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Heritage Barkeep: Evoking Childhood Memories

16 December 2024
Heritage Barkeep: Evoking Childhood Memories After spending time with wheel guns recently, specifically the Heritage Barkeep, I think I may have grown up in the wrong time period. Or perhaps it's just a tool that evokes fond memories from my childhood. I vividly remember visiting my great-grandparents on Sunday afternoons in their tiny bungal...
Published in: Around the Ranch

The Heritage 92 Ranch Hand Pistol in .45 Colt – A Fun Gun with a Hollywood Legacy

By Jason Baird The Heritage 92 Ranch Hand is an unusual firearm, a recreation of the sidearm carried by Steve McQueen in a late 1950s – early 1960s TV Western series. The pis...
Published in: Journal

Heritage Badlander on the Move

I received a Heritage Badlander in 20 gauge this summer to shoot. This shotgun is an addition to Heritage’s lineup of guns, which include re-creations of vintage revolvers, carb...
Published in: Americana

Buffalo Bill

He traveled the world and brought the American frontier with him. With a spectacle you wouldn’t believe and a penchant for shooting that would amaze audiences everywhere — makin...
Published in: Roots

Wild Bill Hickok

There are myths and there are legends, then there are the few who can become both. Finding a place in history that is both grounded in honest achievements while becoming a large...
Published in: Americana

The Heritage of the American Pin Up Girl

When you think of the revolutionary ideas that built America from the gun that won the west with the iconic six-shooter to the very lightbulbs that shined a light on an all-new ...
Published in: Roots

Nat “Deadwood Dick” Love

Wyatt Earp. Wild Bill Hickock. Nat Love. If you don’t recognize the last name, it’s because Nat Love is one of the most remarkable names of the wild west that is still far too l...
Published in: Fieldcraft

Firearm Tech of the West: A Means to an End

The rules of the American wild west are understood by people today to be simple. The quickest to the draw and the surest shot would win the day and everyone gets to ride into th...
Published in: Americana

The Quickdraw of Then and Now

The old saying “live by the sword, die by the sword” was never more true than in the era of the wild west. Gunslinging justice and tales of lawmen versus outlaws in cities acros...
Published in: Roots

Annie Oakley

When Heritage Manufacturing released the stunning Rough Rider Annie Oakley special commemorative edition, it was paying respect to one of the most prolific and memorable timeles...
Published in: Americana

3,000 Wild West Arrests…

Before being featured in a Netflix film or even carved into American history for generations to come, the name of Bass Reeves was one feared by any lawbreaker in the wild west. ...
Published in: Roots

How the Modern Shooter Meets the Wild West

Keeping alive a tradition born of the American wild west is just one of the ways Heritage Manufacturing has delivered an unmatched shooting experience with their line of revolve...
Published in: Roots

Jesse James

The Heritage Icons line of firearms is inspired by the timelessness of the west we all aspire to. The legends that came to be through acts of heroism, courage, and moral upstand...
Published in: Americana

A Bad Man from Bodie

The legends born of the wild west have done more than lived on, they have shaped who we are and defined our ideals for generations. Heritage Manufacturing has brought these idea...
Published in: Americana

Shootouts Done Right

When high noon strikes, there isn’t any time to spare. Heritage Manufacturing has brought back the firearms that won the most famous duels in history, with exceptional performan...
Published in: Roots

Wyatt Earp

There are few wild west icons as timeless as the gunslinging lawman and notorious gambler who became the legend named Wyatt Earp. Known for his fabled life and the shootout at t...
Published in: Fieldcraft

Sounds of Shooting with the Harmonica Gun

You don’t get timeless designs in firearm engineering like the revolver and the repeating carbine rifle without a few memorable mishaps or welcome surprises along the way. The h...
Published in: Around the Ranch

Our Firearm Heritage Explored in Yellowstone

Beyond the Yellowstone ranch and its explosive drama, there is something even more important — legacy. By now, the hit Paramount show Yellowstone hardly needs an introduction. T...