n our cover story we mark the sesquicentennial of the Models 1873 Winchester rifle and Colt revolver—the “Guns That Won the West”—with a gallery (see P. 28) of Westerners good and bad, real and “reel,” who toted either or both of these groundbreaking firearms. Guns of the West columnist George Layman touches on their stories and the history of each gun. But the storied history of firearms out West spans much farther in time and place.
