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American Handloader,  Dec-Jan 2010

USFA was mentioned in American Handloader, December-January 2010.

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Pages: 2
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American Handloader,  Dec-Jan 2010

USFA was mentioned in American Handloader, December-January 2010.

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Pages: 10
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American Handgunner, Nov-Dec 2009

The USFA .44 Single Action was reviewed in American Handgunner, Nov-Dec 2009.

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Pages: 5
File Size: 737 Kb
American Handgunner, Nov-Dec 2009

Article about Turnbull Restoration from American Handgunner, Nov-Dec 2009.

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Pages: 5
File Size: 634 Kb
Shot Business, october-November 2009

The USFA SAA was reviewed in Shot Business, October-November 2009.

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Pages: 1
File Size: 185 Kb
Cowboy Chronicles 09/09

The Long Hunter USFA SAA was reviewed in Cowboy Chronicles, September 2009.

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Pages: 2
File Size: 458 Kb
Guns Magazine 2009

The USFA .44 Flattop Special was mentioned in Guns Magazine, September 2009.

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Pages: 3
File Size: 428 Kb
Handloader Magazine April May 2009

The USFA 12/22™ was reviewed, and several USFA guns (USFA FlatTop, USFA PreWar®, and USFA Rodeo®) were mentioned in Handloader Magazine, April-May 2009.

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Pages: 8
File Size: 1716 Kb
Guns Magazine March 2009

“USFA is making traditional single actions rivaling the best ever offered…” Guns Magazine, March 2009.

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Pages: 2
File Size: 365 Kb
Guns Magazine September 2008

John Taffin is reviewing the Sheriff's Special. From Guns Magazine, September 2008.

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Pages: 2
File Size: 703 Kb
Guns of the Old West Fall 2008

The Single Action Sheriff’s Special (USFA Storekeeper's) was featured in Guns of the Old West, Fall 2008.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 1924 Kb
American Handgunner November 2008

American Handgunner was impressed by Made in USA quality of USFA guns. From American Handgunner, November/December 2008.

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Pages: 1
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Handloader Magazine Oct 2008

Two USFA guns were featured on the cover of Handloader Magazine, October 2008.

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Pages: 3
File Size: 1333 Kb
Shoot Business Aug/Sept 2008

The Plinker .22 LR was mentioned in Shoot Business, August/September 2008.

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Pages: 1
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American Handgunner July/August 2008

The U.S. Fire Arms 1911 Super .38 American Handgunner, July/August 2008.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 2302 Kb
Guns Magazine April 2008

USFA guns were mentioned in this article as “three of the best .44-40/Frontier Six Shooters I've ever owned came from them.” Guns Magazine, April, 2008.

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Pages: 6
File Size: 3619 Kb
Visier February 2008

The USFA SAA was mentioned in Visier February 2008 (in German).

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Pages: 1
File Size: 400 Kb
Shoot Magazine November 2007

The Long Hunter .45 Rodeo was reviewed in Shoot Magazine, November, 2007. A Long Hunter Rodeo is a basic USFA Rodeo with a special serial number and nine other custom touches.

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Pages: 3
File Size: 1329 Kb
Shoot Magazine November 2007

USFA's John Wayne Centennial Sixguns were reviewed in Shoot Magazine, November, 2007.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 1641 Kb
Guns Magazine May 2007

John Taffin reviews the USFA 1910 and 1911. From Guns Magazine May 2007.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 1867 Kb
American Handgunner, May/June 2007

Three different articles: The Long Hunter Rodeo, USFA Ultimate Sixgun, and Gun of the Year 2007. From American Handgunner, May/June 2007.

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Pages: 7
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Guns of the Old West, Spring 2007

The USFA The John Wayne Red River D™ Classic was mentioned in Guns of the Old West, Spring 2007.

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Pages: 4
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Shoot! Magazine, January/February 2007.

The Doug Turnbull USFA Single-Action was revisited by Shoot! Magazine, January/February, 2007.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 2770 Kb
American Handgunner March/April, 2007

The USFA Single Actions, 1910 and 1911 were reviewed by American Handgunner, March/April, 2007.

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Pages: 4
File Size: 1663 Kb
Shot Daily Jan 11, 2007

Shot Daily published this article about the history of USFA and the man behind it - Douglas F. Donnelly. From Shot Daily, January 11, 2007.

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Pages: 2
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Guns of the Old West, Winter 2007

Guns of the Old West took a second look at the Custer Battlefield Gun from U.S. Fire-Arms. From Guns of the Old West, Winter 2007.

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Pages: 6
File Size: 2520 Kb
Shoot Magazine

The mystery behind USFA is solved. A detailed report about United States Fire-Arms Manufacturing. From Shoot Magazine, November/December 2006.

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Pages: 5
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American Handgunner Nov-Dec 06

“The highest quality sixgun you can purchase today is one made by US Firearms.” from American Handgunner, November/December 2006.

