Cowboy guns

You are a drifter passing through a dangerous Wild West town. After the sheriff is gunned down by Clay Allison the town council unanimously appoints you his replacement. The town is full of rowdy drunk cowboys with six-guns, gamblers who won't pay, bank robbers, hotheaded young gunslingers seeking to gain a reputation, and a gang of bandits looking for revenge after you killed one of their men.

What sort of sheriff would you be? A chivalric role-model in the mould of John Wayne or Roy Rogers? A peacemaker seeking to unite the quarreling factions? A maverick who shoots first? Or a hired bully on the payroll of the mining company, saloon owners and cattle barons who preys upon and extorts money from the weak?

Your jailhouse boasts an impressive collection of confiscated guns. Which one would you wear?


Colt Navy - A common, widely available gun in .36 caliber patented in 1851

Colt Army - The main sidearm of the US army during the Civil War

Colt Peacemaker - A new gun in service with the cavalry. Your predecessor owned an engraved one with ivory grips

Colt Dragoon - The very site of this .44 monster would cause most bandits to crap their pants and skedaddle

Colt Pocket revolver - A miniature .31 caliber Colt Navy that can fit in your coat pocket

Remington revolver - A .36 revolver said to be worth 10 Colts. Its cylinders can be quickly changed, even from horseback

Schofield revolver - A double action .44 revolver made by Smith and Wesson

Sawed off shotgun - Two barrels of buckshot are guaranteed to hit something

Volcanic pistol - An early lever action gun in .44 caliber

Lemat Revolver - Nine cartridges plus a 12 gauge shotgun shell

Adams Revolver - A .44 double-action handgun used not only by the British army, but also by wealthy US officers

Derringer - The preferred weapon of gamblers that can be easily concealed in the coat sleeve: with one flick of the wrist it's in your hand

Lemon squeezer pistol - Similar to a derringer but with 8 shots. Easily concealed but useless at long range. Its .22 caliber bullets have little stopping power.

Lancaster pistol - An unusual gun to find out West. This 4 barreled .577 pepperbox is normally used to hunt big game in Africa

Colt Buntline - A long-barreled Peacemaker used by Wyatt Earp. It is deadly accurate at long range and well balanced, despite its unwieldy appearance

Good choice Okamido. I've got a similar gun, but with a shorter barrel and brass frame (i'm planning to get it silver plated and fitted with ivory or bone grips when i have the money)

I've always wanted to own a Dragoon, like Wild Bill. I went to Deadwood when i was 16 and visited the saloon where he was shot

Cool gun Okamido. It's a pity our stupid firearms laws only allow the ownership of cap-and-ball revolvers. I can understand banning automatics, but all the 1997 Firearms Act did was punish law-abiding citizens as criminals continued using illegal handguns to this day. If the government wants to put a stop to gun crime they should legalize cartridge revolvers (smaller than .38 calibre) and introduce a long prison sentence for anyone caught with an illegal gun

Unclefred sounds like the sort of lawman you wouldn't want to mess with. Those short-barreled Colt Pockets were a lot faster to draw, while their .38 cartridges meant you could carry more on your belt compared to a .44.

Originally posted by okamido I don't think you will be able to get the ivory...unless you have some back-alley connections :)   Is walrus tusk legal? That may be a way to go.

I'm not sure. At the moment i'm trying to carve a new pair of grips from a piece of bone, nicely matured courtesy of my twin sisters. I think i'll hammer in silver conchos or small tacks rather than attempt an intricate eagle design as i've never carved bone before

I got my basic military training on AK-47

So I'll have to get a time machine to supply my needs
But that's my favorite



I also have Luger C9, 9mm


and High Point JHP 45


and a Remington 700, 22 Rifle


The only one good thing in living in the country is that one can shoot targets in one's backyard.
So, I guess, if I was there and then, I'd be a peacemaker; but I have to get my stuff from here so I don't have to readjust. From your pictures I like the Colt Army, but I had neaver shot it, so I rather not rick my life in so unprepared fashion.




Edited by Don Quixote - 22-Apr-2012 at 23:28

Before Colt introduced the .357 magnum, their most powerful handgun was the Colt Walker of the Mexican War. It had a range of over 100 yards: greater than that of a smoothbore musket

I should have also added the other famous S&W revolver: the Model 1 from the Civil War