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I don't know that Brendan Fraser's weapon choices in the Mummy movies exactly fit the OP's "old-fashioned and out of date" motif -- the movies were set between the World Wars when revolvers were still very much current issue weapons with most armies and police forces throughout the world. In...

Well, okay, it just ain't entirely so -- just mostly. Uhmm, you did notice that that Marlin 1894 FG you linked to in that gunshop catalog is listed as 'currently unavailable', didn't you? I couldn't understand how I could have overlooked such an obvious .41 Magnum rifle as a current...

You're right; my mistake - people could buy new pistols to match their existing rifles' calibre but not vice versa. But I think Colt sold an awful lot of pistols chambered in .44-40 as a result!

I've bought a couple kukris from McCurdy on eBay in the last few years. He sells on there under the seller ID 'superman3355'. As far as I can tell, he imports specially selected kukris from a Nepalese kukri business called Khukuri House. It's owned and operated by some retired Gurkha...

In 1873, Winchester introduced its new lever action rifle in .44-40. The same year, Colt introduced its new revolver in .45Colt. Very shortly, the 1873 Winchester and the Colt Peacemaker were both also available chambered for the other manufacturer's cartridge. The reason: so any hunter...

Unfortunately, I can't locate the source tonight, but there is a quote I remember from the late 1980s or early 90s, when the revolver vs. semi-auto debate was being fought out in police departments across the US and Canada. An NYPD detective shot it out with a thug. He survived unharmed...