THE guns used on the once wild and lawless American frontier have always fascinated me. By the time the Wild West was tamed, a great variety of weaponry had been used and it is my dream to experience the thrill of firing as many of those historic guns as possible. I haven’t done too badly having fired various Winchester lever-action rifles and Colt revolvers of different calibres, both caplocks and cartridge takers.
However, having fired only the more popular weapons used in the West, my wish list remains just that. Here are ten great guns I’d still love to shoot.
. Top of my list would be the invented by Samuel Colt in 1834. This famous five-shot pistol was the first of a long line of revolvers that played a big part in Western history. First developed as a pocket pistol, the cap-and-ball Paterson was soon brought out as a larger belt or holster
