CONTENTS
Acknowledgments...............................................................................................5
Introduction.........................................................................................................6
CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST SIXGUNS...................................................................8
CHAPTER 2 COLT'S MODEL P: THREE LEGENDARY GENERATIONS.........23
CHAPTER 3 COLT'S DOUBLE-ACTION SIXGUNS...........................................45
CHAPTER 4 SMITH & WESSON: KING OF THE MAGNUM SIXGUNS............60
CHAPTER 5 50 YEARS OF RUGER: SINGLE-ACTION SATISFACTION..........93
CHAPTER 6 RUGER'S BULL STRONG DOUBLE-ACTION REDHAWKS.........116
CHAPTER 7 FREEDOM ARMS: SINGLE-ACTION PERFECTION....................133
CHAPTER 8 TAURUS: RAGING BULLS FROM BRAZIL....................................173
CHAPTER 9 DAN WESSON: A BETTER IDEA..................................................183
CHAPTER 10 MODEL 1911: COMPETITION FOR THE BIG BORE SIXGUN...200
CHAPTER 11 THE SINGLE SHOTS...................................................................223
CHAPTER 12 CUSTOM HANDGUNS................................................................238
CHAPTER 13 CUSTOM STOCKS.....................................................................274
CHAPTER 14 EL PASO SADDLERY.................................................................291
CHAPTER 15 HANDGUN RIGS........................................................................300
CHAPTER 16 HUNTING WITH HANDGUNS....................................................315
CHAPTER 17 SIXGUN/LEVER GUN COMBINATIONS....................................330
Epilogue.............................................................................................................344
Handgunner Directory........................................................................................345
Index..................................................................................................................347