Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

EXPLORERS AND HUNTERS
The Explorers
Hunters and Trappers
The Gun maker's Shop

THE HANDGUNS
The Handgun in the West and on the Frontier
Colt Paterson Revolvers
Percussion Colts from Hartford
Single and Double Action Revolvers
Deringers 1845-1860
Deringers 1860 and After
Colt "Deringers" and Pocket Pistols
The Colt Single Action Army
Colt's Cartridge Competitors
Handguns and Holsters

LONGARMS
Sharps Rifles
Sharps Competitors
Colt's Shoulder Arms
Volcanic Firearms
The Henry Rifle
Spencer Rifles and Carbines
Winchesters '66-'73
Winchesters '76-86
The Winchester Heritage
Burgess-Whitney Variants
Lesser-Known Longarms
Carrying Longarms

THE LAWMEN AND THE LAWLESS
Outlaw Guns
Pat Gerrett and Billy the Kid
John Wesley Hardin
Doolin, Dalton, and Eichof
Law and Order
The Lawmen
Wyatt Earp
Riding Shotgun
Cowboy Gunman

WEAPONS OF WAR
The Military Until 1871
The Military 1872-1890
Firearms of the Native Americans

THE SHOWMEN
W. F. Cody and the Wild West Shows

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Dean K. Boorman is president of the prestigious Armor and Arms Club of New York. Boorman is also a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors and of the Visiting Committee, Department of Arms and Armor, as well as The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A collector of Colts and Winchesters, he has written for both the American Society and the Armor and Arms Club of New York. He is the author of two companion volumes to this book, The History of Colt Firearms and The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey.

Reviews

"A fascinating, informative volume which is especially recommended for antique gun collectors and western history buffs."--Wisconsin Bookwatch