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Gun Review: The 1858 Remington Revolver

by Terril James Herbert

Colt handguns ruled the pistol market in the 1800s, especially their percussion revolvers. With an open mechanism that was both elegant and very resistant to black powder fouling–not to mention Samuel Colt’s brilliant marketing– Colt handguns were legitimate fighting handguns. By the time of the American Civil War (1861-65), the US military’s standard issue pistol […]

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