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Shooting Illustrated, October 2006 The USFA Rodeo was reviewed in Shooting Illustrated, October 2006.
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Pages: 2
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Guns Magazine October 2006 Two USFA Pre-War guns were used in the Warner Bros. Pictures’ action western “The Assassination of Jesse James.” From Guns Magazine. October 2006.
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Pages: 3
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American Handgunner Oct 2006

USFA Single Actions were featured in this article from American Handgunner Annual Buyers Guide, 2006.

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Pages: 8
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DJW 03/2006

The Lightning Rifle was reviewed in DWJ, 03/2006 (in German).

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Pages: 4
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Guns Magazine Sept 2006

USFA SAA was mentioned in Guns Magazine, September 2006.

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Pages: 5
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Guns of the Old West Fall 2006

The Custer Battlefield Gun from U.S. Fire-Arms was reviewed in Guns of the Old West, Fall 2006.

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Pages: 6
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Guns of the Old West Summer 2006

The 2006 line up of Old Cowboy Guns were previewed including the Custer Battlefield Gun and the Omni-Potent Six Shooter™ in Guns of the Old West, Summer 2006.

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Pages: 5
File Size: 3666 Kb
American Handgunner 04-2006

The USFA Lend-Lease was reviewed in American Hand Gunner, March-April, 2006.

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Pages: 2
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Guns Magazine April 2006

US Fire-Arms guns were described as having “extremely fine-quality” in Guns Magazine, April 2006.

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Pages: 1
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Shoot! Magazine

The USFA Rodeo was mentioned in this article about wax bullets. From Shoot! Magazine March/April, 2006

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Pages: 3
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Shoot! Magazine

The USFA Rodeo and the USFA SAA were recommended by Shoot! Magazine, March/April, 2006, in this Six Gun Comparisons.

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Pages: 1
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True West Award Best Single Action Revolver

For the 2nd year in a row, True West magazine awarded Best Single Action Revolver to US Fire-Arms.

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Pages: 1
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Shootings Sports Retailer The Omni-Potent and Snubnose revolvers were mentioned in this article in Shooting Sports Retailer, January 2006.
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Pages: 5
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Combat Handguns The USFA Rodeo was named “the best Colt Peacemaker single-action replica” by Combat Handguns, March 2006.
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Pages: 1
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Guns & Ammo The U.S. Fire Arms' Gunslinger was revised in Guns & Ammo, March 2006.
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Guns of the Old West Guns of the Old World, Winter 2006, reviewed the Lightning Rifle .44.
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Shootists.com Shootists.com were quite impressed with the quality of U.S. Fire-Arms Single Actions. “The USFA single actions hold to the original design closer than the 3rd Generation Colt’s do.”
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American Handgunner February 2006 American Handgunner reviewed the Custer Battlefield Gun in the January/February 2006 edition of the magazine.
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Pages: 5
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Guns of the Old West Summer 2005 Part 2 of the Guns of the Old West review of the USFA Lightning Rifle. Summer 2005.
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Pages: 6
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Guns Magazine July 2005 USFA was called “Best of the Best” by Guns Magazine, July 2005.
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Pages: 1
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Gunblast.com 2005 Gunblast.com, reviewed our Gunslinger on April 13, 2005 and said that “The Gunslinger shoots good, feels right, and is built by USFA in the USA.”
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Guns of the Old West Spring 2005 The USFA Lightning Rifle was reviewed in Guns of the Old West, Spring 2005.
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Pages: 4
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American Handgunner, May/June 2005 Turnbull Classic Cowboy SAA (begins life as a USFA sixgun) is reviewed in American Handgunner, May/June 2005.
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Pages: 3
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Blue Press The USFA 1910 was mentioned in Blue Press April 2005.
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Cowboy Chronicle December 2004 Cowboy Chronicle is saying that USFA has great products. From December 2004.
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Pages: 1
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Shooting Times December 2004 The USFA Single Action Revolver was reviewed in Shooting Times, December 2004.
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Pages: 2
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True West Award Best Single Action Revolver

On September 3, 2004, True West magazine awarded Best Single Action Revolver to US Fire-Arms.

