Phil Spangenberger
Stories by Phil Spangenberger
Aged Beauties
Handling an antique, iron gray firearm stimulates thoughts and images of a long lost time.
Famed Forty-Fours Shoot Again
Until 1900, one out of every four Colt’s Single Action Army (SAA) revolvers was produced in .44-40 caliber.
Vaquero Firepower
During Mexico’s Revolution of 1910, the rebel forces fought for their freedom.
The Non-British “English” Sharps
Often referred to as the “English Model,” the 1877 Sharps was the last of the company’s sidehammer rifles.
Movie Magic Muzzleloaders
In the heat of battle, the buckskin-clad Alamo defender raises his flintlock muzzleloading musket...
Good As Gold
Back in 1873, when Colt first introduced the Peacemaker, it sold for a whopping $17.50!
The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns
Armed only with a Winchester rifle, a lone, lanky figure walks resolutely down a dusty frontier street.
The Most Famous Rifle of the Old West
Thanks largely to its use on the American frontier, the slab-sided 1873 Winchester lever-action rifle has become an icon of the Wild West.
The Firearms Legacy of Will Hoffeld
Back in the good ol' days of the 1960s and '70s, I frequented a magical, little shop in Los Angeles, California, called the Eagle's Nest.