EMF’s .45 COLT BONANZA

By John Fasano

EMF’s Great Western II and 1892 Hartford Rifle are true to the originals in size and design, but crafted in stainless steel. While traditionalists may balk at the idea, they’re easier to clean — especially with the black powder loads.

FOR 14 seasons television viewers tuned in to see the fiery opening of Bonanza. When that blazing map of the Ponderosa burned away to reveal Lorne Green, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker and former Teenage Werewolf Michael Landon, we knew we were in for an hour of family entertainment. I know it was “family” fare, for two reasons: A) My parents allowed me to watch it, and B) the Cartwrights (Johnny Carson called them “a 40-year-old father and his three 30-year-old sons”) didn’t have ammunition loops on their finely tooled gun belts. That was the tip off they would be mostly solving their problems with words and not bullets.

Every time I saw rancher Lorne Greene’s Ben Cartwright wearing his ornately tooled rig carrying that fine 7.5-inch Colt Single Action Army, I realized that this was befitting a wealthy landowner with fine taste. Of course, I jumped on the opportunity to equip myself with the equivalent guns and leather — only I …Read the Rest

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