)

John Taffin has been a handgun writer for the past 50+ years and a staff writer for the American Handgunner and Guns for the past 36+ years assigned to do feature articles as well as regular columns, "Taffin Tests", "The Sixgunner", "Handloading", and "Campfire Tales". He has also contributed regular columns and features to Shoot!Magazine, The Freedom Arms Collectors Journal, and Handgun Hunters International as well as the Digest Annuals from Krause Publications. His main interests are big bore sixguns, lever action rifles, and single-shot rifles and pistols, and he has hunted extensively with handguns in America and Africa. Taffin is also the founder, 1986, and first chairman of The Shootists and past chairman of the Outstanding American Handgunner Awards Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Handgun Hunters Chapter of SCI, and is a NRA Life Member. He considers only five things in this life to be important, namely, Faith, Family, Friends, Firearms, and most assuredly Freedom.Author of eight books and more than 2,000 articles, Taffin and his wife Dot have three children and 14 grandchildren and reside in Idaho. The kids are all grown-up and on their own, however, Taffin's constant companions during his writing chores are Chloe, a Pomeranian, and Molly, a Shih Tzu, who also serve as doorbells and watchdogs. He still misses his two Malamutes, Red and Wolf.

Table of Contents

Introduction—Single Action: The Perfect Sixgun?

PART I: THE FIRST SINGLE ACTION SIXGUNS

In The Beginning

The S&W Models #1, #2, and #3

The Smith & Wesson Schofield

The Remington “Top-Straps”

The Colt Cartridge Conversions

The Colt Single Action Army First Generation

The Colt Bisley Model and Flat-Top Targets

PART II: ONE MAN'S INFLUENCE

The Single Action Sixguns of Elmer Keith

The Texas Longhorn Arms Improved Number Five

The Texas Longhorn Arms Flat-Top Target and South Texas Army

PART III: THE POST WAR SINGLE ACTIONS

The Colt Single Action Army Second Generation

The Colt Single Action Army Third Generation

The Colt New Frontier

The Great Western Single Action

United States Firearms Single Actions

PART IV: THE MODERNIZATION OF THE SINGLE ACTION SIXGUN

The Ruger Single-Six

The Ruger Flat-Top

The Ruger Old Model

The Ruger New Model

The Ruger Bisley Model

The Ruger Vaquero

The Ruger Hunter Model

The Ruger Old Army

The Freedom Arms Model 83

The Freedom Arms Model 97

The Mini-Guns

The Maxi-Guns

PART V: REPLICA SINGLE ACTION SIXGUNS

The Percussion Sixguns

The Single Action Replicas

PART VI: CUSTOMIZING SINGLE ACTION SIXGUNS

Peacemaker Specialists

Customizing The Single Action Army

Customizing The Old Model Ruger

Customizing The New Model Ruger

Single Action Grips and Grip Frames

PART VII: USING THE SINGLE ACTION SIXGUN

Tips For Handling Single Actions

Single Actions For Defensive Use?

Long Range Single Action Sixguns

Single Action Sixguns and Auxiliary Cylinders

Hunting With the Single Action Sixgun

Single Action Sixgun Games

Perfect Packin’ Pistols Single Action Style

PART VIII: SINGLE ACTION SIXGUN LOADS AND LEATHER

Single Action Sixgun Leather

Crafting Your Own Single Action Leather

Single Action Sixgun Loads