Gun Stories

Sam Colt's pioneering line of cap and ball revolvers changed the way firearms were used forever. kwshooting

The famous British Bren Gun is considered the best light machine gun of World War Two.

The Remington Model 8 ushered in a new era of hunting rifle technology.

The history of warfare is full of weapons that were created by men who felt their invention would end war. Case in point, Richard Jordan Gatling and his terrible marvel that bore his name.

The Civil War fundamentally changed America, and the arms of the Civil War fundamentally changed warfare.

When Confederate canons opened fire on Fort Sumter, neither the North nor the South were prepared for war; and for the largely agricultural South, they started from behind when it came to firearms.

Imagine an inexpensive and well tested device than can make shooting any gun safer, reduce recoil by as much as a third and eliminate the single biggest problem in all of shooting - the flinch.

Big bore handguns are probably the greatest challenge in all the shooting sports, but today's generation of handgun hunters have not only tamed them, but brought them to heel.

There is something quintessentially American about the Sharps rifle; a direct line back to the Civil War and the opening of the West.

As shooters and hunters, the cartridge seems to be a study in simplicity. But getting to that simplicity is nothing short of one of the most fascinating stories in history.

After the matchlock and wheellock, the flintlock and percussion cap were on the horizon, ending with what would become the modern cartridge.

Air guns have always been tools more than toys. Tools for hunting, target shooting and war. In fact, air guns may be the most unique gun story of all.