Originally featured in Points West in Winter 20007 The Magnificent Purdey shotgun James F. Purdey & Sons, LTD, of London was established in 1814. Purdey rifles and shotguns have long […]
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Art Guns: Aesthetics Over Function?
Not everyone that comes to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West is a gun aficionado. We know that, and embrace the challenge to draw in new audiences. One recent […]
Ancient engraving style adorns art guns in Wielgus Collection exhibition
Raymond Wielgus (1920 – 2010), sculptor and collector of ethnographic art, retired in 1970, with his wife and coworker, Laura. They moved from Chicago to Tucson where Wielgus was inspired to […]