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Rube Burrows

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Just wanted to give a thumbs up to the people who put out Guns of the Old West magazine. I picked up the Spring 2011 copy today and its full of good reading. I sure with this magazine was monthly.

 

 

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Just wanted to give a thumbs up to the people who put out Guns of the Old West magazine. I picked up the Spring 2011 copy today and its full of good reading. I sure with this magazine was monthly.

 

 

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guns-of-the-Old-West/351152088512?v=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=10150105526968513&set=a.351221863512.150930.351152088512&theater

Maybe one day your withes will come true.

I like the magazine as well - I keep an eye out for it. Once every three months does not seem often enough.

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Yep love the articles about the Civil War guns. Great magazine. Wish it was monthly too. B)

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Yep love the articles about the Civil War guns. Great magazine. Wish it was monthly too. B)

 

 

Yes, the Civil War guns article was pretty neat. I didnt realize that the Tears of Gettysburg guns was called that or that it had all of the animals with a tear coming from their eye.

 

I usually just buy it when I see it but did subscribe recently although my subscription was not in early enough to get this copy I dont think.

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Just wanted to give a thumbs up to the people who put out Guns of the Old West magazine. I picked up the Spring 2011 copy today and its full of good reading. I sure with this magazine was monthly.

 

Enjoyed it also, the Rooster Shooter with the one=piece grips is mine. AND I shot with Lsvista Bill the day he cleaned things. He is just a super guy who writes very well also. Thumbs up here also.

 

 

 

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I like that magazine too. Especially articles by Bottom Dealing Mike. Most of the stuff he writes about are things I have going on, plus he will fill you in on things you have questions about. He loves that smokey powder too. That is the advantage of having a CAS shooter writing articles. I should say Denis Prisbey aka Mr. Bubbles will answer you too about this or that.

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+ 1. Great article on the Puma 87.

 

Roy

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The down side to GOTOW is that when they print an article on a particular cowboy gun (like the Uberti 1858 Remington New Army conversion in the last issue) it creates a run on that particular item, and it's months before they can be had anywhere.

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Any reviews of the new Merwin Hulbert?

;):lol::huh::lol:

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+ 1. Great article on the Puma 87.

 

Roy

 

 

Yeah, I started to read that one last night but will have to finish it up today sometime. The start seemed like it was going to be a great article.

 

 

 

 

So, on the Rooster Shooter, why are the grips not legal? The grooves seem to barely be there looking at the pics in GOTOW. I have seen other grips from other makers that showed finger grooves really well on them....more than this one.

 

I guess any at all is a no go huh?

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I'm expecting to have my Merwin Hulbert in the next month or so. I talked to Mike Blank at SHOT about how they were solving a couple of fabrication issues. Last month the M-H folks called to get a deposit because they we getting ready to start building.

 

So, assuming all goes well, I'll have one soon and I'll get it written up.

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Also, glad a couple of you are liking the M-87 shotgun article.

 

My only regret is that they ran the Jeff Milton picture so small. I went to a lot of trouble finding a great Milton pic and getting it from the AHS. I'd have liked it to run a lot bigger in the article.

 

I love Jeff Milton!!!...but in a wholesome manly sort of way. :D

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Rube, I believe those grips would be covered on page 5 of the shooter's handbook.

 

 

Yep, not long after I posted, I checked just to see. I have never had any type of special style of grip so I was not sure exactly.

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Also, glad a couple of you are liking the M-87 shotgun article.

 

My only regret is that they ran the Jeff Milton picture so small. I went to a lot of trouble finding a great Milton pic and getting it from the AHS. I'd have liked it to run a lot bigger in the article.

 

I love Jeff Milton!!!...but in a wholesome manly sort of way. :D

 

 

Yep, really good reading. Didnt know you were the Author but good work. Its always nice to be able to incorporate an actual historic gun fight into the piece about a certain gun.

 

 

When are you guys gonna do some writing about Rube Burrows? ? ? <_<

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GOTW is one of my favorite magazines. I have suscribed for a number of years. If you like one issue, you will probably like all of them. The articels do a good job of putting the guns in context of the times and technology. The history mixed with the tests and quality photos is a good combination. I'd like to see an article comparing the labor and steps to make a SAA and a 73 Winchester in when they were new with what it takes today.

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