Handguns come in all shapes and sizes, with a tremendous variety of features and prices. Complete handgun guide, including caliber, size, grip, and weight.
If you’re thinking about getting a subcompact Glock 9mm pistol for concealed carry or as a back-up gun, the two primary options you’ll have to pick from are the Glock 26 and the Glock 43. The Glock 26 and Glock 43 are both very small Glock pistols, but with one major difference: the Glock 26…
If there is one semi-automatic pistol that has truly stood the test of time, it’s the 1911. This proven design from John Moses Browning has been in continuous production for over a hundred and ten years, showing no signs of decreasing popularity even in the face of more modern pistol designs. This is why tens…
If you’ve been in the world of handgun ownership for any amount of time, you’ve heard the debates about the best makes and models. One specific debate is the contest between the Glock 17 and its more compact version, the Glock 19. Which gun comes out on top? The main difference between a Glock 17…
Are you considering a new SIG pistol and have narrowed it down to the P226 and the P229? This guide covers the primary differences between the Sig Sauer P226 and the P229, including the origins of both guns, size differences, applications for each, and the options both of these guns are offered in today. By…
Originally published on The Open Range in June, 2014 In this tutorial I have taken a Great Western II Californian 45 Colt and applied antiquing with two methods. In the first part you can get a clean blue free gun that has the appearance of being old. The advantage to this first method it the…
By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Life, originally published on The Open Range in 2012 In the June and July, 2008, issues of the Chronicle we tuned up a Pietta cap and ball revolver for CAS competition. The next few months, we’ll tune an Uberti open top. In addition to its line of cap and ball…
This is an archived forum post. Please see The Open Range homepage to find current posts and more archived forum posts. Author Topic: Cap Gun Primer: Percussion Caps (Read 47700 times) Mako Free Grazer Cap Gun Primer: Percussion Caps « on: January 10, 2012, 03:33:15 PM »This thread is for information only.Thank you! Cap sizing and the fit…
By Utah, SASS #11601, originally published on The Open Range April, 2009 Does your Colt cap and ball revolver eat spent caps, jam up, and cause you to wonder why you bought this gun? You were warned, you know. But you said, “If they could shoot them, I can shoot them.” It seems even the…
As seen in the June and July 2008 Cowboy Chronicle, reproduced here with bigger photos! By Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS # 32933L Part 1: Diagnosing the Problem Areas Cap and ball handguns are fun to shoot and if tuned properly can be very reliable. However, many pards buy a pair, go to a match, have problems,…
When it comes to 9mm pistols, there are a variety of recoil to each gun. You may be wondering: what is recoil? Recoil is the amount of force or ‘kick’ the gun has after firing. If you have ever watched videos of people getting smacked in the face from a gun, recoil is the culprit…
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