still great sixguns. Top gun has been cut to 5 and tuned by Jim
Stroh; bottom sixgun has been re-barreled by Smith & Wesson.
It Can Be A Good Thing!
My dictionary has one definition of the word “compromise” as the settlement of a dispute by mutual concession. There are always compromises and trade-offs when it comes to firearms. A 10-pound rifle is much easier to shoot than a lightweight, however a 6-pounder is certainly much easier to carry all day. When it comes to sixguns I prefer Perfect Packin’ Pistols for carrying, but long barrels for shooting a compromise in both situations.
It wouldn’t be fair to say Ruger was built on the single action, but it wouldn’t be entirely inaccurate either. William B. Ruger formed a partnership with Alexander Sturm, an artist and a bit of a polymath who had been an OSS officer and married Teddy Roosevelt’s granddaughter. He provided the funding to support Ruger’s ingenuity.
Together, Sturm and Ruger introduced the stunningly successful and aptly named Standard .22 pistol in 1949. Combining elements of the Luger, Nambu and other pistols, it has since evolved into the current Mk IV and remains the standard for general use .22 LR pistols. The Standard was quickly followed by a trio of single action revolvers: the .22 caliber Single Six (1953), the Blackhawk .357 Magnum (1955) and the Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum (1959). All of these were well received by a market acculturated by Western movies and fast draw, but largely deprived of new production sixguns due to Colt’s suspending SAA production after WWII.
Ethical Shots: How Far Is Too Far?
Ethical Shots: How Far Is Too Far?
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Gordon Keith Enterprises, Inc. / Courtesy of Greg Keith
During the 1960s and 70s, an industrial area on the west side of Columbus was home to a huge, 75-foot long Nativity display depicting Mary, Joseph, wise men, camels and a cast of other animal characters. The holiday attraction was staged outside the workshop and retail store of Columbus artist and designer Gordon Keith.
Teri Horning wrote into WOSU’s Curious Cbus to ask, “What happened to the life-sized Nativity that was at Gordon Keith s Barn?”
Gordon Elmer Keith was born in Columbus in 1924 and showed artistic talent from a young age. As a teenager, he served in the Army during World War II, making scale models used to plan military strategy. After the war, he set up his first design studio in Boston before moving back to Central Ohio.