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Colt Single Action Army ★ Winchester Model 1873 ★ Springfield Trapdoor

By LAVISTA BILL BELL

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO, several significant events occurred in the United States. The nation was still getting over the Civil War, when in 1873, the first global depression, called the Panic of 1873, caused financial ruin in America. Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated to his second term as president. Mark Twain published The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Levi Strauss invented blue jeans, and P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth debuted. Barbed wire was exhibited at a fair in Illinois. The Modoc (Indian) War ended with the capture of Chief “Captain Jack,” and the James Gang committed their first train robbery in Iowa. The year 1873 also saw three soon-to-be iconic firearm introductions that would have a great impact during the “Winning of the West.” COLT’S MODEL 1873…

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Guns of the Old West (Digital) - 1 Issue, Fall 2023

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