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A Gathering of Patersons |
Newsletter January 2009 |
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New book:- The Texas Gun Trade: 1780 - 1899 TGCA & Cletus Klein at the NRA Convention, Louisville, KY |
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MEMBERS: Please see the Members'
Page for information regarding proposed amendments to the Association's By-Laws |
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...to the Home Page of the Texas Gun Collectors Association (TGCA) one of the oldest gun collecting clubs in the country whose members' interests mostly revolve around antique and historic firearms from a bygone era and also collectible classic firearms from more modern times. |
The spirit of Texas may be seen in the bronze sculpture, "Stampede" by Covelle, Texas, pictured here, and one may feel the raw emotions of the cowboys experiencing the potentially disastrous stampedes occurring on those cattle drives of a hundred years and more ago from Texas to Kansas. And from which one may sense the freedom of the wide open Wild West of an age of legend now swiftly passing into America's history and mythology. The guns and other tools of the cowboy's trade form the basis of many a TGCA member's collection, as do the weapons an memorabilia of the American Civil War, and other major events in American, and even world, history. Other members may base their collections on the guns of a particular gun maker - Colt, Remington, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, or one of myriad other makers. Others will collect variations of just one type of gun such as Colt single actions, derringers or Winchester .22 rifles. The list is endless. |
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We extend a
warm Texas welcome to the visitor - member or
casual visitor - and the visitor is cordially
invited to explore this website to learn more
about TGCA and what it has to offer. Within
these pages you will find a few articles from
past editions of
The Texas Gun Collector (
see the Magazine page
), the fabulous
Parade of Walkers 2003
and 2008's exhibit
A Gathering of Patersons.
Interested non-members are invited to apply for
membership, and an application form can be copied
from within these pages. For those wishing
to reserve a trade table or a table on which one
may display something from his or her collection,
a table reservation form for our next meeting and
show will be available for downloading from this
site at a date closer to the next show.
Y'all come back - hear? |
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