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A Diamondback rimfire revolver with the OLD WEST FLAVOR

By LAVISTA BILL BELL

BACK IN THE DAY, Hollywood had a fixation on the “fast gun” in many of its Western films. If an actor couldn’t manipulate a single-action revolver like the Colt Single Action Army (SAA) quickly enough, they would sometimes substitute it with a double action (DA) revolver made to look like a single action (SA) revolver. This was easily accomplished by adding a fake ejector rod housing on the right side of the barrel. There may or may not have been other cosmetic changes, and the movie makers counted on the audience taking little notice of the sixgun in the hand of the star. Apparently, movie-goers were either more gullible back then or the movie producers thought they were anyway. Using the fake cowboy gun, all the actors had to do…

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Guns of the Old West (Digital) - 1 Issue, Spring 2022

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