The Gamblers’ Gun

Easy to conceal but still lethal, the Derringer was a favorite of poker players and ladies of the night. 

Big and dependably accurate, this gun made a name for itself in ‘Bleeding Kansas’ before the Civil War and on the plains where it was the choice of buffalo hunters.  The movies liked this gun, too.  It had a part in both the original and the remake of True Grit and as Tom Selleck’s rifle in Quigley Down Under.  It is still manufactured and shot in competitions today.

Smith & Wesson and Colt.  Like Ford and Chevy of their time.

if your mother wants to sell you a gun that belonged to Billy the Kid … check it out

They would never have been able to do it without guns … and one gun in particular.

She wanted women to learn how to handle firearms and effortlessly as they handled babies

The movies get it right....sometimes.  and sometimes....not so much.

Where would we be without movies? And where would movies be without guns?

What’s up and what’s new at Ruger. A conversation with CEO Chris Killoy. 

Bill Ruger was a giant who loved guns and made guns that he liked.  And people who also loved guns bought them.  In the millions.  The team is joined by Steve Sanetti who was President and COO of Ruger and then became CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The four reminisce about Ruger, one of those men about whom it is inevitably said, “They broke the mold.”