About this collection

A collection of antique, curious, and custom firearms maintained by a ranch hand in the Rocky Mountains. I tend to gravitate to older firearms, but I like anything with character. All guns featured here are "shooters", meant to be worn in leather and on the saddle.

While half the creation of this blog is admittedly to show off my beloved collection, the bigger purpose is to act as a web resource to help others with the restoration, antiquing, and general refinishing/customization of their personal firearms. Specifically, fixing up old and beaten guns that some people would call a loss. If you're looking for info on what to do with your grandpa's Winchester that "could use a little work", you're in the right place.

I used to post this stuff on forums like CAScity and The High Road, but in recent years I've learned that forums ain't really my thing, and I'd rather pool all this stuff into one, easily reached place. If anyone has any specific questions about the guns or a specific technique I haven't explained in detail, please let me know. I would also love to keep learning about any alternate methods anyone may have.

My hope is that by condensing all the knowledge I've scraped from every corner of the internet, library, and old-timers in one place, I can help others save time and energy in their own skill-building But after so many years of refining some special techniques that I think are pretty unique, I decided it was time to record some things online just in case someone on Google was looking for some new ideas. So, here goes...

Shoot old guns!