Most Embarrassing Mistake In Gunmaking

Most Embarrassing Mistake In Gunmaking

For gunmaker Al Biesen, misspelling Jack O’Connor’s name was a tiny mistake, but something he would never be able to live down. Spokane was as far from her family as my rightfully cautious bride would move, at least in the direction of Montana’s elk country, so we set...
The Dilemma

The Dilemma

The rifle was all they talked about. A slick new Winchester Model 94 resting in the glass showcase at Harden’s Hardware. Jack coveted it. All the boys did.  An inveterate hunter all of his long life, Mr. Harden smiled at the boys’ enthusiasm. Recalling his excitement...
Zane Grey’s Guns

Zane Grey’s Guns

Zane Grey, who became one of America’s most successful authors, hunted the “Tonto Rim” of Arizona for most of a decade with Model 1895 Winchesters in .30 Government (.30-06). What Zane Grey termed the Tonto Rim in Arizona is officially the Mogollon Rim,...
Return to the Mighty Seven 

Return to the Mighty Seven 

It was the 6.5 Creedmoor of the 1960s. Flying off the shelves. Everyone was chambering it. Everyone who didn’t shoot it wanted to. Or they pretended they didn’t.    Remington’s 7mm magnum blew Winchester’s 264 magnum right off the plains and into early retirement....
More Than 150 Years Of Winchester

More Than 150 Years Of Winchester

For the past 150 years, Winchester has always found a way to create iconic firearms beloved by their owners and passed down grandfather to grandson. You don’t select a Winchester rifle and say “Here. This is it. This is Winchester’s magnum opus, its...
Zane Grey & the Model 1895 Winchester

Zane Grey & the Model 1895 Winchester

What Zane Grey termed as the “Tonto Rim” in Arizona is officially the Mogollon Rim, named for Juan Ignacio Flores de Mogollon (pronounced ‘muggy-own’) who was capitan-general of Spanish-held New Mexico back in the early 1700s. The Rim, which is now home to a...