Cool Guns

A flintlock you can buy new, a revolver from 1873 still on the price list, and the record that died in 2020. The oldest gun still made, with the fine print.

Jerry Miculek’s eight shots in a second, Ed McGivern’s 90-year-old record, and how Hollywood fakes the quick draw. The fastest shooters in history, for real.

The only real photo of Billy the Kid, Churchill with a Tommy gun, Patton’s ivory revolvers. Famous gun photos and the surprising stories behind them.

Pigeon-guided bombs, incendiary bats, a barrel that shoots around corners, and a gun that fired square bullets. The strangest military weapons ever built.

Blanks that can kill, the cold-gun call, and the tragedies of Brandon Lee and Rust. How Hollywood armorers actually work, from a firearms reviewer.

A plastic gun that never existed, a cop-killer bullet that protected gun barrels, a camping gun saved by three inches. Guns banned for the weirdest reasons.

From a 13-pound revolver to a 1,350-ton railway gun that fired seven-ton shells, these are the biggest guns ever built, ranked from handheld to monstrous.

The Tommy Gun, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bonnie and Clyde’s stolen rifles. The real history of Prohibition gangster guns, myths sorted from facts.

From a $1.84 million Colt Walker to a Winchester with only eight ever made, these are the rarest production guns in the world and why collectors chase them.