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Pistols of the Old West

Name: Pistols of the Old West
Start: 2025-01-18T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-01-18T11:00:00-07:00
Location: McQuarrie Memorial Museum

January 18 - 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Come listen to Robert Singleton discuss the development of handguns in the West by Soldiers, Cowboys, and Townspeople beginning in the mid-1830s through approximately 1900. Explore the development of revolvers and their myriad of uses. From the first usable revolver, the Colt Patterson, to the modern double-action revolvers with swing-out cylinders, learn the evolution of the handgun and conversion from black powder to smokeless powder.

Free to the public.

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