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Pages: 2
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Guns of the Old West The Lightning Magazine Rifle was featured in Guns of the Old West #40.
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Pages: 1
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Handloader August 2004 The Doug Turnbull Cowboy Action single action (starts life as a USFA handgun) is reviewed in Rifle's Handloader August 2004 .
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Pages: 6
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Turnbull Restoration Turnbull Restoration Announces Cowboy Classic Single Actions from Cowboy Chronicles June 2004 .
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Pages: 1
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Guns of the Old West Summer 04 The USFA Pre-War was reviewed – “one of the finest replica Colts I've ever examined.” – in Guns of the Old West Summer 2004.
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Pages: 6
File Size: 5181 Kb
2004 Gun Buyers Guide 2004 Gun Buyer's Guide called our new Lightning Magazine Rifle “smooth-as-silk”.
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Pages: 1
File Size: 450 Kb
Gunweek The USFA Rodeo is being tested in Gun Week Vol 39, April 2004. “The Rodeo is among the best values in this field"
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Pages: 2
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Guns of the Old West Winter 2004 The USFA Rodeo was mentioned in Guns of the Old West Winter 2004.
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Pages: 1
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Rodeo Heritage Guns Mag Guns Magazine, January 2004, gives the Rodeo Heritage a glowing review. "It's beautiful to look at and delightful to shoot!"
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Gun Buyers Annual The USFA Rodeo and the USFA Single Action were featured in the 2004 Gun Buyer's Annual.
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Pages: 1
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Gunblast US Flattop Gunblast.com has an excellent review of the US Fire-Arms' flattop target pistol.
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Shooting Times Nov 03 Shooting Times, November 2003, is reviewing the U.S. Firearms Rodeo .38 Special SA Revolver. “…the USFA Rodeo an excellent bargain.”
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Pages: 2
File Size: 974 Kb
Caliber Rodeo Review German magazine is reviewing our Rodeo guns. You can download this article (in German) as a PDF document by clicking on the link below.
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Pages: 6
File Size: 1481 Kb
USFA's Rodeo is Our Pick “.45 Single-Action Colts and Clones: USFA's Rodeo is Our Pick” Gun Tests July 2003. In this four way test, the Rodeo was historically accurate and shot great.
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Pages: 8
File Size: 2071 Kb
Guns of the Old West Guns of the Old West is profiling the U.S. Fire Arms Rodeo gun in this six pages article.
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Pages: 6
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Shooting Illustrated July 2003 U.S. firearms applies modern gunmaking to the Peacemaker. Interesting article describing the USFA manufacturing process in our new high tech factory.
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Pages: 6
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US Firearms New Rodeo The Cowboy Chronicle, August 2002, reviews the new Rodeo model .45.
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Pages: 1
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American Handgunner American Handgunner published this article about Bowen Classic Firearms. The chassis was our USFA model parts.
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Pages: 8
File Size: 2910 Kb
Caliber 2002 The German magazine Caliber wrote this extensive article (in German) about our Single Action-Revolver in February 2002.
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Pages: 4
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Visier 2002 The German magazine Visier wrote this article (in German) about our Rodeo Gun in February 2002.
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Pages: 4
File Size: 1389 Kb
Guns of The Old West Fall 2001 Our Rodeo gun was praised in Guns of the Old West Fall 2001.
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Pages: 4
File Size: 1149 Kb
Rifle's Handloader Rifle's Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal had this article where our guns were featured.
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Pages: 4
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Guns 2001 Buyers Guide The Guns 2001 Buyer's Guide wrote about the new Rodeo gun.
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Pages: 1
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Guns of the Old West Guns of the Old West featured this 6 page article about the USFA's 5th Anniversary Omni-Potent Sixshooter in their #20 issue.
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Pages: 6
File Size: 1785 Kb
Complete Book of Guns Our USFA Rodeo was featured in the Complete Book of Guns 2001.
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Pages: 1
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Visier The German magazine Visier wrote this extensive article (in German) about our guns in November 2000.
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Pages: 7
File Size: 2479 Kb
Handloader October 2000 Rifle´s Handloader wrote that USFA builds the best Single Action revolvers in this article from October 2000. B/W only, quality of the scan is not the best. If anyone has this original article and can scan it for us in color, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Pages: 7
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Bron The Polish Bron magazine published this article in March of 2000 (in Polish) covering the Shot Show 2000 in Vegas.
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Pages: 4
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Combat Handguns Combat Handguns featured a 4 pages article about the Henry Nettleton Cavalry Revolver in the February 2000 issue.
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Pages: 4
File Size: 1417 Kb
Handguns March 1999 Handguns featured a 6 pages article about the Single Action Revolver and our other classic guns in the March 1999 issue.
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Pages: 6
File Size: 1797 Kb
Guns of the Old West Guns of The Old West had a 6 pages article about the Omni-Potent Six Shooter in the #16 - 1999 issue.
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Pages: 6
File Size: 1966 Kb
DWJ - Deutsches Waffen-Journal DWJ - Deutsches Waffen-Journalt published this article (in German) in September 1999 featuring the 1878 Colt Frontier model.
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Pages: 8
File Size: 2820 Kb
Outdoor Life Magazine Outdoor Life published this short article about our Single Action Revolver in the Summer 1999 issue. “Describing these revolvers in writing is as impossible as describing sparkle of a diamond” is just one quote from Outdoor Life.
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Pages: 1
File Size: 172 Kb
Caliber The German magazine Caliber wrote this extensive article (in German) about our US Fire Arms Manufacturing Company and our guns in February 1999.
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Pages: 13
File Size: 3720 Kb
Guns & Ammo Guns & Ammo published this article in December 1997 featuring the Buntline Special.
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Pages: 8
File Size: 2533 Kb
Arms Magazine Arms Magazine of Japan published this extensive 9 pages article about US Firearms and our guns in their March 1996 issue. Obviously, the article is written in Japanese, but there are plenty of interesting pictures of our guns and from the armory.
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Pages: 9
File Size: 2771 Kb
 
Shoot Magazine November 2007

The Long Hunter .45 Rodeo was reviewed in Shoot Magazine, November, 2007. A Long Hunter Rodeo is a basic USFA Rodeo with a special serial number and nine other custom touches.

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Pages: 3
File Size: 1329 Kb

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