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An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | SK Customs Resurrects Al Capone's "Sweetheart' Colt 1911 with Limited Run
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (337+ words) St. Augustine, Florida-based SK Customs has produced a ground-up recreation of the Colt 1911 that Prohibition era gangster Al Capone reportedly called "Sweetheart" (a nod to his wife Mae), limited to just 200 numbered units and chambered in the original. 45 ACP. The…...
An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | The Hand Cannon: The First Handheld Firearm
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (420+ words) The gunpowder trail begins in China. "The Chinese were the first to really discover gunpowder and figure out the formula between sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal in the right proportions to make an explosion," Kenneth L. Smith-Christmas, retired museum curator for the…...