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It was Talk Like a Pirate Day this week here in the USA. ‘Tis a silly day, but we thought that since the latest episode of The History Files (#90) was also about pirates, we’d better do a companion show here at the gun closet. Special thanks to
Movie gun review time! The Western has seen a resurgence in recent years, and Appaloosa (2008) is one of the better ones. Starring (and directed by) Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, and Renée Zellweger, it’s a buddy-picture with heart and probably o
The Glock: it might not be pretty, it might not be a classic, but it’s reliable, safe, and it gets the job done. It’s one of the most popular handguns to come out of the 20th century, and we’re here to talk about it.Show notes and links:West
The main segment of this episode was recorded at the 2017 Victorian Heritage Festival in Port Townsend, WA. As a field recording, the sound is a bit wonky, but we hope you enjoy Gordon’s talk on Victorian Military Firearms. There will be a vide
He’s the archaeologist with the fedora, the leather jacket, and the whip. He’s the professor I wish I’d had in college, and he knows how to use a gun. He’s everybody’s favorite ophidiophobe… Indiana Jones. It’s a topic so awesome we had to brin
He’s big, he’s out for vengeance, and he lets his guns do the talking. He’s the outlaw Josey Wales, the subject of a glorious 1976 Clint Eastwood western, and he’s the subject of today’s movie gun rundown. Spoiler: there are lots of Colts.Show
The 18th century was the era of slow muzzle-loading rifles… until Patrick Ferguson came along with his revolutionary (pun intended) breech-loading mechanism. Even though it never really caught on, it paved the way for future developments. In th
Recorded live at the Watson Washington convention on October 22, 2016 (not the 15th as mentioned in the outro). All about the kinds of firearms Dr. John Watson might have carried in his literary adventures with Sherlock Holmes, and some actuall
Get out your six-guns for part two of our look at real gunfighters like John Wesley Hardin, Luke Short, and Jesse James, and the guns they preferred… plus a few comments on the new (2016) Magnificent Seven.Show notes and links:The History Fi
We love our silver screen gunfighters, but what was the reality? This week we look at some of the gunslingers of the past and their favorite shooting irons as we get ready for the release of the re-make of “The Magnificent 7”.Show notes and li
It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s a classic… it’s the Thompson submachine gun, beloved of Chicago gangsters, Wild West heroes, and the Allied Forces in World War 2. We’ve been trying to keep the episodes around 30 minutes, but this one is so fun to ta
This week we look at the iconic Maxim Gun, the world’s first true automatic machine gun, and a weapon which set the stage for the high-intensity conflicts of the 20th Century which cost the lives of millions of soldiers during WWI and WWII.Sho
Although it only saw service for a few years, the Martini-Henry has a firm place in the pantheon of historical long arms, especially of the late 19th century. Join us as we follow its ups and downs through many conflicts and countries.Show not
A marvel of 19th century ballistic engineering, any of the various incarnations of the Sharps rifle is a treasure. This week we talk about the history and development of the brainchild of Christian Sharps.Show notes and links:Roth Steyr 1907
This is the audio from Gordon’s “Victorian High Tech Firearms” presentation at Westercon/GearCon on July 2, 2016. It’s an extra-long episode: bonus! Apologies for the inconsistent sound; all part of the joy of field recording. If you’d like a v
This episode is dedicated to what could be called -until recently – the right arm of the British Empire. It’s the Tommy’s best friend, the Lee Enfield.Show notes and links:War Thunder on Steam (steampowered.com)War Thunder – MajorGeeks (maj
Saddle up and holster your six guns, it’s time to ride fast and shoot straight as we look at the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting with special guest Morgan Blanchard. Guns, targets, and big hats… the usual. For extras, including a video of Gordo
This week we take a good long look at the colorful history of the musket. From the earliest “hand gonne” to the good old Brown Bess and Charleville, from Germany to England to the Americas, there’s a lot to talk about. Light your slow match, kn
When it comes to movies chock full of guns, John Milius’ classic semi-historical adventure, The Wind and the Lion, is going to come up eventually. Released in 1975 and set in 1904 in Morocco and the United States, it tells a story very loosely
If the Colt New Service is one of the most iconic of revolvers, the Colt M1911 is indisputably the most iconic semi-auto handgun. It’s been around for more than a century, it set the tone for pretty much every magazine-fed handgun since, and ma
Ride with us, eternal, shiny, and chrome, as we take a whirlwind tour of Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller’s 2015 masterpiece of movie making. When it comes to firearms there’s one consistent thing about post-apocalyptic films, and that is that
Welcome to the very first peek into Gordon’s Gun Closet, where we hope to entertain and educate while chatting about a noteworthy weapon of history, distant or recent. This week we take a look at the ups and downs of the Colt New Service revolv
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