we have Colts and Winchesters that rode the range as standard cowboy gear in the 1800s and are still popular today. I got to wondering, whichfirearmsbesides the 1911 will still be in production when they are 100 years old.
nounan early form of machine gun having several barrels that fire in sequence as they are rotated Related Words machine gun Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a ...
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The tiny town of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico stood in for Lincoln – where much of the Lincoln County War was actually fought – and was transformed by the Young Guns crew to look historically accurate by giving its storefronts an era-appropriate makeover and covering its asphalted main street...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook blowgun (redirected fromblowguns) Thesaurus Encyclopedia blow·gun (blō′gŭn′) n. A long narrow pipe through which darts or pellets may be blown. Also calledblowpipe. ...
the court, need not be “a dead ringer for historical precursors” but must be “analogous enough to pass constitutional muster.” Second, many believe this slavish devotion to history to be deeply flawed. For example, why should law-making in modern society be jacketed by the s...
Supporters say Virginia’s prohibition on carrying a “gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger,” or other dangerous weapons into churches during worship service is an archaic remnant of the state’s “blue laws” enacted in the 1800s to prohibit certain activities on Sundays. ...
Its iconic single-action revolver was branded as “The Peacemaker” in the 1800s. The company has also manufactured guns for the military and law enforcement. Colt has struggled as the firearm industry has grown and its design patents expired. It filed for bankruptcy in 2015, emerging the ...
For the first time, the long, exciting, often surprising story of journalism in the Old West--from the freewheeling days of the early 1800s when all the news was an expression of the editor's opinion, to the more balanced reporting of th... LO Saum - 《Journal of American History》 ...
In the late 1800s, a legal battle erupted between two ammunition giants, the Union Metallic Cartridge Company and the United States Cartridge Company, over the technology used to manufacture cartridge shells. The case, which wound its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, offers a revealing glimp...