2004

  SPRING
THE YO GATLING
by Crockett Keller
An old favorite at the YO Ranch changes hands.

WHY WE GO  
by John Baldwin
This well known collector and author explains why we attend the shows we do.

CANADIAN COLTS FOR THE BOER WAR
By Col. Robert D, Whittington III, Ordnance Corps, USA
An accounting by another well known and respected author of the Colt double action revolvers that went to South Africa with Canada's troops in 1899 and 1900.

THE ANGLO-INDIAN BOWIE 
by David Johnstone
Not all bowie knives were made in England, America or Germany.  David reports on a thriving cottage industry in India at the height of the British Raj.

THE EVOLUTION OF COLTS DRAGOON REVOLVER
by Dick Salzer & Paul Sorrell
As a result of their separate and collectie examination of many of Colonel Colt's Walker and other Dragoon revolvers, two well-known and very experienced Texas collectors
express their conclusions from their many observations.

A CASE FOR A WAR TIME TUCKER, SHERRARD & COMPANY.36 CALIBER NAVY STYLE REVOLVER
by Charles F. Lee
A noted collector and historian presents his case for a Confederate Navy sized pistol based on evidence discovered in his findings at the factory site in Lancaster, Texas.

TOMBSTONE A.T. & THE ZECKENDORF BROTHERS
 by Ed Veith
An old check from a bank in Tombstone, Arizona Territory leads a collector on a search for a southwestern business.

"WANTED" BAD BOYS ~ THEN AND NOW  
by Bill Welch
Self-styled humorist and frequent contributor Bill Welch makes a not too serious comparison of REWARDS offered then and now.
   FALL
                                                                                                                                
TEXAS RANGER HALL OF FAME and MUSEUM
by Byron Johnson
A mine of background information regarding the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum at Waco, Texas with a description of its firearms collecting interest.

OUTTA THE WOODS 
by Don Roberts
A 4¾" factory (Cuno Helfricht) engraved, silver plated Colt Single Action Armey revolver previously unknown to collectors comes to light.

"WANTED" BAD BOYS ~ THEN AND NOW  
Another in the series of light-hearted but factual articles concerning "Bad Boys", their misdeeds and ultimate ultimate fortunes.

PETER WILLIAMS & CO. THE TRUTH DISCOVERED
by Ed Hunt
A superb example of persistent research and some luck paying off in getting to the facts of the matter.

RELIC PATERSON 
By Bill Stewart
The bare bones account of how a relic Paterson was found way out in West Texas, how the author acquired it, and a theory that it has historical connections.

AN ACT OF 1808 PRODUCTION  Water & Whitmore Musket of 1813?  Or How They Can Be Identified
by Jay R. Newman. PhD, RPA
A study on the US Musket "Charleville Pattern" (Model 1795/1808), and the Waters gunmaking family, with details of mechanics and function and its component parts.