Guns of the old west: an illustrated history

Explorers and hunters

The Explorers

Hunters and trappers

The Gunmaker'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 Garrett and Billy the Kid

John Wesley Hardin

Doolin, Dalton, and Eichof

Law and order

The lawmen

Wyatt Earp

Riding shotgun

Cowboy gunmen

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.